GMO Registrar of South Africa: OBJECTION TO MONSANTO'S TRIAL RELEASE OF EXPERIMENTAL GMOs IN SOUTH AFRICA:

GMO Registrar of South Africa: OBJECTION TO MONSANTO'S TRIAL RELEASE OF EXPERIMENTAL GMOs IN SOUTH AFRICA::

We recommend that the application in the Lowvelder (13 May 2014 pic: http://on.fb.me/1k4V1tb) for trial release of four unnamed GM maize varieties engineered for abiotic stress tolerance and maize borers be rejected. The signatories of this objection believe that GMO technology is neither appropriate nor safe. We recommend that government should support the shift to sustainable agroecology and strongly object to the use of GMOs in South Africa for the following reasons: Likelihood of Insect Resistance; Low Potential of Genetic Modification for complex t …

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