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Kurswechsel in der Landwirtschaft und Rio +20

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Angelika Hilbeck

Institute für Integrative Biologie, ETH Zürich, Schweiz

Chancen und Risiken von gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen im Kontext von Welthunger/Weltagrarbericht

2011?

‚The hunger curve‘

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2011?

‚The hunger curve‘

Beginn der Gentech‐Revolution!!

KEINE Schlüssel‐Technologie zurHungerbekämpfung

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2011?

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HUNGER

1 - Is there a food shortage in the world?

“There is enough food in the world today for everyone to have the nourishment necessary for a healthy and productive life.”

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“MORE HUNGER STATS

* 925 million people do not have enough to eat and 98 percent of them live in developing countries. (Source: FAO news release, 14 September 2010)”

www.wfp.org/hunger /faqs accessed 27 Jan 2012

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20112 323 million tonnes, is still confirmed as a record, with a growth of 3.5 percent from 2010.http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs‐home/csdb/en/

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Industrielle Agrar‐Rohstoff Nutzung

Agrartreibstoffe gegen Klimawandel 

GM crop plants

Hunger has many and complex causes

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Warum GV Pflanzen bislang keine Lösung?

Singuläre, isolierte Lösungsoptionen

Symptom- anstatt Ursachenbekämpfung

Geringe Kenntnis lokaler Bedingungen und Bedürfnisse (Kontext)

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Unkenntnis internationaler und nationaler Regulierung/Zulassungsverfahren (einschl. Konsequenzen für Landwirte e.g. Patent-/Eigentumsrechte/Lizenzgebühren)

Druck auf Länder nationale Gesetzgebung aufzuweichen (WEMA/Tanzania)

Gentech Pflanzen verfestigen die industrielle Landwirtschaft

HR‐crops  ....sold on simplicity!

The expansion of biotechnologically modified soybean in Argentina: Economical aspects and considerationsby Reinaldo Muñoz, F Moscardi, C B Hoffmann-Campo, O F Saraiva, P R Galerani, F C Krzyzanowski, M C Carrao-Panizzi

The author reviews the expansion of roundup resistant (RR)soybeans in Argentina … from the early 1990s until … 2003/04season. …Conclusions are that producers have massively adoptedthe biotechnology because it allows for no-tillage cultivation, greatlyreducing the cost of production and labor inputs.

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This drop in the cost of production, combined with highinternational prices for soybeans and soybean products hasprecipitated major growth in the production of soybeans, includingexpansion into areas previously considered unsuitable forcultivation.

Proceedings VII World Soybean Research Conference IV International Soybean Processing and Utilization Conference III Congresso Brasileiro de Soja Brazilian Soybean Congress Foz do Iguassu PR Brazil 29 February5 March 2004. Publisher: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, National Soybean Research Center, Pages: 551-558.

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Massive soil erosion from open agricultural lands in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, B ilBrazil…

Massive weed resistance problems

Massive increase in broad spectrum herbicide use

GM soybean: Latin America s new colonizerMiguel Altieri and Walter Pengue | 21 January 2006 | Seedling, January 2006

GM soybeans are much more environmentally damaging than other crops, …..

Socio-economic consequences include severe concentration of land and income, the expulsion of rural populations to

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o a d a d co e, t e e pu s o o u a popu at o s tothe Amazonian frontier and to urban areas, compounding the concentration of the poor in cities.

The multiple impacts of soybean expansion also reduce the food security potential of target countries. Much of the land previously devoted to grain, dairy products or fruits has been converted to soybean for exports.

http://www.grain.org/article/entries/588-gm-soybean-latin-america-s-new-colonizer

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Weltagrarbericht

Analysen sind gemacht, wir wissen welche Richtung einzuschlagen ist

Handlungsoptionen liegen vor

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Zuerst muss Kurswechsel eingeleitet werden, dann kann Biotechnologie wertvollen Beitrag leisten

- problemlösungs-orientiert- Prioritäten auf standortgerechte Lösungen- faire, partizipatorische Prozesse

http://www.grain.org/article/entries/588-gm-soybean-latin-america-s-new-colonizer