Chaudhary Group brining poision Monsanto in Nepal ...??

We need to do something to stop this Monsanto nonsense. They have already taken over India. I watched a documentary where framers are committing suicide because they cannot survive anymore with competition to company such as Monsanto. I am all for new inovation and changing the job perspective but really with all these claiming that GMO is healthy BS etc. They are probably the lowest of the low when it comes to moral and ethics..they don't give even a slightest flying f***. This is a good anti monsanto facebook fan page I have found a while ago. https://www.facebook.com/Anti....

I think most people's fear of GMOs stem from Monsanto's practices and rightly so. Monsanto, like most for-profit multi-national companies, has gone through lengths around the world to control agricultural crops, particularly in developing nations and destroying livelihood of farmers. So, for this reason, Monsanto should be vociferously opposed in Nepal and elsewhere. However, GMOs have been viewed through a very narrow lens lately. Farmers have been breeding plants for better yield, resistance of disease, among others, for hundreds, if not thousands of years (mind you, that is also GMO). If you look at the food you're eating at the table, chances are most of it is GMO. More importantly, when you equate all GMOs to be bad, you're also doing disservice to thousands of researchers in universities and organizations that are truly devoting their careers to improve food crops around the world with advent of more precise technologies (like RNAi). And finally, if you don't form your opinions based on splashy journalism (just like the climate change deniers), but rather with scientific data (that is peer-reviewed), there is scant evidence of it in being harmful, when put through rigorous meta-analyses. This safety has been verified by both US and EU regulatory bodies. Surely, what is being done to GMO, like the overuse of pesticides and herbicides afterwards, is a completely different story. Stay informed!

Came here to say the same, Snurp, you put it even better. It is so easy to jump on the bandwagon and be a hater, but most who criticize it don't even know why it is good or bad.

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 FYI Monsanto weedkiller and GM maize implicated in "shocking" new cancer study (URL: http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/top... The World According to Monsanto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Last edited: 20-Dec-13 09:47 AM

Nakkali_Keti,You're perpetuating the problem I was alluding to.Cherry picking studies that support your hypothesis is easy in the age of internet. But even in your case, I assume, you forgot to read this: http://www.scientificamerican.... That is not to say there aren't other studies that might support such claim on the dangers of GMOs.I understand it is increasingly difficult to get the right information on the internet, but most peer-reviewed scientific data currently do not support the hypothesis that GMOs are dangerous to consume. This is not in support or against the GMOs, but I find it being unfairly used as a proxy to attack the research technologies. GMOs are being used by big corporations like Monsanto to bump up sales, but it is also being used by philanthropists, researchers, and scientists to better yield, increase nutritional values of crops, and provide food security, particularly in developing nation like ours. In the end, one is free to come to their own conclusions, but I for one, like to look at the evidence.

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I am not arguing against GMOs. I also understand that GMOs are major agricultural advancements to keep world feeding. The article you posted talks about controversy of retracting the paper from the journal. It does not present any scientific facts and data that show GM maize does not cause any serious disease. As you said, it is increasingly difficult to get the right information, GMOs may or may not cause any harm but I tend to incline towards independent studies than self proclamations. Agro giants get clearance on their products by lobbying, bribing however they can and we are the one being used in their real experiment while they are making boatloads of money. We are lucky if the outcome is good but what if it is catastrophic? It is very complex issue and I am just a consumer with concerns. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}

Obama appointed Monsanto chief lobbyist as senior advisor to the FDA Did you know? Obama appointed Monsanto chief lobbyist as senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. This is the same man that was in charge of FDA policy when GMO's were allowed into the US food supply without undergoing a single test to determine their safety. OBAMA APPOINTS MONSANTO’S VICE PRESIDENT AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSIONER AT THE FDA | The Story of Liberty There is clearly a conflict of interest for a FDA advisor who should be trying to keep the food safe for the general public, to be part of the company that experiments on genetically modifying crop to yield better profits.

Nakkali_Keti, FYI - I think he explains slightly better than me :) This is in reference to the retracted paper. “what scientific tests have you conducted to conclude that GMO corn does not cause cancer in humans? Can you say that unequivocally?” Ah, a teaching moment. Of course not. We can’t prove a negative like this. No one can prove that milk doesn’t cause cancer in humans. Or chocolate. Or water. Science doesn’t work this way. Seralini made a positive assertion that GMO corn causes cancer, and his data are inadequate to prove this assertion. This is simply a failed experiment. We can’t prove that GMO corn (or any food) does not cause cancer. However, we have observational data that shows no difference in cancer rates among millions of people consuming GMO corn versus non-GMO corn. If you want to make a scientific claim that “X causes Y”, then the onus is on you to provide evidence in support of your claim. Otherwise we could spend infinite effort trying to prove negatives, with little to show for it." I rest my case. Bittertruth, I know, no one is an expert in this forum like you from science to spiritualism, from cosmos to astrology, and no one knows alternative medicine like you that can cure incurable diseases like cancers . I am sorry to have made incorrect assertions to be called out by your highness! I live, I learn!

Sad thing is GMO has been synonym to Monsanto, and who claim to be anti GMO are just anti-Monsanto. GMO is great new technology and Monsanto is a company. Just because these new 4K TVs cost 3-4 grands does not mean 4K TV is bad or even cell phone have shown some traceable radiation to cause cancer and we are not stopping using it. Remember when DDT was solution to everything (..) and was banned later. and remember when Penicillin became cure of everything (..) and we are still using today. No one knows the future.

FYI http://www.mysansar.com/2013/1...

Saving seeds (0 Votes) 1 2 3 4 5 Post Report0 Other news by POST REPORT Dec 21 2013 Discounts galore as Christmas, New Year near Dec 21 2013 GMR, IFC pact to build Upper Marsyangdi 2 Dec 21 2013 India-Nepal agreement urged for electricity trading Dec 21 2013 Inclusion of passenger service charge in e-tickets Dec 21 2013 Central bank concerned about buoyant stocks More News By Post Report Useful Links » A new way to read online, exact replica of your daily and magazine » For all you tweety fans out there! » Allows you to find only those news from any date you choose! » Search any news/ articles by author/ category/ date/ keyword KATHMANDU, DEC 20 - The Social Science Baha has just announced a lecture by Vandana Shiva on ‘Seed Freedom and Food Freedom in Times of Globalisation’ to be held on December 22 at the Kailash Hall, Shanker Hotel. In the presentation, part of the Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture 2013 series, environmental leader Shiva will be discussing the impact of free trade agreements and movements started to defend seed and food freedom in the present-day scenario of globalisation and corporate rule. The lecture will focus on how these ‘free trade’ regulations are designed by corporations to facilitate control over people’s lives and livelihoods, cultures and democracies by ‘enclosing the commons, and commodifying and privatising every aspect of life’. A pertinent instance of this would be the World Trade Organization-administered Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which imposes patents on seeds, allowing corporations like Monsanto to prevent farmers from saving seeds. Another example is the fact that the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture was written by Cargill, the world’s largest grain trading corporation. Shiva is world-renowned for her work, particularly in human rights, ecology and conservation, and has been the recipient of the 1993 Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize), among other awards. She has made significant contributions—intellectual and campaign-driven—to diverse areas such as that of intellectual property rights, biodiversity, biotechnology, bioethics and genetic engineering. Before turning to activism, Dr Shiva was a leading physicist who had conducted interdisciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy at the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. She also founded the gender unit at the International Centre for Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu and was a founding board member of the Women’s Environment & Development Organization (WEDO). She is a founding board member of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) and is currently Director of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology in Dehradun, India. Shiva has also written extensively on a variety of environment issues and authored several bestselling books. Her recent publications include books such as Making Peace with the Earth: Beyond Resource, Land and Food Wars, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development, Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis, and Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace. She has also starred in documentaries such as Dirt: The Movie and The New Rulers of the World. The lecture will begin at 3 pm. Admission is open to all