Farmers Demand Pakistan Ban Terminator
March 31, 2006
Farmers in Pakistan have gathered togther in a Pakistan Dehqan (farmers) Assembly and rejected the idea of Terminator seeds. More than two hundred representaives of farmers from different regions represented thousands of farmers and categorically said that they will resist any move to introduce terminator seeds in the country. They demanded that Pakistan government take steps to ban Terminator seeds and any research towards development of Terminator seeds.
"Terminator seeds will kill our biodiversity and bring more poverty and devastation," said Zafar from Farooqabad area.
"We would join hands with farmers of Via Campasina to defend our seeds and we warn multinational seed companies that they should refrain from introducing Terminator seeds. Otherwise we would bring them to farmers' courts," said Khuram from Mananwala area.
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