According to Minister Ángel Manero, the national production of GMOs will not affect gastronomy and will be directed toward raising chickens and pigs.
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Peru has banned the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (LMOs) until 2035, but the Ministry of Agrarian Development wants to modify the law and bring forward the date.
“GMOs cannot be grown until 2035, and from then on, yes. We want to bring forward the deadline to start once and for all and no longer give in to imports. This technical position will allow the advancement of technology,” Minister Ángel Manero commented before the Constitution and Regulations Commission of Congress, during the support of the list of legislative powers.
According to Manero, we are already “eating GMOs” because we import 4,000 tons of GMO corn and modified soybean oil, and these displace national production. In total, up to US$800 million is imported in GMOs.
For example, national cotton production has been reduced and displaced by the modified one: from 250,000 hectares it went to 10,000 “because the world produces transgenic cotton.”
“We do not want to affect biodiversity because the proposal will not allow cultivation in areas of high biodiversity such as the jungle or the mountains. It will be done in some sectors of the coast. And we’re not talking about all crops: we’re only interested in cotton and corn,” he referred.
In the opinion of the head of Midagri, the transgenic corn will not be used for human consumption and will only be used to feed chickens and pigs; Meanwhile, cotton will be used in textiles and clothing. “National producers need it,” he said.
However, in an interview with La República, Manero assured that the opening to GMOs will only go to small producers, but he acknowledged that the field is also open to the giants of the sector, such as GMO fruits and vegetables.
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Source: Larepublica
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