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GM crops bring higher agrochemical use and lower productivity in Brazil - report

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Published: 23 December 2013
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GM crops in Brazil have brought higher agrochemical use and lower yields and productivity, according to a new report based on government data.

A new report on the performance of GM crops in Brazil over the first ten years of planting has been published by the NGO, the Brazilian Association of Agrarian Reform (Abra). The report draws on Brazilian government data to conclude that GM crops, especially soy, have brought higher agrochemical use and lower yields and productivity when compared with non-GM crops. An article on the report is below.

The report, "Ten years of (legalised) GM crops", by Gerson Teixeira of the Brazilian Association of Agrarian Reform (Abra), published 16 Dec 2013, is available only in Portuguese from: http://www.mst.org.br/sites/default/files/ABRA%20-%20TRANSGENICOS%20-%20HOMENAGEM%20AOS%2010%20ANOS%20-%20DEZ%202013.pdf

Terminator update: A source tells GMWatch that by a narrow majority of just three votes, the proposal to allow releases of terminator seed was not included in the Brazilian congressional hearings this time. Well done to all those who signed petitions against the proposal!
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GM foods are full of "sirens' songs", says researcher                                     
EcoDebate, 20 Dec 2013
GMWatch translation of Portuguese original article:  
http://www.ecodebate.com.br/2013/12/20/os-alimentos-transgenicos-sao-repletos-de-cantos-da-sereia-diz-pesquisador/

In a [new] report, the president of the Brazilian Association of Agrarian Reform (Abra), Gerson Teixeira, analyzes ten years of cultivation of GM seeds in Brazil.

In the report, the researcher makes some clear points regarding the consequences of this technology: high dependence, increased monoculture, increased use of pesticides and decreased productivity.

It all started, Teixeira noted, from the smuggling of Monsanto's GM seeds, hitherto prohibited from use in Brazil.

Given this "fait accompli", these products began to be released in the country under the pretext of "reducing costs, increasing productivity, reducing pesticide use, and many other advantages that turned out to predominantly materialise in our country in the form of huge profits for the big global agrochemical corporations."

The actual result was the complete opposite. In "homage to the prophets of the alleged technical and environmental virtues of this scientific event", the author deals more specifically with two of the "sirens' songs" of GMOs: reduced pesticide use and increased productivity.

Just to give you an idea, pesticide use has increased in Brazil by around 190% in the past ten years, while in the rest of the world the increase was 90%.

Yet soybean yield in Brazil, for example, grew by only 4% in the last decade, compared to 31% growth between 1992/2003 [prior to GM crop legalisation].

Below, download and check out the full article. http://www.mst.org.br/sites/default/files/ABRA%20-%20TRANSGENICOS%20-%20HOMENAGEM%20AOS%2010%20ANOS%20-%20DEZ%202013.pdf

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