Sentences with phrase «farmers uprooted»
Farmers uprooted the genetically modified rice in order to stop the planned commercialization of Golden Rice.
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I also saw instances in which a farmer's olive trees had been uprooted, barriers put in his way of entry onto his land, and boulders rolled down on it by settlers on the hilltops above.
The uprooting of the Golden Rice field trial by more than 400 farmers and sectoral groups last 2013 proved to be just, given the dangerous nature of the said product» said Panerio.
«The farmers» uprooting and continued resistance is justified, especially now in the light of new findings on Golden Rice which shows the weakness of the technology, the brunt of which will be shouldered by the farmers,» said Sharl Lopez, Executive Director of Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP).
The activity also commemorates the fourth year anniversary when 400 strong delegation of farmers and other sectors uprooted the field testing of Golden Rice in Pili, Camarines Sur.
Yet in 2013, the proponents made a secretive third field testing on the said area, prompting farmers to uproot the Golden Rice field test to assert their rights to health and the environment.
After the intense opposition from various farmers and consumers groups, including the uprooting of the clandestine field trial in Camarines Sur, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) postponed the commercialization, citing the failure of Golden Rice to produce better yields.
In 2013, more than 400 farmers, consumers, youth and other sectors uprooted the clandestine field trial in Pili, Camarines Sur.
In 2013, more than 400 farmers, consumers and sectoral group under SIKWAL - GMO successfully uprooted the said transgenic crop in Camarines Sur, Bicol as a sign of protest.
In August 8, 2013, more than 400 farmers led the historic uprooting of Golden Rice experimental fields at Pili, Camarines Sur to signal strong opposition to Golden rice trials and commercialization.
To commemorate the historic uprooting and protest action against golden rice last August 8, 2013, hundreds of farmers will gather to hold a public forum in Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon, the rice granary of the country where Philippine Rice Research Insitute (PhilRICE) Golden Rice experimental fields are located.
French Green MEP José Bové, an ex-farmer well - known for his destruction of a McDonald's franchise in the south of France and the uprooting of GM crops in Brazil, said that the only protection farmers can have is for a complete ban on GMOs in Europe.
Uprooting the Fox clan to a new tree home, he puts them right next to door to Boggis (Cox), Bunce (Guinness) and Bean (Gambon)-- three of the meanest, nastiest, ugliest farmers in the valley, warns his friend, Badger (Murray).
Perhaps he feels that national economy in such instances is better served by bringing back to the soil the plant food exhausted by faulty practices, than by uprooting the farmer and moving him to more fertile soils, to repeat the process of denudation.