An NGO has
criticized the Agriculture Minister's regulation No. 61/2011, which would allow
transgenic seeds companies to conduct business, as it could harm greater
interests.
“It is
obvious that the government is ignorant to the fact that transgenic products
can cause potential damage from an environmental, socioeconomic and health
perspective,” the Alliance for Prosperous Villages' national coordinator, Tejo
Wahyu Jatmiko, told a press conference on Thursday.
He then
cited similar projects that were tested around 10 years ago, in the form of a
cotton transgenic seed plantation in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, and a joint
project between the ministry and US agriculture giant Monsanto, but both were
big failures.
“This
policy won’t aid farmers; it will only profit big companies,” he said.
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