DAVAO CITY – Members of the organic agriculture movement assailed the plans of the City Council Committee on Agriculture to amend the Organic Agriculture Ordinance of Davao City ostensibly to allow the field testing of the genetically modified Bt talong. “It is ironic that the call to review the organic agriculture ordinance came after proponents […]
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Ban all GM crops, groups ask city council
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) — Groups promoting organic agriculture urged the City Council to reject not only Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) eggplant, the first genetically modified vegetable scheduled for commercialization next year, but also all genetically modified crops in Davao City.
Lia Esquillo, executive director of the Interface Development Interventions Inc., made the call during the city council committee on agriculture hearing also attended by scientists and proponents of Bt eggplant.
Citywide network of small organic farmers call on City Council to support the City decision to terminate Bt talong testing
DAVAO CITY – The Go Organic – Davao City (Go DC), a citywide network of small organic farmers and their support groups called on City Councilors to support the City Mayor’s decision to terminate the genetically modified Bt talong field testing at the UP Mindanao even as the project proponents are hell-bent on pursuing the project.
Organic farmers gear up for Thursday hearing on Bt talong but fear being excluded from the proceedings
DAVAO CITY – Organic farming advocates are gearing up for the City Council Committee on Agriculture hearing on the genetically modified BT talong this Thursday, February 3, 2011, but fear that their voices will not be heard as the Committee, headed by Councilor Conrado Baluran, does not seem keen on hearing the side of the anti-GMO movement.
Organic farming advocates refute DA official’s claims; organic agriculture is the key to crop productivity.
DAVAO CITY – Members of the Go Organic Mindanao movement refuted the statements made by Department of Agriculture official, Dr. Saturnina Halos, when she urged city councilors at a briefing last week to review the law that promotes organic agriculture because it can impede crop production in the country.
New international study shows Bt gene to be toxic
DAVAO CITY – Organic farming advocates in Davao welcomed the latest independent study which revealed that the consumption of the Bt eggplant can cause inflammation, reproductive disorders and liver damage. The Institute for Independent Impact Assessment in Biotechnology released a report prepared by Lou Gallagher, an environmental epidemiologist and risk assessment expert from New Zealand […]
Cancellation of permit to test genetically modified eggplant hailed
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Advocates of sustainable agriculture welcomed the decision of the Bureau of Plant Industry to cancel the permit to test-grow genetically modified eggplant, locally referred to as “BT talong.”
The bureau had granted the permit to the University of the Philippines in Mindanao and the Visayan State University in Baybay, Leyte.