Photos
Announcements
Job offersmore »
- Experienced Greenhouse Tomato Grower - Australia
- Business Manager, Green Grocer - Australia
- International Sales Executive (ISE0710) - UK
- Trader - Holland
- Trader - Spain
- Salesman - Poland
- Operations Manager - Netherlands
- Glasshouse Crop Specialist - Canada
- Market Intelligence Analyst - UK
- Responsable commercial export - France
Specialsmore »
Recent commentsmore »
- New Zealand work permit scheme for fruit pickers changed (90)
- Jamaica: Small-scale agriculture goes high-tech (1)
- Further Inventions for a progressive World…. (1)
- ZESPRI releases final numbers for new variety uptake (1)
- Kroger Board of Directors declares quarterly dividend (1)
- Kyle Mathison crowned Cherry King (1)
- India: Chilli farmers get weather-based insurance claims in AP (2)
- Chile may raise rates most in nine years, BCI says (1)
- Duda Farms Fresh Foods expands fresh-cut operations in Oxnard, CA (1)
- US: High tunnels are becoming mainstays (1)
Top 5 - yesterday
- No news was published yesterday.
Top 5 - last week
Top 5 - last month
Other news more »
- With ruling, battle over Arizona immigration law enters new phase - Christian Science Monitor
- Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good - The Associated Press
- Hands On with the New Amazon Kindle - PC Magazine
- Obama shares ups, downs on 'The View' - CNN
- Will Charlie Rangel Make a Last-Minute Deal? - New York Magazine
- French mother charged with killing eight of her babies - Telegraph.co.uk
- Survivor of Mont. bear attack says she played dead - The Associated Press
- Second missing sailor in Afghanistan is found dead - Washington Post
- Rain dampens rescue efforts in Pakistani plane crash as nation mourns - Xinhua
- 4 Killed As US Military Cargo Plane Crashes In Alaska - RTT News
Source: Google News
Exchange ratesmore »
- USD: 1.3069
- JPY: 113.64
- GBP: 0.83670
- AUD: 1.4500
- BRL: 2.3042
- CAD: 1.3504
- CNY: 8.8557
- NZD: 1.7996
- ZAR: 9.5650
Euro foreign exchange reference rates
Source: ECB
Experiences from Canada and the US show GMO failures– better solutions are possible
GMOs - no solution to face Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Global Food Crisis
The IFOAM EU group (1) emphasizes the need for comprehensive approaches to guarantee food security on a long term. Simplistic approaches to future challenges such as claimed by the GMO industry with their one-dimensional technology cannot work. The IFOAM EU Group invited to a debate on GMOs (2) and farming solutions to face Climate Change, Biodiversity loss and Global Food Crisis today. The speakers raised the following issues:
Charles Benbrook, Chief Scientist Organic Center (3), USA: “GMO crops have been responsible for an increase of 383 million pounds of herbicide use in the U.S. over the first 13 years of commercial use of GM crops (1996- 2008). This dramatic increase in the volume of herbicides applied makes the overall chemical footprint of today’s GM crops decidedly negative.”
Percy Schmeiser, (4) Farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada: “Farmers should be concerned about how GMOs and the related property rights impact on their independency; the society should be concerned how this eventually might impact on food security. The right of farmers to save and re-use their own seed is crucial for the future of agriculture.”
Marco Contiero, Greenpeace EU GMO policy director: “GM crops only exacerbate the climate and environmental crises. They are dependent on the intensive industrial agriculture model that has a big carbon footprint and requires large quantities of harmful pesticides. Only ecological agriculture can address the challenges posed by climate change and food scarcity.”
Thomas Dosch, Vice President IFOAM EU: “Organic farming practices have a high potential to face future challenges due to using less inputs, sequestering carbon in the soil and working with biodiversity. These assets have to be used and further developed to secure food supply in times of oil depletion and changing climate.”
Contact:
IFOAM EU Group
Tel: + 32-2-280 12 23
Fax: +32-2-735 73 81
info@ifoam-eu.org
www.ifoam-eu.org
GMOs - no solution to face Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Global Food Crisis
The IFOAM EU group (1) emphasizes the need for comprehensive approaches to guarantee food security on a long term. Simplistic approaches to future challenges such as claimed by the GMO industry with their one-dimensional technology cannot work. The IFOAM EU Group invited to a debate on GMOs (2) and farming solutions to face Climate Change, Biodiversity loss and Global Food Crisis today. The speakers raised the following issues:
Charles Benbrook, Chief Scientist Organic Center (3), USA: “GMO crops have been responsible for an increase of 383 million pounds of herbicide use in the U.S. over the first 13 years of commercial use of GM crops (1996- 2008). This dramatic increase in the volume of herbicides applied makes the overall chemical footprint of today’s GM crops decidedly negative.”
Percy Schmeiser, (4) Farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada: “Farmers should be concerned about how GMOs and the related property rights impact on their independency; the society should be concerned how this eventually might impact on food security. The right of farmers to save and re-use their own seed is crucial for the future of agriculture.”
Marco Contiero, Greenpeace EU GMO policy director: “GM crops only exacerbate the climate and environmental crises. They are dependent on the intensive industrial agriculture model that has a big carbon footprint and requires large quantities of harmful pesticides. Only ecological agriculture can address the challenges posed by climate change and food scarcity.”
Thomas Dosch, Vice President IFOAM EU: “Organic farming practices have a high potential to face future challenges due to using less inputs, sequestering carbon in the soil and working with biodiversity. These assets have to be used and further developed to secure food supply in times of oil depletion and changing climate.”
Contact:
IFOAM EU Group
Tel: + 32-2-280 12 23
Fax: +32-2-735 73 81
info@ifoam-eu.org
www.ifoam-eu.org
Publication date: 12/2/2009
respond to this article
email this article
printReceive the daily newsletter in your email for free | Click here
Other news in this sector:
Leave a comment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|