Lucha contra Monsanto

The report documents global opposition to Monsanto and other biotechnology firms, highlighting the social and environmental costs of GM crops. It details resistance movements in Europe, India, Latin America, and Africa, while critiquing the 'green economy' and 'climate-smart agriculture' as market-driven mechanisms that reinforce corporate control. The authors advocate for food sovereignty and peasant-led agroecology as the only viable paths to climate resilience and food security.

• Monsanto holds a dominant position in the global seed market, controlling 27% of the commercial seed market and 90% of the soybean seed market as of 2005.
• The adoption of Bt cotton in India is linked to a massive wave of farmer suicides, with over 250,000 deaths between 1995 and 2010, driven by rising debts from expensive seeds and chemical inputs.
• In Europe, significant resistance has led to the prohibition of Monsanto's MON810 maize in countries including France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Luxembourg.
• The use of Roundup (glyphosate) is associated with severe health issues, including congenital malformations and cancer, and has led to the emergence of 'superweeds' resistant to herbicides.
• Latin American countries have implemented various measures against GM crops, such as Peru's 10-year moratorium on GM cultivation and imports, and judicial rulings in Argentina restricting pesticide spraying near homes.
• The report critiques 'climate-smart agriculture' and the 'green economy' as frameworks that promote market-based solutions and corporate dominance rather than community-led agroecology.
• Carbon offset mechanisms, such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and REDD+, are viewed as risks that could lead to global land grabbing and the displacement of local communities.
• Geoengineering proposals, including solar radiation management and negative emission technologies, are criticized for their potential to cause unpredictable ecosystem disruptions.

APA

Zacune, J. (2012). Lucha contra Monsanto. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lucha-contra-Monsanto.pdf

Chicago

Zacune, Joseph. Lucha contra Monsanto. Friends of the Earth International, 2012. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lucha-contra-Monsanto.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{zacune2012lucha, author = {Zacune, Joseph}, title = {{Lucha contra Monsanto}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2012}, month = mar, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lucha-contra-Monsanto.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }