¿quién se beneficia con los cultivos transgénicos?

The report critiques the 'agro-business revolution' of GM crops, specifically targeting Monsanto's influence on global agricultural policies and the misleading data provided by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA). It argues that GM crops have led to increased pesticide use, land concentration, and the erosion of farmers' rights through restrictive intellectual property regimes. The document concludes that the primary beneficiaries of this technology are biotechnology companies, while small-scale farmers and the environment suffer negative impacts.

• The global expansion of GM crops is highly concentrated; as of 2004, over 84% of GM crops were located in the United States, Argentina, and Canada. The market is dominated by four crops—soy, maize, cotton, and rapeseed—which account for 99% of the total global GM acreage.
• The report claims that data provided by the ISAAA regarding the success and acreage of GM crops is significantly inflated and lacks transparent sources. For example, ISAAA's 2002 estimates for South Africa were 20 times higher than figures from other biotech industry organizations.
• Monsanto has used unethical strategies to bypass regulatory hurdles, including paying over $700,000 in bribes to at least 140 current and former Indonesian government officials and their families between 1997 and 2002.
• The document asserts that the introduction of GM soy has led to a dramatic increase in pesticide use since 1999 and has resulted in at least six different weed species becoming resistant to the herbicide Roundup by 2005.
• Monsanto implements a strict intellectual property regime that criminalizes the traditional practice of saving seeds. In the US, technology fees can represent 30% or more of the seed cost, and farmers are prohibited from saving seeds for future planting.
• In Argentina, the intensification of GM soy production is linked to soil erosion and a loss of fertility, with estimates suggesting soils could become infertile within 50 years if current nutrient depletion continues.
• The report argues that GM crops do not mitigate world hunger because they are primarily grown in or exported to wealthy nations and are used for animal feed or processed products rather than direct human consumption for the poor.
• The expansion of GM soy has contributed to land concentration and the displacement of small farmers, particularly in Argentina and Paraguay, where forced evictions of peasant communities have been documented.

APA

Améndola, C., Pereira, M., Sánchez, J., Mayet, M., Bebb, A., Freese, B., & López, J. (2006). ¿quién se beneficia con los cultivos transgénicos? Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/gmcrops2006execsummary-esp.pdf

Chicago

Améndola, Carmen, Marcelo Pereira, Julio Sánchez, Mariam Mayet, Adrian Bebb, Bill Freese, and Juan López. ¿quién se beneficia con los cultivos transgénicos? Friends of the Earth International, 2006. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/gmcrops2006execsummary-esp.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{amndola2006quin, author = {Améndola, Carmen and Pereira, Marcelo and Sánchez, Julio and Mayet, Mariam and Bebb, Adrian and Freese, Bill and López, Juan}, title = {{¿quién se beneficia con los cultivos transgénicos?}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2006}, month = jan, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/gmcrops2006execsummary-esp.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }