Monthly Online Updates on GE

2007 NOVEMBER

• Nov 1st 2007 Activist/ Environment activist accused of being techno illiterate and have been blamed for causing millions of to die in hunger.   read ...
  Source: GM Watch
• Hindustan Times November 14th 2007 reported that a progressive farmer owning 22 acres of land became the 1,016thcultivator to commit suicide this year in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region this has become the epicenter of agrarian crisis in the country. Most of this suicide victims are cotton farmers who planted Bt cotton seeds.   read ...
  Source: GM Watch
• Rome AFP November 13th Three Million Italians sign anti- GM petition against genetically modified organism organizers said. We have reached goal of 3 million signatures said Maria Campana who is the spokesperson of the Italy/ Europe GMO free coalition bringing and environmentalist. So far, 14 of Italy's 20 regions have declared themselves GMO-free.   read ...
  Source: Google AFP
• 2nd November 2007 Farmers organizations were invited to attend the UN meeting on the treaty that governs the exchange of crop seeds for research and plant breeding. And they told the assembled government that the treaty would have to be suspended. The suspension should remain in effect until the governments meet minimal obligations of the treaty including its core financial arrangement concluded by the African Farmer leader.   read ...
  Source: Grain
• Bangkok 13th November The national human rights commission (NHRC) yesterday was urged by the government not to approve open- field trial of GM crops until the bio-safety law is in effect.   read ...
  Source: GM Watch