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Wetenschappers: gentech geen oplossing voor honger
Die conclusie trekken zo’n 400 internationale landbouwwetenschappers. De industriële landbouw is uitgedraaid op een fiasco, oordeelt de onderzoeksgroep (IAASTD).
Zo’n 60 regeringen ondertekenden het rapport van de IAASTD. Alleen de VS, Canada en Australië weigeren ondanks het feit dat ook hun vertegenwoordigers hebben bijgedragen aan de conclusies.
Agriculture at a crossroads Global Report PDF
Er staan misschien 2 of 3 korte passages in, maar niet datgene wat ik had verwacht te vinden op basis van bovenstaande tekst.
Zeker geen advies om het niet te doen, GMO's toepassen.
Keep it up :-)
Het zou al met al genoeg moeten zijn om dat advies uit te brengen.
Biotechnology has always been on the cutting edge
of change. Change is rapid, the domains involved are numerous,
and there is a significant lack of transparent communication
among actors. Hence assessment of modern
biotechnology is lagging behind development; information
can be anecdotal and contradictory, and uncertainty on benefits
and harms is unavoidable. There is a wide range of perspectives
on the environmental, human health and economic
risks and benefits of modern biotechnology; many of these
risks are as yet unknown.
blz 8
An emphasis on modern biotechnology without ensuring adequate support for other agricultural research can alter
education and training programs and reduce the number
of professionals in other core agricultural sciences. This
situation can be self-reinforcing since today’s students define
tomorrow’s educational and training opportunities.
The use of patents for transgenes introduces additional
issues. In developing countries especially, instruments such
as patents may drive up costs, restrict experimentation
by the individual farmer or public researcher while also
potentially undermining local practices that enhance food
security and economic sustainability. In this regard, there is
particular concern about present IPR instruments eventually
inhibiting seed-saving, exchange, sale and access to proprietary materials necessary for the independent research community
to conduct analyses and long term experimentation
on impacts. Farmers face new liabilities: GM farmers may
become liable for adventitious presence if it causes loss of
market certification and income to neighboring organic
farmers, and conventional farmers may become liable to GM
seed producers if transgenes are detected in their crops.
Monsanto is het schoolvoorbeeld in deze.
(was monsanto maar een echt voorbeeld op school)