Serious Threats

Introduction :-

In this section "Serious Threats" we will be focusing on those issues concerning our poor illiterate tribal farmers working in Organically rich farm land and producing which we now certify it as "Organic" an exclusive category within the consumer group who are knowledgeable as well as aware of the chemical free, nutritious, products from these virgin organic farm lands.
We will also bring forth reports on various issues concerning GMO's pushing by Multinational corporate and Government Policies.
We will also dig into forgotten stories about the horrors of our "Stolen Future"; our children with deformed anomalies, extinct species, polluted environment, increased suicides by farmers and others which go hand in hand with extensive inorganic farming.

A Background :
'Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture'

Promotional literature on Genetically Modified (GM) crops has been occurring frequently in our media and scientific circles, for quite a long time now. Evidently research on this subject is heavily dominated by a handful of Transnational / Multinational Corporate (TNCs / MNCs). Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer Crops Science; to name the prominent ones; have been trying to get permissions from national Governments across the globe, to sell their genetically modified planting materials in the respective markets.

GM-Crops carry with it an aura of being pest or disease resistant or resistant to herbicides, which incidentally were products of the same companies.

But many of these nations especially those of Europe have been skeptical about introducing these crops and have voiced serious concerns on consuming products from GM crops. There has been immense pressure on world nations, from these Biotechnology companies and also from United States of America, which hosts most of these companies.

Europe and many countries have attempted to prevent GM crops from entering their crop fields and the civil society had and continues to staunchly oppose the GM organisms, considering possible serious ecological effects due to genetic contamination of the existing biological world, possible serious health impacts on consumers, corporation of agriculture sector and lack of proof regarding usefulness of such a technology.

In India, these company their subsidiaries and a section of the scientists have been advocating the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) in agriculture and animal husbandry. It is in this context that the requirement for a policy on biotechnology for the Union of India became important.

India has not yet allowed cultivation of genetically modified food crops, through GM Cotton has been permitted. India, still retains the status of being the largest agriculture nation in the world that is free of genetically modified food crops, with all the other giants- USA, China, Brazil and Argentina already cultivating and marketing GM cereals and pulses.

Next Topic : Predetermined Notions and Lack of Transparency on GMO's implications by our Farmers.