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2007-04-13 | permalink
Negros Organic Agriculture Movement (Philippines) backs banning of GMOs
The Negros Organic Agriculture Movement has expressed support to the move of the provincial government to ban genetically modified organisms in Negros Occidental. In its position paper signed by its 17 members, NOAM said that the banning of GMOs in the province is indispensable in attaining the goal of making Negros the ”Organic Food Bowl in Asia.” The group’s move came after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed in the first reading the ordinance that will prohibit the entry of GMO products in Negros Occidental.
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2007-04-13 | permalink
Negros Organic Agriculture Movement (Philippines) backs banning of GMOs
The Negros Organic Agriculture Movement has expressed support to the move of the provincial government to ban genetically modified organisms in Negros Occidental. In its position paper signed by its 17 members, NOAM said that the banning of GMOs in the province is indispensable in attaining the goal of making Negros the ”Organic Food Bowl in Asia.” The group’s move came after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed in the first reading the ordinance that will prohibit the entry of GMO products in Negros Occidental.
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