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GM crops should go back to the lab

GM crops should go back to the lab | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
As they do not spell increased crop production, new long-term scientific research on health impacts should involve extensive trials... INDIA:

November 7, 2012 - The Hindu - Devinder Sharma

Knowing the casual manner in which large-scale field trials are held across the country, the absence of a regulatory mechanism, and the failure to document the damage transgenic crops have inflicted on humans and the environment during, before and after such trials, the committee has called for invoking the “precautionary principle.”,,,  http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/gm-crops-should-go-back-to-the-lab/article4074872.ece

 

Delhi govt wakes up to the menace of chemically enhanced veggies http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601112001/delhi-govt-wakes-up-to-the-menace-of-chemically-enhanced-veggies

AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY: "Bitter Seeds" Monsanto, GMO Seeds And Indian Farmer Suicides http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3137575864/an-important-documentary-bitter-seeds-monsanto-gmo-seeds-and-indian-farmer-suicides

 

Genetically modified foods - Cap for 10 years - India Supreme Court panel recommendation http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3110069807/genetically-modified-foods-cap-for-10-years-supreme-court-panel-recommendation

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At the Nexus of Agrofuels, Land Grabs and Hunger – Part 1

At the Nexus of Agrofuels, Land Grabs and Hunger – Part 1 | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

While the United Nations climate talks in Durban enter their ninth day of political feet-dragging, researchers and peasants around the world are busy connecting the dots between so- called "green climate solutions", industrialised agriculture and chronic hunger.

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How Can We Feed the Planet Without Destroying the Planet?

How Can We Feed the Planet Without Destroying the Planet? | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

RT @ComingFamine

"I think we need to move to an entirely new paradigm about feeding the world, and doing it at the global scale with global strategies," Foley said. "Instead of calling it agriculture, which we've had for 10,000 years, maybe it's time for something new, what I like to call terraculture, or farming for the whole planet."

During the first morning of the GreenBiz Forums, Jon Foley, director of the University of Minnesota's Institute of the Environment, laid out a business plan for the Earth that aims to feed 9 billion people by 2050 while shrinking agriculture's...

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