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GMOs increase the use of pesticides and do not help fight hunger and poverty, according to Friends of the Earth
MADRID, 13 (EUROPA PRESS)
The transgenic increase pesticide use and do not help fight hunger and poverty, according to a new report by the environmental organization Friends of the Earth, presented simultaneously in Madrid, Brussels (Belgium), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Lagos (Nigeria).

"GM crops have failed to provide the greatest benefits promised. Instead, we find that the increase in pesticide use caused by these crops pose a threat to the environment and the global population" said in a statement for Agriculture of the organization, David Sánchez.

addition, the campaign coordinator of Friends of transgenic of the Earth International in Nigeria, Nnimmo Bassey, criticizes the industry Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) said the African GM crops needed to meet the nutritional needs of the population, though most of these crops are used for animal feed in rich countries or for the production of agrofuels.

Meanwhile, the European coordinator of this campaign, Helen Holder, stresses that the EU is right to address GM crops carefully. "There is growing evidence that worldwide more sustainable agricultural methods provide real solutions, while developing economies and create local employment in rural areas, "he says.

According to this new report, the introduction of GM crops has caused a significant increase in the use of pesticides. For example, studies by the U.S. Government Cultural UP 15 times higher use of herbicide RoundUp (glyphosate) between 1994 and 2005 and the government of Brazil, an increase of almost 80 percent between 2000 and 2004. As a result, herbs are increasingly emerging adventitious (or weeds) resistant to glyphosate worldwide , causing an increase in production costs for farmers and serious environmental impacts.

The study also highlights that GM crops do not solve problems hunger or poverty, because they are used mostly for animal feed and not for the impoverished population.

On the other hand, warns that the multinationals claim that GM cotton has been a great boost to cotton yields, helping to alleviate poverty among farmers, despite these increases in performance are due to climatic conditions favorable, the introduction of irrigation and the purchase of improved seeds that are not genetically modified. It also notes that in many countries, farmers who paid the additional cost of transgenic seeds ended up spending the same money on chemical insecticides that farmers had planted conventional cotton.

Finally, the report indicates that less than 2 percent of the total area of \u200b\u200bcorn grown in the EU is genetically modified and five countries have already banned the Monsanto corn by growing evidence of their environmental impact.