Wednesday 5 September 2012

Re: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths

Wanabidii,

I bet, we are not immune to the introduction of GMOs in our country given the fact that we are not self sufficient and highly dependent on those who are in the forefront in promoting GMOs. I should admit that I am 80/20 pro GMO and I can prove you beyond reasonable doubts that GMOs are highly researched as compared to the indigenous crops or livestock in place. No wonder, if thorough work is done, some of the non-GMO stuff might be even more hazardous to our healths as compared to these GMOs. Whether one nation or the other accepts it or reject GMOs, they have their reasons. I have so many examples of countries that accept livestock products that are genetically modified for the sake of their prospective markets abroad and fight by hooks and crooks against plant products simply because they know their crops would not fetch consumers in countries that are against GMOs. Its simply a matter of balancing issues here. However, for Tanzania, with the slogans of KILIMO kwanza that is not even in the take off stage, GMOs will definitely be in maximum speed, full throttle while we are still in the run way with our KILIMO KWANZA SLOGAN. Remember we get aids such as corn from the US and elsewhere  where GMOs are more than 80%. Mind you, the gene terminator issue that used to prevent seed viability is also no more. The other issue to ponder is what about our neighbours? given the porosity of our borders and what have you? I think we have to first of all think on how many mouths to feed before moving into how many would die of side effects that are GMO induced. The world has become a very small village, and we cant deny these things from coming. We should also remember there are weed resistant maize, beans, drought resistant corn etc, at the end one will have to weigh and consider, either dying of hunger by rejecting drought resistant maize in fear of allergy or accept it and have slight side effects and life moves on! Lastly, pros and cons for whatever sort of GMOs is something that is unavoidable, for even drugs have side effects and different individuals are affected differently!

Cheers

 

From: Abby Mrisho <abbymrisho@gmail.com>
To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths

Wanabidii...laiti kama tungejua adui namba moja wa afya zetu ni chakula, basi kuna 'mavyakula' mengi ya kuyakataa ambayo yanatuua kila siku pamoja na watoto wetu...wenzetu wako serious zaidi: soma hapa uone how serious they are, wanapinga kwa vitendo vyakula hatari: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/898/625/174/

Nawasilisha


On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Yona Msuya <yonamsuya@gmail.com> wrote:
people now buy imported fruits from the supermarkets rather than go to  farmers. Go to Big cities and see how people queue up at Shoprite to buy bloodless chicken imported from South Africa, rather than fresh chickens sold all over the place.

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Leila Abdul <hifadhi@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't know how much Tanzania know about GMOs. Back in 2002, it became a hot issue in Southern Africa when those countries were suffering from drought and famine and refused to accept American food aid which were based on GMOs. They feared having their seed banks contaminated which would prevent them from exporting food to EU countries. I doubt Tanzania exports food to EU countries, so GM food may slip into Tanzania without anyone bothering, particularly if the government has no policy in place. I doubt they do.

And I think it would be too hasty to attribute the rising cases of cancer to GM food.


On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:23 PM, elias mhegera <mhegeraelias@yahoo.com> wrote:
thank you Yona this is the debate we were discussing yesterday at the Whitesands Hotel
where experts in agriculture are conducting their workshop,
Elias


Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters. However, a large and growing body of scientific and other authoritative evidence shows that these claims are not true. This document presents a number of GM crops myths and truths with explanations for each.
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