GM crops banned in Peru

[Judi Lynn]

GM crops banned in Peru
28 December 2011 | By David Boderke

PERU has banned GM production for 10 years.

In a bid to protect its local food producers, the country has approved a law establishing a moratorium on income and production of genetically modified organisms.

Peru’s President Ollanta Humala said the decision was made after hearing ‘the cries of agricultural organisations and civil society to take this important step in the defence of our biodiversity’.

Earlier this year, the administration of the outgoing Peruvian President slipped in a decree which opened the door for GM seeds. But the subsequent outcry forced not only the resignation of the Agriculture Minister, who had introduced the decree, but also a 10-year ban on GMOs.

However, that ban was not signed into law by the outgoing Administration, so in November the new Peruvian Congress overwhelmingly approved the ban once again.

More:
http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/gm-crops-banned-in-peru/43842.article

[The Doctor.]

1. Add it to the list

of places to go when the US folds.

[DaveJ]

21. South America might survive a number of possible apocalypse scenarios

I figured this is why the Bush's bought vast amount of land there too.

[valerief]

22. Yeah, Peru must be where rich people get their food. nt

[qb]

2. Wisdom from the "Third World"

K&R

[dipsydoodle]

3. Sounds good to me

[SpiralHawk]

4. Excellent - leading the way forward

While RepubliCorps in the USA continue to use occult means to foist this treacherous mutant crapola on Americans and others....

[Xtraneous]

8. As much wrong as the Repugs do...

Tell me how many more Dems have fought this battle for unadulterated food?

[roody]

9. This is a short list.

[era veteran]

5. Good!

[spedtr90]

6. Just saw Food, INC last night

Wise move by Peru. The control and power Monsanto has because of GM soybeans is terrible.

[ann---]

7. That's wonderful!

If only the U.S. would ban the same.

[russspeakeasy]

12. Too much money involved. It won't happen here.

[riverwalker]

10. Thank you, thank you

edited to add:
There are thousands of native potatoes in Peru, each particular to various regions of Peru. Cultivated over thousands of years and have sustained them. GM crops would have threatened.
Thank goodness for the sanity.

[Brother Buzz]

14. Yes, and the same can be said for the tomato

[Uncle Joe]

11. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Judi Lynn.

[closeupready]

13. Funny how this is 'sensible', and opposing nukes is 'fearmongering', 'irrational', etc.

K&R

[saras]

15. Not that funny - science COULD make safe reactors, but we WON'T. We CAN'T make safe GM food.

No country in the world could afford safe reactors to produce electricity with - it simply wouldn't be economically competitive with other forms of energy, renewables in particular. And perhaps only a couple of countries could afford them for military reasons. But it could, in theory, be done.

GM food can't be done safely, in theory or practice. We know too much about how genes move between species, and too little about how the functioning of ecologies is disrupted by this sort of change.

[boppers]

20. "We know too much about how genes move between species"

In that sense, all food is genetically modified (also, mutation, adaptation, etc).

It's just a matter of timeframe.

"too little about how the functioning of ecologies is disrupted by this sort of change."

Yes, we are still learning lots about evolution.

[roody]

17. Huh?

[closeupready]

23. In light of your avatar, I see why you don't get it.

As long as someone is having fun here...

[boppers]

19. 70+ years of science vs. 35+ years of science.

I predict that by 2045 GMO will be on the same footing as various nuclear devices are today... still feared by some, but mundane and accepted by others.

[Survivoreesta]

16. I've always loved General Motors food!>

What's with the anti-US threads here today?

[texshelters]

18. best news of the day

and good for Peru for fighting back against big-argra! Adelante!

PTxS

[Overseas]

24. Congratulations to Peru! Smart move.

I sincerely hope they'll be allowed to retain the ban.

[Little Tich]

25. Here are some nice pictures of Peruvian spuds

Source: peruthisweek.com

Farmers from Parque de la Papa in Cuzco wash GM-free potatoes in a symbolic act in the Santa Rosa passway near the Municipality of Lima on Monday, May 9.Photos by Elie Gardner

Read more: http://www.peruthisweek.com/gallery-61-/

[unkachuck]

26. "...moratorium on income and production of genetically modified organisms."

'...the cries of agricultural organisations and civil society to take this important step in the defence of our biodiversity."

....why is defending biodiversity from genetically modified organisms is good for Peruvians but bad for Americans?

[DeSwiss]

27. K&R n/t