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"We are going to have to get biodiversity into
gardens and fields, and then eat it.
Biodiversity is not on the edge of
the field or just outside my garden." - Tim Lang
NAFTA
time immemorial to
1994
Corn or maize originated in southern Mexico where it was
domesticated from teosinte, a wild
grass.
Scientists at four universities analyzed the
DNA sequences of
774 genes in strains of
teosinte and corn.
They found that
a small group of
these genes were alike in all corn strains, but far more varied in teosinte
strains.
This implies that these genes, because
they shaped corn like traits, were bred
for during domestication.
This genetic diversity,
directed over the course of 10,000 years by
human genetic manipulation, represents some
of the most precious and irreplaceable genetic
information.
These landraces will survive only as long as
the farmers who cultivate
them.
Small Mexican farmers who grow corn in southern Mexico are
responsible for maintaining the genetic diversity of the species.
1994 A river of cheap American corn begins
flooding into Mexico after
NAFTA takes effect.
While
US industrial farm corporations raise
a small handful of genetically nearly identical hybrids, Mexico's small farmers
in the past grew hundreds of different, open pollinated varieties, commonly
called landraces.
2003 Carnegie
Endowment says this
flood of subsidized
corn has washed away 1.3 million small farmers.
Unable to compete,
they left their land and
illegally
immigrated to the US to pick crops - former farmers have become
illegal alien day
laborers.
1996 to 2004
Worldwide genetically
modified plantings expand to 167 million acres, a 40-fold increase on 25%
of global arable land.
Over two-thirds of American
arable land grows genetically modified plants on more than 106 million
acres.
Argentina has 34 million acres,
and production is expanding in Brazil,
China,
Canada,
South Africa, Indonesia,
Spain and
Eastern Europe.
2006 Presidential election reveals for every
maquiladora job made (job made by
NAFTA) there are four
jobs lost in the Mexican agricultural sector.
"If a company can
control research
that appears in the public
domain, they can reduce the potential negatives that can come out of any
research." - Ken Ostlie
"Nearly all of the crops in the US Department of
Agriculture's database of approved genetically engineered varieties have been
modified for résistance to certain insects or to tolerate applications
of herbicides.
None has been shown to increase intrinsic crop yields,
nor do any have traits for drought tolerance.
Biotechnologists are finding
drought tolerance to be a major
challenge.
Traditional
farming systems have effectively raised yields and
improved drought tolerance; they
should receive the lion' share of
attention as a route to increasing food production."
- Doug Gurian-Sherman
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