Global Moratoriuum on GURT development
Campaigners against the technology have long alleged that terminator seeds would enslave farmers by preventing them from saving seed ...making them dependent on re-purchasing seeds from big biotech companies. The furore over a decade ago led to a global moratorium on GURT development, agreed under the aegis of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in 2000.
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GM Technology and agriculture »GM Technology and agriculture
We should reject GM technology »We should reject GM technology
GM Technology allows corporations to monopolise our food supply »GM Technology allows corporations to monopolise our food supply
Terminator Genes »Terminator Genes
Global Moratoriuum on GURT development
Extreme position »Extreme position
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