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Facebook Maison de l'Europe à Paris medias-matrices/blog Indian farmer suicides not GM related, says study | Environment A worker collects cotton buds in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state, India. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Suicides among Indian farmers have not increased as a result of the introduction of GM crops, according to a large scientific study. The finding runs counter to arguments often cited by NGOs in the country such as Gene Campaign that oppose GM crops. They say that the supposed hike in suicides is a tragic social consequence of farmers being forced into debt as a result of growing the crops. Farmer suicides were recently cited by Prince Charles in a lecture via video link to the New Delhi based NGO Navdanya as one of the ills of GM technology. But the new analysis suggests that if anything, suicides among farmers have been decreasing since the introduction of GM cotton by Monsanto in 2002. It also found that the adoption of pest-resistant Bt cotton varieties had led to massive increases in yield and a 40% decrease in pesticide use.
Facebook Mouvement Européen France Roarmag.org « Europeanrevolution Le coton OGM qui pousse les agriculteurs au suicide, un mythe? Pendant que la planète cède à l’Obamania, il y en a qui travaillent. Comme ce trio de chercheurs de l’Institut international de recherche sur les politiques agricoles (IFRPI, Etats-Unis) qui a jeté un pavé dans la mare des ONG qui combattent les organismes génétiquement modifiés dans les pays du Sud. Dissolvant l’un de leurs principaux arguments qu’on lit ou entend à longueur de temps. Contrairement à ce qui est affirmé depuis plusieurs années, le nombre de suicides d’agriculteurs n’aurait pas augmenté depuis l’avènement des OGM en Inde, et notamment du coton BT. Comme le rappelle le aujourd’hui, même le Prince Charles a pris l’habitude de mentionner une augmentation de la fréquence des suicides chez les cultivateurs indiens. Mais si l’on en croit le rapport de l’IFPRI , ce ne serait que légende, du moins sur un plan statistique. Cette phrase, glanée au hasard d’une balade sur des sites anti-OGM n’est pas contesté par l’IFPRI. Il est évident que ce rapport sera contesté. Lire également