Various farmers’ unions, environmentalists, social groups, scientific and health organisations as well as individual intellectuals came together on Friday to oppose the decision of the Punjab Government which recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the multi-national company Monsanto to what was projected as promoting crop diversification.
In a joint statement these organisations claimed that the company had no expertise in diversification. On the contrary, it was averse to any diversification and had a history of monopolistic as well as exploitative practices that favoured monocultures.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/punjab-mou-monsanto-raises-public-concerns
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsanto
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmentalists
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biopiracy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture