En bog fra Oxfam i USA har skabt uro internt i den store NGO om dens officielle holdning til gen-modificerede afgrøder. Det fremgår af Oxfam Internationals hjemmeside.
A number of organizations have recently published an open letter to Oxfam executives expressing their concern over Oxfam’s stance on transgenic crops.
Specifically, they said a recent book based on research commissioned by Oxfam America, designed to look at the experiences of countries adopting transgenic cotton, had come to an overly “pro-GM” conclusion.
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The Oxfam International confederation – including Oxfam America – does not support GMOs as the solution to hunger, poverty and development.
Oxfam believes that any decision to use GMOs must be based on the human rights’ principles of participation, transparency, choice, sustainability and fairness.
Feeding the world’s hungry people requires huge social, political, economic and cultural changes, not a simple technological fix.
