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In reply to the discussion: The Great GMO Legitimation Crisis [View all]JohnyCanuck
(9,922 posts)29. Bangladeshi farmers learn the hard way it's not wise to put much stock in the pro-GMO propaganda.
Looks like some Bangladeshi farmers naively believed the propaganda telling them GM Bt-brinjal (eggplant) was the better way to go, and now they are paying for it. The fields planted with the GM plants either suffered die offs from disease or the GM plants don't fruit properly and are significantly less productive than the local farmers' time tested and likely significantly cheaper (no patents on the seeds) non-GM, local varieties which are doing just fine.
Bt brinjal turns out to be upset case for farmers
BARI Bt Brinjal 2 (Bt-Nayantara) and BARI Bt Brinjal 3 (Bt-Kajla) were cultivated by four farmers at Pouli village in Manikganj Sadar under the supervision of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI). The fields belonging to Afzal Hossain and Md Mannaf have turned out to be an ultimate upset as each of the two fields appears half-barren as one looks at.
Weve removed most of the plants after those had died about 15 days ago. The officers (BARI officials) told us to do so to prevent the spread of the disease. Despite that the rest of the plants are dying out in numbers every day, Mannafs wife Lovely Begum said.
Although only a few of the Bt Brinjal plants have died so far in two other fields cultivated by Boltu Miah and Abul Hossain, who are brothers, of the same village, the fruiting of the plants is nowhere near the satisfactory level, said Lal Chand, father of the two brothers.
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Md Abul Hayat, who is respected as a successful farmer in the locality, said, Most of the saplings (of Bt Brinjal) have died. The plants are prone to diseases. The officials said its due to bacterial attack and prompted by irrigation and soil-type.
If irrigation and soil-type had been a problem, why the local brinjal plants on my other field had not been affected? he questioned pointing to a brinjal field beside his Bt Brinjal one.
http://newagebd.net/105070/bt-brinjal-turns-out-to-be-upset-case-for-farmers/#sthash.CmJMx3w3.krtNeqob.dpbs
BARI Bt Brinjal 2 (Bt-Nayantara) and BARI Bt Brinjal 3 (Bt-Kajla) were cultivated by four farmers at Pouli village in Manikganj Sadar under the supervision of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI). The fields belonging to Afzal Hossain and Md Mannaf have turned out to be an ultimate upset as each of the two fields appears half-barren as one looks at.
Weve removed most of the plants after those had died about 15 days ago. The officers (BARI officials) told us to do so to prevent the spread of the disease. Despite that the rest of the plants are dying out in numbers every day, Mannafs wife Lovely Begum said.
Although only a few of the Bt Brinjal plants have died so far in two other fields cultivated by Boltu Miah and Abul Hossain, who are brothers, of the same village, the fruiting of the plants is nowhere near the satisfactory level, said Lal Chand, father of the two brothers.
SNIP
Md Abul Hayat, who is respected as a successful farmer in the locality, said, Most of the saplings (of Bt Brinjal) have died. The plants are prone to diseases. The officials said its due to bacterial attack and prompted by irrigation and soil-type.
If irrigation and soil-type had been a problem, why the local brinjal plants on my other field had not been affected? he questioned pointing to a brinjal field beside his Bt Brinjal one.
http://newagebd.net/105070/bt-brinjal-turns-out-to-be-upset-case-for-farmers/#sthash.CmJMx3w3.krtNeqob.dpbs
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TPP or whatever comes next will be mighty handy for Monsanto, ADM and Big Agra.
Octafish
Mar 2015
#28
The article is about power and politics, and how they're used by the GMO industry,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#14
Monsanto's been saying one thing to the regulators, and another to the farmers fooled into buying
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#23
Yes, they were saying herbicides must be used continuously. Of course, they were!
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#36
The better way is for crops and herbicides to be rotated, not for one crop and one herbicide
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#37
Aloha pnwmom... I just made a comprehensive post on this thread .. how I feel about Monsanto
Cha
Mar 2015
#57
So you're going for guilt-by-association. Who cares? Drucker's just one person mentioned in the beginning of the article,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#13
Monsanto's goal is to collapse the natural ecosystem and get exclusive rights to our food supply,
whereisjustice
Mar 2015
#7
propaganda doesn't just get believed or buys time, each bit contributes to a larger overall
MisterP
Mar 2015
#11
Bangladeshi farmers learn the hard way it's not wise to put much stock in the pro-GMO propaganda.
JohnyCanuck
Mar 2015
#29
There is nothing misleading about correct labeling. And the food manufacturers have zero credibility
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#59
Why wouldn't it be? I wouldn't object to the disclosure of the type of fertilizer used, including manure.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#64
There is a profound difference between simple and clear labeling and scaremongering.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#66
Not a damn thing.. but you will get a Lot of Hot Air from those defending Not Labeling GMO.
Cha
Mar 2015
#58