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Thousands Of Farmers Protest Against GMO Industry In India

Thursday, May 7, 2015 7:52
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Source: www.trueactivist.com | Original Post Date: May 5, 2015 –

Last month, thousands of farmers joined together to protest the GMO industry and their influence over the Indian government. The farmers who gathered had a number of different complaints, the most common among them was Monsanto, GMO’s, the world trade organization and policies which they believe were written by the biotech industry.

In a recent statement, Shri Rakesh Tikait, National Spokesperson for the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) said that:

“The government is exhibiting its pro-industry stance by pushing for unneeded, unwanted and unsafe GMOs in our farming. We want all open air field trials of GM crops stopped immediately in the country since such open air trials pose not only a risk of contamination but also risk of trade rejection. Further, any moves towards trade liberalization in agriculture whether through the WTO route or through free trade agreements are unacceptable to us.”

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