PRESS RELEASE The European Parliament’s favourable vote represents a twenty-five-year step backwards, eliminating risk assessment, traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms produced with New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), and enabling the extension of patent rights to conventional plants. This...
By Salvatore Ceccarelli In recent times, the public—and especially farmers—have been bombarded with the message that agriculture needs science to face future challenges, including climate change and feeding a continually growing world population. It’s legitimate to ask: what kind...
Farmers’, organic farming and civil society organisations criticise the political agreement reached in trilogue on deregulating genetically modified organisms obtained with new genomic techniques. They now call on the European Parliament in plenary to reject the proposal and on...
Sixteen civil society organizations have launched an urgent appeal against the proposed European regulation that would deregulate new GMOs (NGTs/TEAs), eliminating requirements for traceability, labelling, and risk assessment. This proposal threatens food sovereignty, agricultural biodiversity, and the survival of...
Download pdf OUR 2024 JOURNEY In 2024, Navdanya International has continued to champion the defense of biodiversity, the fight against the growing dominance of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and industrial agriculture, and the building of resilient, sustainable communities. As...
In a landmark decision for biodiversity and food sovereignty, Mexico has passed a constitutional reform prohibiting the planting of genetically modified (GMO) corn. The reform of articles 4 and 27 cements Mexico’s position as the center of origin of...
By Manlio Masucci, Navdanya International A campaign to encourage Italian municipalities to approve a resolution declaring their territories free from genetically modified crops. GMO-Free Municipalities and Regions is the campaign launched by the Centro Internazionale Crocevia and the Associazione...
Greenpeace – 11 February 2025 | Source Brussels, 11 February 2025 – European countries must protect farmers, small- and medium-sized seed breeders, and the organic and GM-free sectors from threats to their business posed by the deregulation of new...
By Dr Vandana Shiva Over the past few decades, GMO crops have been imposed in countries around the world, touted as a solution to food insecurity and malnutrition crises. However, hunger, disease and malnutrition have increased, while biodiversity has...
This post is also available in: Spanish Cover photo credits: Valeria Campos Bio-imperialism vs. Bio-diversity Global Context: Seeds and GMOs Seeds are emblematic of the connections between our lives, our food, our health and our freedom. They are...