Thousands of Farmers in India Rise up Against Monsanto: Biotech Giant Known for Causing Suicides
Some have said that India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, arrived at
the nation’s pro-GMO position with the help of generous campaign
funding from a GMO lobby, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of Indian farmers from demonstrating against
Monsanto and their biotech cronies in a massive grassroots movement
that shuns anti-farmer practices and genetically modified crop farming.
Shri Rakesh Tikait, National Spokesperson for the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) explains:
“The government is exhibiting its pro-industry stance by pushing for unneeded, unwanted and unsafe GMOs in our farming.
We want all open air field trials of GM crops stopped immediately in
the country since such open air trials pose not only a risk of
contamination but also risk of trade rejection. Further, any moves
towards trade liberalization in agriculture whether through the WTO
route or through free trade agreements are unacceptable to us.”
