Why are we stepping back from GM crops while this technology is almost used in every food and seeds available in the United States, if the FDA in the US has allowed it then why are we depriving the Indian farmers of this technology.
There is a growing resistance to GM crops in the US. Europe & Australia mandate labelling. Yielding to pressure Whole Foods will start labelling foods containing GMO soon.
GM technology has been introduced in the form of Bt Cotton in India with a disastrous effect on the farmers. 300,000 cotton farmers have committed suicide between 1997 to 2007.
Thanks Somnath, We resonate with your thoughts on this. Over a quarter million farmers committed suicide and we had a conversation with P.Sainath on NRI Samay too and it is an eye opener. Listen to the interview when you have some time. You can find the interview on NRISamay website >> Archives (menu item). Kindly give little time for page to load as there are bunch of shows and it would take little time to load up the page.
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Why are we stepping back from GM crops while this technology is almost used in every food and seeds available in the United States, if the FDA in the US has allowed it then why are we depriving the Indian farmers of this technology.
-Chaitanya
There is a growing resistance to GM crops in the US. Europe & Australia mandate labelling. Yielding to pressure Whole Foods will start labelling foods containing GMO soon.
GM technology has been introduced in the form of Bt Cotton in India with a disastrous effect on the farmers. 300,000 cotton farmers have committed suicide between 1997 to 2007.
Thanks Somnath, We resonate with your thoughts on this. Over a quarter million farmers committed suicide and we had a conversation with P.Sainath on NRI Samay too and it is an eye opener. Listen to the interview when you have some time. You can find the interview on NRISamay website >> Archives (menu item). Kindly give little time for page to load as there are bunch of shows and it would take little time to load up the page.
Please also spread the message of NRI Samay to your friends!
Thanks again!
NRI Samay Team!