2011-08-08 | permalink
Delays pile up in investigation of Roundup Ready related pathogen
A former Purdue University professor says it will be a few more months before he can support his claim that Roundup Ready technology is responsible for the proliferation of a previously unknown microscopic organism he says causes plant diseases and livestock abortions. A sample of the organism was sent to a lab in March for sequencing so the organism could have its characteristics clearly identified, said Don Huber, the retired Purdue professor. However, a contaminant was found in the sample, ”so we had to take more time to get the material that is required,” Huber said.
2011-08-05 | permalink
92% of the soybean produced in Bolivia is transgenic
Within six years, 92% of the conventional soybean crop in Bolivia has been replaced by transgenic varieties. Since its authorization in 2005 and until the introduction of the Law of Productive Revolution on June 26, it was the only genetically modified product allowed in Bolivia.
2011-08-04 | permalink
Farmers to receive €1,320 a hectare for GM taint
Hungarian farmers will receive HUF 360,000 (€1,320) in compensation for each hectare of maize ploughed under due to contamination from genetically modified (GM) seeds, the state secretary in charge of government communications said on Wednesday.
2011-07-25 | permalink
Indian cotton breeders fear backlash due to overdependence on Bt cotton
Since the introduction of genetically modified cotton crop, which accounts more than 90% in the total area under cotton in the country, there has been a fear of genetic erosion and loss of biodiversity, a group of reputed cotton breeders have expressed. [...] ”Research on cotton gene has gone backward by more than 10 years as scientists have simply stopped working on the genetic mechanism of controlling bolwarm pests,” SS Patil, senior Cotton Breeder, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka) told FE. He said due to overdependence on GM crop farmers have lost their traditional knowledge on seed production.
2011-07-19 | permalink
Anti-GM attacks destroy German GE crop test plots
On the night of 9 July, half a dozen masked attackers overpowered the security guard watching over test fields in Gross Lüsewitz, near Rostock. They then destroyed a field of wheat resistant to fungal diseases and a field of potatoes engineered to produce cyanophycin, an amino acid polymer that could potentially be used to make plastics. [...] Two nights later, a dozen attackers threatened guards with pepper spray and bats at a demonstration garden in Üplingen, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. They destroyed a field of potatoes and trampled wheat and maize.
2011-07-18 | permalink
Dutch city of Nijmegen GE-free
In the Netherlands, the Community Council of Nijmegen last night declared the city GE-free. After Culemborg and the province of Friesland, this is only the third GE-free region in the country, whose national government considers itself neutral as to GE agriculture, but is seen as a staunch supporter of it by industry, other governments and civil society alike.
2011-07-18 | permalink
Official says Hungary firmly against GM seeds; maize destroyed on 950 hectares
Hungary will uphold strict measures against genetically modified seeds, a deputy state secretary of the Rural Development Ministry told a press conference on Thursday. Lajos Bognar said that the government would also seek an amendment to the Penal Code to introduce strict punishment for distributors of seeds polluted with genetically modified organisms. He added that Hungary’s GMO-free status was an important, strategic asset.
2011-07-14 | permalink
Greenpeace protestors destroy Australian GM wheat trial
Greenpeace protesters have broken into a CSIRO experimental farm in Canberra to destroy a crop of genetically modified wheat. In the early hours of this morning a group of Greenpeace protesters scaled the fence of the CSIRO experimental station at Ginninderra in the capital’s north. Greenpeace says activists were wearing Hazmat protective clothing and were equipped with weed string trimmers. They say the entire crop of genetically modified wheat has been destroyed. About half a hectare of GM wheat is being grown on the site, as part of Australia’s first outdoor trials. No genetically modified wheat strain had ever been approved for cropping in Australia before.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia (ABC): Greenpeace destroys GM wheat- Stock & Land, Australia: GM activists should be prosecuted: Cobb
- Cosmos, Australia: Greenpeace targets CSIRO crops
- Herald Sun, Australia: Greenpeace attacks Canberra GM wheat crop
- Xinhua, China: Greenpeace Australia destroys GM wheat over health concerns
- Agence France Press, France (AFP): Eco-activists destroy Australia GM wheat crop
- Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Australia: A mum takes action against GM wheat
2011-07-11 | permalink
Illegal GM maize ploughed under throughout Hungary
Some 400 hectares of maize have been destroyed throughout Hungary after the crops were found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, the deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development in charge of supervision of the food supply chain and agricultural administration told MTI on Friday. [...] Authorities have been checking for GMO crops since the beginning of this year as a new regulation came in force this March which stipulates GMO checks before seeds are introduced to the market. The checks will continue despite the fact that seed traders are obliged to make sure that their products are GMO free, Bognar said.
2011-07-06 | permalink
European Parliament strengthens draft law to ban GM crops
Greenpeace EU agriculture policy adviser Stefanie Hundsdorfer said: “The European Parliament today added real punch to draft laws to protect our farms and food. But let’s not forget that GM contamination doesn’t respect borders. National bans are no substitute for thorough safety testing at a European level, something the EU is failing to do so far. We and a growing majority of the public remain seriously concerned about unanswered health and environmental questions around GM crops. Ecological farming is the correct response to the challenges of food security, climate change and long-term productivity.”
- Greenpeace International European Unit, Belgium: European Parliament strengthens draft law to ban GM crops
- Friends of the Earth Europe, Belgium (FoEE): European Parliament votes on climate and GMOs
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements – EU Regional Group (IFOAM): Freedom of choice on GMOs finds broad support in EU Parliament
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- Delays pile up in investigation of Roundup Ready related pathogen
- 92% of the soybean produced in Bolivia is transgenic
- Farmers to receive €1,320 a hectare for GM taint
- Indian cotton breeders fear backlash due to overdependence on Bt cotton
- Anti-GM attacks destroy German GE crop test plots
- Dutch city of Nijmegen GE-free
- Official says Hungary firmly against GM seeds; maize destroyed on 950 hectares
- Greenpeace protestors destroy Australian GM wheat trial
- Illegal GM maize ploughed under throughout Hungary
- European Parliament strengthens draft law to ban GM crops
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