Rome, Italy
May 25, 2009
USDA/FAS GAIN report IT 9014
Report highlights:
The organic movement
rejects biotechnology as inherently contradictory to its
fundamental goal of promoting environmental protection in
agriculture. European organic promoters in particular stress
respect for nature over yield maximization, campaigning for
a return to traditional production methods and inputs. In
reality, the divide between organics and biotechnology is an
artificial construction maintained by ideology rather than
science. A governmental decision to change organic
regulations to permit the use of biotechnology could have
far-reaching policy implications for global agriculture.
Allowing producers to gain organic certification for biotech
crops could encourage the development of a new type of
environmentally sustainable agricultural production with
greater benefits for the consumer.
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