RE: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths

Mr Minja,

You have only said one side of the cone what about the other side where majority here are worried about, the disadvantages. Even the researchers themselves do not know exactly what will happen at the end. We may end up by losing direction of GMO line and fail to go back to our local seeds. Mind you these people are doing business, they are there to maximize profit. Thats why they produce GM seeds which are varied for one year.

There so many unknowns about GM products and the technology in general. It is not good just to receive products and using them without taking into consideration of future impact especially for developing countries.

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From: Daniel Minja
Sent: 05/09/2012, 22:53
To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com
Cc: Minja RTD
Subject: 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
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