Żminijietna said that “Monsanto represents the GMO industry which should be opposed for various reasons. Żminijietna will be participating in the March Against Monsanto on Saturday 31st May in Valletta, together with other NGOs.
Żminijietna said: "GMO corporations are carrying out irreversible processes on agriculture. Besides, cross-contamination from one GMO field to another can take place. These corporations have not managed to prove that there is no long-term damage on humans and the ecology".
"The GMO industry is increasing the exploitation of farmers, by making them fully dependent on material required for GMO production in the process. This comes at the expense of food diversity and autonomy of farmers on the land in which they work. Class inequality increases through GMO production".
"Through GMO production, agricultural land is used for profit maximisation of a few transnational corporations. Such corporations fuel the capitalist system and neo-liberal policies which are resulting in global inequalities and hunger".
"Żminijietna joins leftist, green and progressive forces in the call for an immediate halt to the TTIP agreement, an agreement that will give more power to Multinational Companies, such as Monsanto. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA should be subject to an impact study, to a democratic discussion in the European Parliament and within civil society, and to full transparency before proceeding. It should also be subject to a referendum
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Press Release 30-5-2014
