NO TO HYBRID MAIZE- NEPAL

The pilot project of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and US agricultural corporation Monsanto to promote hybrid maize is facing public criticism. Locals fear that hybrid maize seed could replace indigenous seeds and make farmers dependent and pave the way for the introduction of genetically modified crops. Monsanto has been importing conventionally bred seeds into Nepal for the past 15 years, including 100 metric tons of hybrid seeds in 2010. For threatening human health and the environment, Monsanto has been declared the Worst Company of 2011 by NaturalSociety, leader of genetically modified crops and biopesticides.

30 November, 6 December

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