Greenpeace tour against GMOs

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In Sinaloa, the main corn producer in Mexico, agriculture is being threatened because the interests of transnational corporations are prioritized in trade relations, in addition to the possible introduction of transgenic seeds that damage the environment and put native varieties at risk, producers warned. agricultural workers to Greenpeace activists, who arrived in Mazatlán on the Rainbow Warrior ship, which will be in Vallarta, Acapulco, Cozumel and Veracruz in order to raise awareness about the damage caused by genetically modified products.

The ship, which arrived in Mazatlán with 17 crew members and was welcomed with band music by environmental organizations, promotes the use of natural products and exhibits projects that allow care for the environment.

"Despite the risk that genetically modified seeds have on Europe Cell Phone Number List health and the environment, and despite the fact that Sinaloa producers are increasing their yields with conventional corn (...) the Mexican government at the federal, state and municipal levels is ignoring the potential for agroecological production and continues to promote the agroindustry model that deteriorates ecosystems,” said Alonso Campos Encines, a Sinaloan farmer and president of the State Corn Council.



Turn against industrial agriculture

The also leader of the Sinaloan Agricultural Movement (MAS) pointed out that these measures are carried out despite the grain production levels achieved by Sinaloan producers – up to 14 tons per hectare –, the good prices in the international market and the greater acceptance by industrialists from Mexico and the world to the varieties produced in the entity.

Campos and other producers went to the dock area of ​​the port to receive the leaders and activists of this world organization, whose ship, the Rainbow Warrior, will remain parked for three days as part of the environmentalist days and against industrial agriculture and commercial initiative promoted by state and federal authorities.

The producers delivered baskets with native corn to Greenpeace and warned about the risks to health and ecology of authorizing the planting of GMOs on a commercial scale.