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Gene technology and sustainable agriculture
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Subject: Gene technology and sustainable agriculture
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From: jan Benedictus <jan.benedictus@pi.net>
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 16:15:16 -0700
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Article: 14652 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Organization: pi.net
Gene technology is up now primairily applied to serve agro-industrial
production. As multinational firms are controlling biotechnology this is
not a surprising thing.
With the urge to shift from conventional to sustainable production
worldwide, gene technology and gene technology legislation should be
adapted to meet the demands of sustainable development and not become a
hampering facrtor in the shifting process. (The Norwegain law gives an
exapmle of this already).
>From the Wageningen Agricultural University (Netherlands) I have started
a project aimed at initiating gene technology applications that are in
line with sustainable development and that show no discrepancy with
social demands.
At the early stage I am in now, I would like to receive comments,
suggestions and gain contacts that could contribute to the projects'
quality. Therefor, I would like to invite every expert or intelligent
layman to reply on the following questions:
- Would you have any suggestions if you were able to steer
biotechnological research. Would you have any priorities (e.g.
specific crop characteristics) that in your believe would add to the
contribution of gene technology to future (sustainable) food security,
but is now insufficiently addressed?
- Are there developments in biotechnology or biotechnology legislation
that you find harmfull for achieving sustainable production on a global
scale?, or put diferently: do you believe economical barriers are arising
(eg less open acces to (genetic) resources) to achieve future food
security as a result of technological and legal developments? Or do you
see gene technology as it is organised today as a contribution to sust.
devel.?
- Do you have the impression real effort is made to link the issues
'future food security' and 'biotechnology'? If so, would you know any
persons active in thie field?
Your reaction preferably by Email, or via the newsgroups,
Jan Benedictus,
Wageningen