@MukumRaiLimbu The 116% yield increase stat comes from a study that suggests Africa should switch to certified organic(No GM). "Organic farming can lead to increased food production-in many cases a doubling of yields has been seen""the average crop yield increase was even higher for the projects:116 per cent increase for all African projects" unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted200715_en.pdf
@MukumRaiLimbu "In developed countries, organic systems on average produce 92% of the yield produced by conventional agriculture. In developing countries, however, organic systems produce 80% more than conventional farms." newscientist"dot"com/mobile/article/dn12245-organic-farming-could-feed-the-world.html
@MukumRaiLimbu Janet Carpenter is a former lobbyist for National Center for Food Agriculture Policy who is funded by Monsanto, which shows a conflict of interest. The study also used surveys and not field trials. I`m sure you understand that a farmer can lie on a survey. As for the definition of organic, the 80% yield increase stat came from a study that only included certified organic(No GM), which is in the references. I will quote the study for you.
By the way, the researchers who developed the glow in the dark pigs did so for stem cell research, as well as helping with the study of human disease.
You should be fucking grateful of scientists and go get a fucking real job instead of complaining and spreading propaganda about something that's helping people.
This video is such bullshit, GM foods are helping to increase the production of food in third world countries you self-righteous bitch. By the way there are no genes from any animals in comercial genetically modified plants and GM food is tested to the highest standard.
@MukumRaiLimbu The UN and World Bank report,International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development by 400 scientists, concluded that biotech crops have very little potential to alleviate poverty and hunger. Robert Watson, the director of the IAASTD, and chief scientist at the UK DEFRA, responded to a question from the newspaper, The Daily Mail – Are GM crops the simple answer to hunger and poverty? with the words, "I would argue, no."
@myndy86 Of course GM crops aren't the simple answer to hunger and poverty. Most poverty in the world is caused by corruption, man-made conflicts and inefficient/unstable governments. Biotech could have much more potential if governments around the world were well run, unfortunately this is not the case in underdeveloped nations, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. A 2010 peer reviewed article by Janet E Carpenter found farmers in underdeveloped countries had an increase in yield of 29%.
@MukumRaiLimbu FDA regulations from FDA website "Because FDA determined that bioengineered foods should be regulated like their conventional counterparts, FDA has not to date established any regulations specific to bioengineered food." " FDA established an informal process by which firms can inform the Agency that they have completed a food or feed safety assessment. FDA requests that firms submit a summary of their assessment to the Agency." GMO manufacturers test the GMOs, not the FDA.
@MukumRaiLimbu USDA regulations. Federal Register Vol. 76 No.67 "The regulations in 340.6(c)(1) through(c)(5) require the petitioner to submit specific information to meet regulatory requirements and inform APHIS. While petitioners may submit much of the necessary information, APHIS retains primary responsiblity for researching and analyzing al the data necessary to prepare the environmental documents." USDA just reviews data given to them by biotech companies and fills out an EIS.
@MukumRaiLimbu USDA wants to do even less regulating of GMOs. Federal Register Vol. 76 No.67 "The pilot project will explore two voluntary mechanisms: (1) A petitioner-submitted environmental report based upon which APHIS would develop an EA or EIS and (2) an EA or EIS prepared by a contractor funded by a cooperative service agreement between the petioner and APHIS." Biotech companies test GMOs and USDA generally does not as part of its regulations.
@MukumRaiLimbu "EPA evaluate the proposed pesticide thoroughly to ensure that the pesticide will not pose unreasonable risks of harm to human health or the environment.""EPA considers many factors regarding the PIP, including""Studies assessing the risks to human health Studies assessing risks to nontarget organisms and the environment The potential for gene flow The need for insect resistance management plans" EPA doesn't generally test GMOs, it evaluates studies from biotech companies.
@MukumRaiLimbu "The most detailed regulatory tests on the GMOs are three-month long feeding trials of laboratory rats, which are biochemically assessed. The tests are not compulsory, and are not independently conducted." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20941377
"most of these studies have been conducted by biotechnology companies responsible of commercializing these GM plants." sciencedirect"dot"com/science/article/pii/S0160412011000055
@MukumRaiLimbu If you want to help increase the production of food in third world countries then promote organic not GM. "Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming on the same amount of land.""in developed countries, yields were almost equal on organic and conventional farms. In developing countries, food production could double or triple using organic methods"" sciencedaily"dot"com/releases/2007/07/070711134523.htm
@myndy86 "For their analysis, researchers defined the term organic as: practices referred to as sustainable or ecological; that utilize non-synthetic nutrient cycling processes; that exclude or rarely use synthetic pesticides; and sustain or regenerate the soil quality." This means that no pesticides or heavy synthetic fertilizers were used, not that the food was not genetically modified. Learn to read.
@MukumRaiLimbu "Today's scientific evidence demonstrates that agroecological methods outperform the use of chemical fertilizers in boosting food production where the hungry live- especially in unfavorable environments.""To date agroecological projects have shown an average crop yield increase of 80% in 57 developing countries, with an average increase of 116% for all African projects." srfood.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/1174-report-agroecology-and-the-right-to-food
@MukumRaiLimbu UN report Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa which states "Poverty is a major contributory factor to food security, organic farmers benefit from (i) cash savings, as organic farming precludes the need to purchase synthetic pesticides and fertilisers; (ii) extra incomes gained by selling the surplus produce(resulting from the change to organic); (iii) premium prices for certified organic produce, obtained primarily in Africa for export but also for domestic markets;"
@MukumRaiLimbu UN report cont. "and (iv) added value to organic products through processing activities. These findings are backed up by studies from Asia and Latin America that concluded that organic farming can reduce poverty in an environmentally friendly way.""Organic farming can lead to increased food production – in many cases a doubling of yields""crop yield increase was even higher for these projects: 116 per cent increase for all African projects" unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted200715_en.pdf
Genetically modifying the genes of fruits and vegetables is no different than cross-breeding them to maximize certain traits... it's just much faster and more effective. That a gene came from a fish and was put in a tomato is completely beside the point: the gene isn't a "fishy gene" that somehow makes the tomato any less a vegetable.
That said, the pesticides are a problem. I'm not quite sure why you're saying "Thanks alot scientists" though... they're not the ones in charge of business.
@TheRealCMeta You're just drawing an arbitrary line in the dirt when you distinguish between cross-breeding and GMOs. A cucumber and a tomato cannot cross-breed, but if you have a tomato that's genetically modified with a cucumber's resilience to cold, is that "bad?" If not, then what's the distinction? No GMO that crosses plant and animal? Why? Genes are universal. They are the building blocks of life. It's like taking a lego piece that made a plane and using it to make a flying car.
@DaystarEld Legos? Genes code for proteins and work in a network, every gene and even every snp has hundreds and even thousands of different functions. Knocking out or adding a gene could change numerous functions within the network. There is not alot of knowledge regarding the full function of genes within their network and the same gene can, and in many cases does have different expressions in different organisms and under different conditions. It's infinitely more complicated than legos.
I've had many tomatoes that are supposed to be conventionally grown, that are obviously GMO. They have a very strong filiment that travels from the stem area, down all four sides. Cutting out the stem with a knife, you can feel the resistance and even pull them out, like threads. I'm very sick and tired of these criminals poisoning us with their frankenfoods! They have no right to play GOD and should all be sentenced to death for their crimes against humanity!
wayne madsen knows what happens on a GMO diet, investigative journalist know, mainstream media doesn't. your flora basically turns into mutant pesticides, everything you eat they do to inside you and when they mutate you got like fuckin bull shit nasty xbillion problems and a bitch is one
why do you think organic farmers are slowly being wiped out due to the "codex alimentarius"
look it up if you dont know. mosanto wants total domination of all vegetation and animal modification production. it will be a nice world in less than a decade. oh and by the way not only is organic on its way out slowly BUT FDA has now passed a LAW that will regulate also your home gardening. that way you will be required to buy seeds from mosnato. yay
@TheVELAFamily: Yeah; everything's pretty fucked up! We know that the government and all its agencies are controlled by the corporations (including Codex); AKA: Monsanto and Big Pharma!
Paxhong if you only buy one type of food ORGANIC make it Vegetables/ fruits. Most commercial produce is not only laced with pesticides and herbicides, possibly genetically modified and certainly lacking in 85 percent of it's nutrients, but it doesn't support energy conservation and the health of the planet. Most of it is only 20 or 30 cents more expensive at grocery stores.
@MukumRaiLimbu The 116% yield increase stat comes from a study that suggests Africa should switch to certified organic(No GM). "Organic farming can lead to increased food production-in many cases a doubling of yields has been seen""the average crop yield increase was even higher for the projects:116 per cent increase for all African projects" unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted200715_en.pdf
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu "In developed countries, organic systems on average produce 92% of the yield produced by conventional agriculture. In developing countries, however, organic systems produce 80% more than conventional farms." newscientist"dot"com/mobile/article/dn12245-organic-farming-could-feed-the-world.html
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu Janet Carpenter is a former lobbyist for National Center for Food Agriculture Policy who is funded by Monsanto, which shows a conflict of interest. The study also used surveys and not field trials. I`m sure you understand that a farmer can lie on a survey. As for the definition of organic, the 80% yield increase stat came from a study that only included certified organic(No GM), which is in the references. I will quote the study for you.
myndy86 6 months ago
By the way, the researchers who developed the glow in the dark pigs did so for stem cell research, as well as helping with the study of human disease.
MukumRaiLimbu 6 months ago
You should be fucking grateful of scientists and go get a fucking real job instead of complaining and spreading propaganda about something that's helping people.
MukumRaiLimbu 6 months ago
This video is such bullshit, GM foods are helping to increase the production of food in third world countries you self-righteous bitch. By the way there are no genes from any animals in comercial genetically modified plants and GM food is tested to the highest standard.
MukumRaiLimbu 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu The UN and World Bank report,International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development by 400 scientists, concluded that biotech crops have very little potential to alleviate poverty and hunger. Robert Watson, the director of the IAASTD, and chief scientist at the UK DEFRA, responded to a question from the newspaper, The Daily Mail – Are GM crops the simple answer to hunger and poverty? with the words, "I would argue, no."
myndy86 6 months ago
@myndy86 Of course GM crops aren't the simple answer to hunger and poverty. Most poverty in the world is caused by corruption, man-made conflicts and inefficient/unstable governments. Biotech could have much more potential if governments around the world were well run, unfortunately this is not the case in underdeveloped nations, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. A 2010 peer reviewed article by Janet E Carpenter found farmers in underdeveloped countries had an increase in yield of 29%.
MukumRaiLimbu 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu with GM crops*
MukumRaiLimbu 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu FDA regulations from FDA website "Because FDA determined that bioengineered foods should be regulated like their conventional counterparts, FDA has not to date established any regulations specific to bioengineered food." " FDA established an informal process by which firms can inform the Agency that they have completed a food or feed safety assessment. FDA requests that firms submit a summary of their assessment to the Agency." GMO manufacturers test the GMOs, not the FDA.
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu USDA regulations. Federal Register Vol. 76 No.67 "The regulations in 340.6(c)(1) through(c)(5) require the petitioner to submit specific information to meet regulatory requirements and inform APHIS. While petitioners may submit much of the necessary information, APHIS retains primary responsiblity for researching and analyzing al the data necessary to prepare the environmental documents." USDA just reviews data given to them by biotech companies and fills out an EIS.
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu USDA wants to do even less regulating of GMOs. Federal Register Vol. 76 No.67 "The pilot project will explore two voluntary mechanisms: (1) A petitioner-submitted environmental report based upon which APHIS would develop an EA or EIS and (2) an EA or EIS prepared by a contractor funded by a cooperative service agreement between the petioner and APHIS." Biotech companies test GMOs and USDA generally does not as part of its regulations.
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu "EPA evaluate the proposed pesticide thoroughly to ensure that the pesticide will not pose unreasonable risks of harm to human health or the environment.""EPA considers many factors regarding the PIP, including""Studies assessing the risks to human health Studies assessing risks to nontarget organisms and the environment The potential for gene flow The need for insect resistance management plans" EPA doesn't generally test GMOs, it evaluates studies from biotech companies.
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu "The most detailed regulatory tests on the GMOs are three-month long feeding trials of laboratory rats, which are biochemically assessed. The tests are not compulsory, and are not independently conducted." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20941377
"most of these studies have been conducted by biotechnology companies responsible of commercializing these GM plants." sciencedirect"dot"com/science/article/pii/S0160412011000055
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu If you want to help increase the production of food in third world countries then promote organic not GM. "Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming on the same amount of land.""in developed countries, yields were almost equal on organic and conventional farms. In developing countries, food production could double or triple using organic methods"" sciencedaily"dot"com/releases/2007/07/070711134523.htm
myndy86 6 months ago
@myndy86 "For their analysis, researchers defined the term organic as: practices referred to as sustainable or ecological; that utilize non-synthetic nutrient cycling processes; that exclude or rarely use synthetic pesticides; and sustain or regenerate the soil quality." This means that no pesticides or heavy synthetic fertilizers were used, not that the food was not genetically modified. Learn to read.
MukumRaiLimbu 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu I mean the plants, sorry typo.
MukumRaiLimbu 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu "Today's scientific evidence demonstrates that agroecological methods outperform the use of chemical fertilizers in boosting food production where the hungry live- especially in unfavorable environments.""To date agroecological projects have shown an average crop yield increase of 80% in 57 developing countries, with an average increase of 116% for all African projects." srfood.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/1174-report-agroecology-and-the-right-to-food
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu UN report Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa which states "Poverty is a major contributory factor to food security, organic farmers benefit from (i) cash savings, as organic farming precludes the need to purchase synthetic pesticides and fertilisers; (ii) extra incomes gained by selling the surplus produce(resulting from the change to organic); (iii) premium prices for certified organic produce, obtained primarily in Africa for export but also for domestic markets;"
myndy86 6 months ago
@MukumRaiLimbu UN report cont. "and (iv) added value to organic products through processing activities. These findings are backed up by studies from Asia and Latin America that concluded that organic farming can reduce poverty in an environmentally friendly way.""Organic farming can lead to increased food production – in many cases a doubling of yields""crop yield increase was even higher for these projects: 116 per cent increase for all African projects" unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted200715_en.pdf
myndy86 6 months ago
oh BEHAVE!
Jsmooth7444 1 year ago
LOL
gmofed 1 year ago
Genetically modifying the genes of fruits and vegetables is no different than cross-breeding them to maximize certain traits... it's just much faster and more effective. That a gene came from a fish and was put in a tomato is completely beside the point: the gene isn't a "fishy gene" that somehow makes the tomato any less a vegetable.
That said, the pesticides are a problem. I'm not quite sure why you're saying "Thanks alot scientists" though... they're not the ones in charge of business.
DaystarEld 1 year ago
@DaystarEld Not true.
Cross-breeding involves to species who are able to breed
GMOs are just unnatural because you can take a specific trait from any species (that wouldn't have been able to breed) and put it in another
TheRealCMeta 1 year ago
@TheRealCMeta You're just drawing an arbitrary line in the dirt when you distinguish between cross-breeding and GMOs. A cucumber and a tomato cannot cross-breed, but if you have a tomato that's genetically modified with a cucumber's resilience to cold, is that "bad?" If not, then what's the distinction? No GMO that crosses plant and animal? Why? Genes are universal. They are the building blocks of life. It's like taking a lego piece that made a plane and using it to make a flying car.
DaystarEld 1 year ago
@DaystarEld Legos? Genes code for proteins and work in a network, every gene and even every snp has hundreds and even thousands of different functions. Knocking out or adding a gene could change numerous functions within the network. There is not alot of knowledge regarding the full function of genes within their network and the same gene can, and in many cases does have different expressions in different organisms and under different conditions. It's infinitely more complicated than legos.
myndy86 10 months ago
@DaystarEld I heard that the tomato was taken off the market. Is that true?
boobsax 1 year ago
I've had many tomatoes that are supposed to be conventionally grown, that are obviously GMO. They have a very strong filiment that travels from the stem area, down all four sides. Cutting out the stem with a knife, you can feel the resistance and even pull them out, like threads. I'm very sick and tired of these criminals poisoning us with their frankenfoods! They have no right to play GOD and should all be sentenced to death for their crimes against humanity!
RandyBful1 1 year ago
wayne madsen knows what happens on a GMO diet, investigative journalist know, mainstream media doesn't. your flora basically turns into mutant pesticides, everything you eat they do to inside you and when they mutate you got like fuckin bull shit nasty xbillion problems and a bitch is one
nihilistcat 2 years ago
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boobsax 1 year ago
why do you think organic farmers are slowly being wiped out due to the "codex alimentarius"
look it up if you dont know. mosanto wants total domination of all vegetation and animal modification production. it will be a nice world in less than a decade. oh and by the way not only is organic on its way out slowly BUT FDA has now passed a LAW that will regulate also your home gardening. that way you will be required to buy seeds from mosnato. yay
TheVELAFamily 2 years ago
@TheVELAFamily: Yeah; everything's pretty fucked up! We know that the government and all its agencies are controlled by the corporations (including Codex); AKA: Monsanto and Big Pharma!
RandyBful1 1 year ago
um i'm suddenly allergic to a bunch of produce, and i think this is why
paxhong 3 years ago
Paxhong if you only buy one type of food ORGANIC make it Vegetables/ fruits. Most commercial produce is not only laced with pesticides and herbicides, possibly genetically modified and certainly lacking in 85 percent of it's nutrients, but it doesn't support energy conservation and the health of the planet. Most of it is only 20 or 30 cents more expensive at grocery stores.
NorthCentralMass 2 years ago
They're nor species, they're varieties.
ScientificClown 3 years ago