Wednesday 5 September 2012

RE: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths

Martin,

Ahsante kwa kunielewa. Suluhu ya matatizo yetu tunayo sisi wenyewe kwani ni kiasi cha kujitambua, kujiamini, na kuthubutu. Tuachane na hii dhana kuwa eti wakuja watachangia kutupunguzia umaskini. Haiwezekani kabisa kwani kwao umaskini ni tija ya wao kuwepo. Bila umaskini hutamwona mfadhili, mwekezaji wala mkopeshaji wa kutuondoa kwenye umaskini.  Hawa wakulima wakubwa tunaowataka ndio hasa wataua kabisa kilimo chetu kwa kusambaza GMO na kutuachia balaa kubwa kwani watawageuza wakulima wadogo watumwa wao.  Hao wakulima wadogo hawatakubali kwani lazima watapambana na hapo ndio mwanzo wa vurugu, na vita visivyoisha. Hatuna haja ya kwenda mbali mfano mzuri ni Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Kenya na kwingineko (Ardhi ndio kiini cha vurugu kwenye nchi hizi). Hapa Tanzania tayari vurugu zimekwishaanza tunaona wawekezaji wanavyojitahidi kupora ardhi, wafugaji wanapolumbana na wakulima, kijiji kwa kijiji kulumbana na huko tuendako ni balaa zaidi.  Kwa nini tumejisahau namna hii kama vile hii si nchi yetu tumekuwa kama wapangaji wa muda na wenye nchi (wakuja) saa yoyote wanaweza kutuambia tutoke?. Mfano mzuri ni huu wa madini na gesi asili, uranium na madini mengine.  Yamechangia kiasi gani kupunguza umaskini wakati kiasi cha watu maskini kinaongezeka kila mwaka?.

Tuamke, uwezo tunao na tunaweza kujiendesha wenyewe hasa kama hawa wakubwa wakielewa na wakaacha kutumika kama vikaragozi wa wezi wanaokuja kwa njia ya uwezekaji. Kuamka kwetu kuwe ni kwa vitendo na sio kubaki kulalamika. Mimi nimeshaanza kujaribu nikitumia Agribusiness value chains driven by farmer ownership model. Wewe je umefanya nini?

Tafakari



Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:58:39 +0100
From: malagila01@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: RE: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths
To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com

Mrema,

Umenena sawa kabisa.Na yapo mengi zaidiya hayo kwenye GMO!

Martin


--- On Wed, 5/9/12, Herment Mrema <hmrema11@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Herment Mrema <hmrema11@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths
To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 5 September, 2012, 16:41

Wanabidii Wenzangu

Tukubaliane kuwa asili itatupa kitu bora na chenye manufaa ya miili yetu kuliko kitu chochote cha kisayansi. GMO ni mbaya na ni mbaya sana. Mfano mkubwa ni huu wa kuzalisha seeds ambzo ni self terminator yaani huwezi kutumia mazao haya kama mbegu. Mkulima mdogo atakosa uhuru wa kuwa na mbegu yake ya kiasili. Tunaweza kutumia kisingizio cha uzalishaji wenye tija kama hoja ya kuunga mkono GMO.  Tatizo sio mbegu bora. Tatizo ni kuporwa kwa  mkulima mdogo mdogo hasa kwa kupangiwa bei kwenye inputs na output markets. Kwa ajili hiyo kipato chake ni negative na hana huwezo wa kuwekeza kwenye kilimo chenye tija.  Mimi ninaamini kuwa ikiwa mkulima atakuwa na motisha wa kuzalisha kwa wingi na kwa ubora anaweza kwa kutumia mbegu zake za kienyeji na akazalisha kwa wingi na kwa faida kubwa badala ya kutumia GMO.  Mfano mzuri ni kwa uporaji wa mazao umefikia kiwango kuwa mkulima na exporter wanacapture only a maximum of 5% of the retail price. Asili mia 95 inabaki kwa importer na distributor hasa kwa mazao tunayouza nchi za nje.  Kwa nini tusitumie nguvu zetu kuhakikisha hatuporwi kwa kuongezea thamanani ya mazao yetu na kwa kutumia Intellectual propert assets kama patents, trademarks, industrial designs etc tunaweza kubrand mazao yetu na kulisense watumia wa brand yetu ili kuhakikisha tunapata faida na kilimo chetu badala ya kupoteza nguvu zetu na kulumbana na GMOS

Tafakari

Ahsante


Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:59:42 +0300
Subject: Re: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths
From: fkyembe@gmail.com
To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com

Leila,

Hebu nisaidie, watetezi wa GMO wanadai hata haya mazao eg mahindi, mchele nk yanayozalishwa kwa teknolojia ya kisasa ie hybrids ni products z GMO, hili nalo limekaaje!

Felix

On 5 September 2012 15:37, martin pius <malagila01@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Matatizo ya njaa, mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na visumbufu vya mazao hayatamalizwa na matumizi ya teknolojia ya Viini Tete (GMO).

Ziko sababu nyingi na ntazitaja ukihitaji. Ila sababu kubwa ni kwamba hatujashughulikia masuala ya msingi yanayokwamisha kilimo cha Tanzania sasa. Kaka hayo madogo kama ya udhibiti wa pembajea bandia na zenye viwango duni na matumizi ya zana za kilimo zisizofaa kwa wakulima; kutotumia tafiti muhimu za vituo tulivyonavyo nk.

Tunawezaje kutumia GMO ambayo ni technolojia ghali sana!

Kila siku tunapambana kuandaa mipango na mikakati ya kilimo kama KILIMO KWANZA (SAGCOT) isiyo ya tija na ambayo haitawasaidia watanzania.

Tunapambana na kutenga trilioni za fedha kujenga miji ya kifahari (Kigamboni) wakati wizara ya ardhi haina fedha za kupima ardhi za vijiji na kuepusha migongano wa wakulimana waporaji wa ardhi!!

Tuachane na GMO. Tufirkirie maendeleo kivyetu sio kuiga tu kila kitu. Inatosha!

Martin



--- On Wed, 5/9/12, Yona Msuya <yonamsuya@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Yona Msuya <yonamsuya@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [wanabidii] GMO Myths and Truths
To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 5 September, 2012, 14:40


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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