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India: January 2007. in Kolathur village near Mettur dam
in Salem district (Tamil Nadu), the Bt-Cotton crop supplied by Rasi
Seeds Pvt.Ltd to 32 farmers totally failed. Members of Tamil
nadu organic farmers movement, SAGE, Organic farmers federation
of Erode Region are actively working for these farmers to obtain
compensation. More
news from Selvam
of Tamil Nadu
• France : February 7. For the 3rd time,
the French justice missed the opportunity of clearing 8 "warning
people". How will a future government compensate for the unjust
punishment (jail or heavy fines) inflicted to them today ?
Uncontamination
in Menville, July 2004
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Nicaragua, Managua, February 14, morning :
"Alliance for the protection of bio-diversity" gives a
Press Conference
on the results of genetic
tests concerning the rice sold in the local supermarkets.
Contact: Denis
Press
Release
(in
spanish)
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USA, New York Times, February 14:
A judge of the Federal District Court in San Francisco said the
Agriculture Department had been "cavalier" in deciding
that a full environmental impact statement was not needed because
the potential environmental and economic effects of the Monsanto's
Alfalfa were not significant. (GMWatch).
The GènArctic expedition
will concern possible impacts of these GM plants J101 and J163.
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Germany,
Hamburg, 23-25 February:
Biotech Workshop
in People Global Action Meeting
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Bangladesh,
Dhaka, 14 March,
WORA Press Conference
 WORA
Launch Press Conference
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France : March 14. Hunger Strike for a Moratorium
on GMOs. Coming from different regions of France, they have started
a Hunger Strike in order to obtain a Moratorium on GE crops, a couple
of weeks before sowing.
- On the 19th of March, the government
has approved 13 new GE open-air trials.
- On the 20th of March, non-democratic
ordinances have been issued for legalizing GMO farming in the framework
of Europe.
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