{"id":62906,"date":"2015-08-24T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=62906"},"modified":"2015-08-24T11:56:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T10:56:18","slug":"myths-of-the-green-revolution-and-gmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/myths-of-the-green-revolution-and-gmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths of the Green Revolution and GMOs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Prof.<\/a>

Prof. Vandana Shiva<\/p><\/div>\n

Myth of the Green Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Aug 2015 – <\/em>I wrote a book for the United Nations University titled \u2018The Violence of the Green Revolution\u2019, which has been republished by many publishers globally, including the Kentucky University Press. Extracts from the book are available on Google<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My study was reinforced by the study done by Dr Jatindar Bajaj,<\/a> with whom I did MSc Hons in Physics from Punjab University in 1973. His study comparing\u00a0 pre and post Green Revolution performance showed that the rate of growth of aggregate crop production was higher in the years before the Green Revolution was introduced (1967-68) than after it.<\/p>\n

The Green Revolution did not save India from famine, as the proponents of Industrial Agriculture and GMO technology would argue, in fact the Green Revolution reduced India\u2019s production. More information about the Green Revolution here: Nothing Green in the Green Revolution<\/a> (India Today)<\/p>\n

\"GreenRevolutionFailure<\/a>

Aggregate crop production was higher before the introduction of the Green Revolution in 1967-68<\/p><\/div>\n

Myth of GMO Golden Rice as a Solution to Malnutrition<\/strong><\/p>\n

I enclose our analysis that establishes that our indigenous biodiversity and knowledge is far superior than Golden Rice to address malnutrition. Syngenta owns Golden Rice. It\u2019s promotion as the fruits of public sector research are a blatant lie and an attempt to mislead people across the world.<\/p>\n

The analysis can be found here: http:\/\/www.navdanya.org\/blog\/?p=2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Further, the Golden Rice paper had to be retracted, any fabricated claims made based on the paper\u00a0do not stand.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2015\/07\/30\/golden-rice-paper-pulled-after-judge-rules-for-journal\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Myth That Obesity Is the Only Disease Related to Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

The epidemic of cancer has affected the farmers of Punjab because of pesticides. It has affected farmers of West UP. In a single village, our recent field survey revealed, there were 100 cancer victims. The farmers are getting into debt and committing suicide buying the pesticides, and the citizens are dying of cancer because of the same poisons.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Poison-Our-Foods-Pesticides-Diseases\/dp\/8181581814<\/a><\/p>\n

This is why we started the Anna Swaraj Abhiyan 2020<\/em> \u00a0from Meerut, the sacred land of our first movement of independence .<\/p>\n

http:\/\/vandanashiva.com\/?p=281<\/a><\/p>\n

Our book Health per Acre<\/strong> shows we can feed 2 India\u2019s with nourishing , poison free food through Organic.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.navdanya.org\/attachments\/Health%20Per%20Acre.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Our book Wealth per Acre<\/strong>, for which the Forward was written by the Hon Agriculture Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh, shows how the negative externalities of farming with poisons are costing the country $ 1.26 trillion annually.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Wealth-Per-Acre-transition-rejuvenates\/dp\/8181582446<\/a><\/p>\n

Myth of Safety\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the Literature on Biosafety is vast, and I was\u00a0 appointed as a member of the expert group on Biosafety by UNEP to create the framework for the International Law on Biosafety, 2 recent publications show that the assumption of safety and \u201csubstantial equivalence\u201d is false.<\/p>\n

One study is from the Norwegian Government, Another by an Indian scientist from MIT who invented Email.<\/p>\n

New research is showing that there is no evidence of GMO safety .<\/p>\n

https:\/\/medium.com\/insurge-intelligence\/no-scientific-evidence-of-gm-food-safety-a1c814d0f70c<\/a><\/p>\n

Research is also showing the falseness of the\u00a0 assumption of substantial equivalence .<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/systems-biology-group-international-center-for-integrative-systems-gmo-soy-accumulates-formaldehyde\u2013disrupts-plant-metabolism-suggests-peer-reviewed-study-calling-for-21st-century-safety-standards-300112959.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Myth of the GMO Story as One of Science<\/strong><\/p>\n

The GMO story is not one of science, but of an unscientific and illegal takeover of our Seeds and Food.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/vandanashiva.com\/?p=260<\/a><\/p>\n

This is why Bija Swaraj<\/em> and Anna Swaraj <\/em>are imperatives to defend india\u2019s freedom and the freedom of our farmers and citizens .<\/p>\n

________________________________<\/p>\n

TRANSCEND Member<\/a> Prof. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecofeminist, philosopher, activist, and author of more than 20 books and 500 papers. She is the founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, and has campaigned for biodiversity, conservation and farmers\u2019 rights, winning the Right Livelihood Award [Alternative Nobel Prize] in 1993. She is executive director of the Navdanya Trust.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 vandanashiva.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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