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    Default Are Iraqi small farms being forced to use genetically modified crop seed?

    I have not heard a thing about this, and ran across this article from October of last year while looking for a completely unrelated topic on a search engine

    GRAIN_ariticle


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    Default Re: Are Iraqi small farms being forced to use genetically modified crop seed?

    I would hope so.

    First off,your growing in shitty soil,its a desert for kripes sake.
    You have alot of starving people that need food fast.

    The bad thing is,some will say its like americans putting small pox on blankets before giving them to the needy.I cant wait to hear what they say about this food thats grown this way.

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    Default Re: Are Iraqi small farms being forced to use genetically modified crop seed?

    It is one thing to encourage them to consider using this method.

    It is quite another to force people to do so.

    I guess freedom is not the actual goal of the U.S for Iraq afterall, but then again was it ever ?

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    Default Re: Are Iraqi small farms being forced to use genetically modified crop seed?

    Force people???
    HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm

    LLemmie see...

    Free seed to farm with, that will grow in that climate

    or

    No seed,to farm in that climate like it has been done for thousands of years.

    How many farms do you think they have in the desert??

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    Default Re: Are Iraqi small farms being forced to use genetically modified crop seed?

    Quote Originally Posted by PhaedrusZ
    I have not heard a thing about this, and ran across this article from October of last year while looking for a completely unrelated topic on a search engine

    GRAIN_ariticle


    PhaedrusZ
    Oh my,
    Iraq is going to go along with an international convention which 2/3rd (my estimate) of the worlds population abides by--The USPOV Convention.

    The list of member states to this convention is at
    http://www.upov.org/en/about/members/pdf/pub423.pdf

    The convention predates genetically modified food by about 35 years. Also to quite the author "This order amends Iraq's original patent law of 1970 and unless and until it is revised or repealed by a new Iraqi government, it now has the status and force of a binding law."

    UNTIL AND UNLESS--which means they can change it at any time.

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    Default Re: Are Iraqi small farms being forced to use genetically modified crop seed?

    Quote Originally Posted by BigGreenMnM
    Force people???
    HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm

    LLemmie see...

    Free seed to farm with, that will grow in that climate

    or

    No seed,to farm in that climate like it has been done for thousands of years.

    How many farms do you think they have in the desert??
    I am not saying I think it's a bad idea to use genetic farming, but I do think it should be a choice not a requirement .

    It is better to educate the people about how and why it would benefit them and have them choose it for themselves .

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