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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Bt brinjal in Bangladesh – the true story

Bt brinjal in Bangladesh – the true story

Once again media reports have emerged claiming that genetically modified pest-resistant Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and that farmers in Bangladesh are regretting that they have begun to grow it. (An earlier example was dealt with here.) The stakes are admittedly high here: this is South Asia’s first GMO food crop, and has been developed in the public sector for distribution to resource-poor smallholder farmers. The powerful anti-GMO lobby knows that if Bangladeshi farmers successfully adopt this new crop, other GMO crops in the pipeline such as Golden Rice (also being developed in Bangladesh) will be advantaged and their cause of banning the technology permanently will be harmed.
- See more at: http://www.marklynas.org/2014/05/bt-brinjal-in-bangladesh-the-true-story/#sthash.Y5VxHduK.dpuf

Bt brinjal in Bangladesh – the true story

http://www.marklynas.org/2014/05/bt-brinjal-in-bangladesh-the-true-story/

Bt brinjal in Bangladesh – the true story

Once again media reports have emerged claiming that genetically modified pest-resistant Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and that farmers in Bangladesh are regretting that they have begun to grow it. (An earlier example was dealt with here.) The stakes are admittedly high here: this is South Asia’s first GMO food crop, and has been developed in the public sector for distribution to resource-poor smallholder farmers. The powerful anti-GMO lobby knows that if Bangladeshi farmers successfully adopt this new crop, other GMO crops in the pipeline such as Golden Rice (also being developed in Bangladesh) will be advantaged and their cause of banning the technology permanently will be harmed.
- See more at: http://www.marklynas.org/2014/05/bt-brinjal-in-bangladesh-the-true-story/#sthash.Y5VxHduK.dpuf

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