Anti-GM activists and farmers have submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding rejection of GM Mustard to safeguard the interest of farmers, consumers and environment. Farmers organisations including RSS-affiliatee Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, civil society organisations, experts and common citizens under the banner Sarson Satyagraha have come together and pointed out “serious objections” to the release of Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard in their memorandum.
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Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
LONDON — The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to eat. But an extensive examination by The New York Times indicates that the debate has missed a more basic problem — genetic modification in the United States and Canada has not accelerated increases in crop yields or led to an overall reduction in the use of chemical pesticides.
Anti-GM crops activists submit memorandum to PM
New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Anti-GM activists and farmers have submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding rejection of GM Mustard to safeguard the interest of farmers, consumers and environment.
आरएसएस, कांग्रेस, लेफ्ट और आप, सभी एक मंच पर
राजधानी में राष्ट्रीय स्वयं सेवक संघ, कांग्रेस, आम आदमी पार्टी और कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ इंडिया जीएम मस्टर्ड के बीज का विरोध करने के लिए कृषि कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ एक मंच पर दिखाई दिए. इस मंच पर बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार का जीएम मस्टर्ड बीज को नकारने वाले भाशण का वीडियो भी चल रहा था. आप के मंत्री कपिल मिश्रा और कांग्रेस सांसद गौरव गोयल ने मौजूद रहे.
Lower Yields And Agropoisons: What Is The Point Of GM Mustard In India?
The decision whether to allow the commercialisation of the first genetically modified (GM) food crop (mustard) in India rumbles on. As I have previously discussed here, the bottom line is government collusion over GM crop technology (that is not wanted and not needed) with transnational agribusiness, which is trying to hide in the background.
जीएम सरसों पर संसदीय समिति का ध्यान, विवाद के बाद किया जा रहा विचार
नई दिल्ली: जीन संवर्धित (जीएम) सरसों की खेती को अनुमति नहीं देने की किसान संगठनों की बढ़ती मांग के बीच एक महत्वपूर्ण फैसला किया गया है. एक संसदीय समिति ने जीएम फसलों के पर्यावरण पर होने वाले प्रभावों के विवादास्पद मुद्दे पर गौर करने का फैसला किया है.
Other environmental concerns apart, GM mustard could also send bees buzzing away
More than six years after a moratorium on Bt Brinjal halted the development of the transgenic vegetable, a sinister game is being played again. This time, it is the mustard crop that is under the threat of being replaced by an ill-tested, gene-altered version, whose impact on the ecosystem remains unknown.
Farmers fear the impact of genetically modified mustard
Gurmukh Singh, 52, from Batala in Gurdaspur owns 12 acres of land of which he grows Mustard on four acres. An organic farmer, he saves seeds from his produce for each sowing cycle. Like his fellow farmers in Batala and many others from different parts of Punjab, Singh is miffed with the Centre. The rush to appraise and clear commercial cultivation of the genetically modified (GM) Mustard has brought him to Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Tuesday, to join hundreds from across the country who are demanding that there should be no commercial cultivation of GM Mustard.
Government warned of national stir if GM mustard approved
New Delhi: Nearly 150 organizations from across India protested on Tuesday at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, warning the central government of a stir against it if it approves commercialization of genetically modified (GM) mustard.
We dont need GM Mustard, support us with better market price: Farmer groups
NEW DELHI: More than 100 organisations representing farmer unions, trade unions, civil society groups and political parties are protesting the government's plans to commercially release genetically modified (GM) Mustard. On Tuesday a large number of representatives from all of these organisations under the banner "sarson satygraha" gathered at Jantar Mantar to pledge and declare that they will continue to fight efforts to introduce GM crops in India.