Graphic: Where Weedkiller Won’t Work (clica no link para veres a infografia)
American farmers’ broad use of the weedkiller glyphosphate — particularly Roundup, which was originally made by Monsanto — has led to the rapid growth in recent years of herbicide-resistant weeds. To fight them, farmers are being forced to spray fields with more toxic herbicides, pull weeds by hand and return to more labor-intensive methods like regular plowing.
What should farmers do about these superweeds? What does the problem mean for agriculture in the U.S.? Will it temper American agriculture’s enthusiasm for genetically modified crops that are engineered to survive spraying with Roundup?
 |
| Palmer amaranth, or pigweed, is a particularly tenacious Roundup-resistant pest that has been known to damage harvesting equipment. |
Lê atentamente as intervenções de 6 pesquisadores acerca desta tragédia (previsível?) que se abateu sobre a agricultura nos EUA (e não só):- Michael Pollan, author, “Food Rules”
- Stephen Powles, plant biologist and grain farmer
- Blake Hurst, farmer
- Anna Lappé, Small Planet Institute
- Scott M. Swinton, agriculture economist
- Micheal D.K. Owen, professor of agronomy
loading...
We need a revolution before it is TOO late! Own our Green Rights is own our good present for a better future! Anonymous Message To Monsanto; We fight for farmers! To the free-thinking citizens of the world: Anonymous stands with the farmers and food...
Anna Lappé - Bio- All PostsAnna Lappé is the national bestselling author of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It (Bloomsbury 2010). Anna is also the co-author of Hope's Edge, with...
LEITURAS ENREDADAS (com excertos): 1. Why Monsanto's GM seeds threaten democracy Ask Monsanto. Under the headline, “Why Does Monsanto Sue Farmers Who Save Seeds?” on its website, the firm states: “When farmers purchase a patented seed variety,...
SuperweedGlobal Research, August 18, 2010 Recently the unelected potentates of the EU Commission in Brussels have sought to override what has repeatedly been shown to be the overwhelming opposition of the European Union population to the spread of Genetically...
Caros, desculpem a longa mensagem, mas de facto este relatório merece ampla e detalhada leitura. Estas companhias (Monsanto e semelhantes) devem sair de Portugal. Acesso ao Relatório :: Accessing the report The full report pdf (3.68 MBs, 69 pages)...
