GM is a failure, our new submissions show
07 August 2010Rural R&D Productivity Inquiry comments
Facts included
- Hunger has risen from 350 million to more than 1 billion since GM crops introduced.
- The International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture noted that the dominant industrial food production is very vulnerable to climate change, as well as a major contributor to it.
- The US Govt is investigating Monsanto for anti-trust behaviour regarding withholding seed from farmers.
- GM multinationals reap the bulk of profits of intellectual property from research done at taxpayers’ expense. An example is GM cotton where researchers funded most of the efforts but Monsanto applied a hefty technology fee, claiming ownership of the Bt and Roundup Ready genes.
- Data from the industry-backed ISAAA shows GM technology has been stalled for years, with GM production confined to a handful of countries.
- The Senate has heard how CSIRO scientists who oppose GM are “gagged, under pain of disciplinary action”.
- A shows almost one in three UK scientists and technicians are pressured to change findings and results.
Other recent submissions:
Licence Application for Commercial Release of a living
Genetically Manipulated (GM) Vaccine
Victoria's Draft Biodiversity Strategy "Biodiversity is Everyone's Business"
OGTR Proposed Regulatory Amendments