Chapter 13 Chapter 12 GMO Wars: The Menacing Industrial Capital Monsanto
One word is amazing, how far is genetically modified rice from us?
Professor Zhang Qifa from Huazhong Agricultural University announced on January 6, 2010 that genetically modified rice will be on the Chinese table within five years at the latest.
Turn over the genetically modified hole cards to see why experts are cautious about high technology.
If the decline in the use of pesticides in GM rice is due to the release of a substance that poisons the bugs, what about humans?
Behind the technological process, who is the real owner of genetically modified rice?
If we start to produce transgenic rice in large quantities in China, I would like to ask you, do you want to pay the 28 patent fees?
Let me tell an interesting story first. On September 12, 2009, we came across the tire protection case.The first six special protection bills were all vetoed by the President of the United States, and only the seventh was passed.After passing, the consequences are unimaginable.Countries in Asia, America, and Europe have imposed sanctions on our country's products.Our Ministry of Commerce has also begun to retaliate. What is the retaliation?Finally decided to take revenge on chickens in America.I have to state that I don't know what chicken has to do with tires.Why are you taking revenge on the chicken?Because American chicken is cheap.Then can you think about why it is so cheap, and then you will have time to retaliate.
First, raising chickens in the United States requires building chicken coops and building chicken coops. Then let me ask you, will the cost of building chicken coops and building chicken coops in the United States be lower than that in China?Won't.Second, in the United States, if artificial chickens are hired, will American labor be lower than ours?Won't.Third, the process of incubating chicks in the United States is the same as in China. Will it be cheaper?Nor will it.Fourth, the ideology of raising chickens between Americans and Chinese is different.Americans raise chickens humanely, but we raise chickens inhumanely.Do you know the difference?That is to raise chickens in the United States. There must be a distance of several chickens between the chickens, so it is very cool to cook chickens in the United States. The space is very large. When you are tired, you can squat down and chat with the chicken next door. It is very good of.Not in China, the Chinese raise chickens inhumanely, because there is no distance between Chinese chickens, so Chinese chickens have never squatted down in their entire lives, why?Because it was too crowded, I couldn't squat down.So it is difficult to be a human being in China, and it is even more difficult to be a chicken.Based on this fourth point, it will not be cheap in the United States when more space is needed.Then let me ask you, judging from these four points, there is no reason why American chicken is cheap, so why is it cheap?Can you ask the Ministry of Commerce to think it over before retaliating?Alright, I'll take revenge if I don't think clearly.After the retaliation, some broiler association in the United States immediately announced that they would all withdraw from China, which is very individual.Why don't you make a complaint?Why don't you go to the World Trade Center to sue?No!
After hearing that American broiler chickens have completely withdrawn from the Chinese market, I was horrified, because this is an ominous sign.How do they have such personalities?Don't you want the Chinese market?They simply ignore us and don't want our market.Why?Because we took revenge wrongly, what you should really take revenge on is not chicken at all, you should think about it, why is American chicken so cheap?Because the feed is very cheap.Why is feed so cheap?Because the corn for making feed is very cheap.Why is American corn so cheap?Because the U.S. government subsidizes an average of 3 billion U.S. dollars a year, which is 20 billion yuan.Please think about it, the government of a country can subsidize a product with 3 billion US dollars a year, and the cash subsidy, can you imagine the prosperity and horror of this country?It is for this reason that its corn is very cheap, so its feed is very cheap, so its chickens are very cheap.
Do you know what the real threat to our China is?Not the chicken, but the corn behind it.This corn will become the most painful thing for us Chinese in the future.I have said this on many occasions, but I don't know why people don't listen to it.After some research recently, we came to some very, very dire conclusions about what the hell is going on with American corn.Our sanction of its chickens is only a superficial phenomenon, the real and essential issue is how to deal with American corn.In other words, the corn war launched by the United States has a great impact on China, which is unimaginable.
Do readers remember that at the end of December 2009, our grain and oil prices rose by 10%, how did they rise?It is because we opened up the import of genetically modified soybeans from Monsanto in the United States in 2003, thus eliminating Chinese soybeans.As long as the price of soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rises, our grain and oil prices will rise.I was just thinking about a terrible story. If Obama wants to control China's inflation, besides controlling grain and oil, you think he will control our CPI, also called consumer price index, so what should he do?
First of all, Obama has to choose the biggest piece of CPI - food.Food accounts for 34% of the entire CPI, including grain and oil, as well as non-staple foods such as chicken, duck, fish, cattle, sheep, pigs, eggs, milk, etc. Among them, pork accounts for 10% of the entire CPI. Staple foods such as rice and wheat.Friends, please think about it again, how does the United States control the prices of Chinese non-staple foods and staple foods?Let’s talk about non-staple food first. If you want to control the price of non-staple food, you must first control the feed. To control the feed, you must first control the corn.So in my opinion, America has to fight the corn wars.In order to control China's CPI, the United States must first control grain and oil through soybeans, then control feed through corn, and then control the price of non-staple food after controlling feed.Then you can control 34% of the CPI.Of course, we also admit that Americans are much, much smarter than we are.If I can think of it, the Americans must do it.So I have been warning our government, our enterprises, and ordinary people that the United States must start a corn war, otherwise it is not the United States.Because they must hit China's CPI, it's that simple.
The largest producer of corn in China is Heilongjiang, with an area of 59 million mu.What happened there recently?Many feed factories in China require imports of American corn.why?Because the price is upside down.The reason for the upside-down is that the purchase price of corn has risen, but the price of feed is not allowed to rise, and they do not make money.As a result of not making money, they hope to import American corn.Why is US corn cheap?Because the U.S. government, under the banner of developing corn alcohol as a new energy source, stood at the commanding heights of morality and subsidized 3 billion U.S. dollars a year.
Therefore, domestic processors in China require corn to be imported, and those who really control 90% of the corn are the four major grain merchants I have repeatedly talked about.The four major grain merchants control 90% of the corn, and they want China to import it. Therefore, we are currently facing internal and external troubles. Inside, there are feed starch and other processors requesting to import American corn, and outside, the four major grain merchants exert pressure on us through the US government.As long as the American corn is eaten, the United States will control the feed, and then control the price of non-staple food.
You may be thinking, we are trying our best not to import, so what?Please think about it, is it possible?If we insist on not importing, what do you think the United States should do?The U.S. government should learn from Mao Zedong Thought and conquer the enemy's bunkers from within, right?So we found that 10.62 million mu of Monsanto's Dika 007 corn was planted in Guangxi.A book I published recently talked in detail about the US government's terrifying conspiracy to control prices in China by controlling soybeans, corn, and cotton.But if the United States only controls our prices, the situation may not be so bad. Today I want to warn you that the situation is worse than I thought.Because American soybeans, corn, and cotton are all genetically modified products, genetically modified is actually a poisoning incident in the sun, and its harm is no less than the health hazard of melamine to the Chinese people!
Did this poisoning incident really happen?Guangxi News Network released a news in November 2009. Guangxi Medical University undertook a project from the World Bank to analyze the quality of semen of 217 college male volunteers from 19 colleges and universities in Guangxi. Finally, it was found that 56.7% of college boys have abnormal semen quality.How do you feel after hearing this data?
Because the staple food in Guangxi is rice, but one-fifth of the food is corn.We are in Beijing, and in other cities, we may eat rice and a lot of flour.But one-fifth of Guangxi's grain is corn.You might be thinking, one-fifth of the corn would have such a big impact?Let's look again at the research findings we've collected. In 2007, French scientists confirmed that a genetically modified corn produced by Monsanto was toxic to human liver and kidneys.I would like to ask again, what kind of corn is grown in Guangxi?It is called Dika No. 007 corn, and this corn is Monsanto's corn.
In 2008, another study came out, saying that the immune system of mice after eating corn was damaged.The research results were published in the professional journal "Agriculture and Food Chemistry" in 2008①. In 2009, French scientists continued to expose Monsanto NK603 and MON863 genetically modified corn, which can damage the liver, kidney and other organs of mice, leading to serious consequences such as uremia or kidney failure, liver poisoning, etc. This study was published in December 2009 in the professional journal Biological Sciences.Greenpeace confirmed that as early as 2004 and 2005, China had approved the import of these two types of corn.Dear friends, what does genetically modified corn mean?That is it is an "excellent breed" and therefore it is poisonous!
What is poisonous?As long as this genetically modified corn falls into a bucket of corn, the bucket of corn is likely to be contaminated, it is so terrible, like radiation.Even during the transportation of corn, if a few grains fall into the farmland, the farmland will be polluted. This is the horror of genetically modified.
From 2001 to the present, Guangxi and Monsanto of the United States have promoted 10.62 million mu of Deca-type genetically modified corn in Guangxi. Corn is the second largest staple crop in Guangxi after rice, and it still accounts for 10 million of Guangxi's 50 million population. Indispensable main ration.Corn is only grown in the United States as an industrial raw material, such as the production of alcohol and new energy.The majority of farmers in Guangxi have planted 10.62 million mu without knowing it.
The scientific research report released by the Austrian government on November 11, 2008, confirmed for the first time that genetically modified corn can cause a decrease in the reproductive capacity of mice.The results of the study show that in the continuous feeding evaluation experiment of more than 20 weeks, please note that only 33% of the genetically modified corn was placed in the fed feed instead of 100% of the genetically modified corn. As a result, the mice from the third generation At the beginning, body weight, body length and quantity all decreased significantly.Why, comrades?This is because the semen of male white mice must be abnormal, otherwise how would your weight, body length and quantity decrease?
This is scientific research published in November 2008, and we have been growing genetically modified corn since 2001.According to our data, if ordinary people in Guangxi only eat a part of it, for example, one-fifth, 20%, will it cause this abnormal phenomenon of semen?I will too.I don’t know what you think when you hear this corn war. The United States not only controls our prices, but also controls our health.
Let me tell you one more result of our latest research, which will make your hair stand on end.This company does not have a Chinese translation, because none of us know this company. This company is called Epicyte, a biotechnology company in San Diego. In September 2001, the company announced that it had created the ultimate version of genetically modified corn, called contraceptive corn.Dear friends, corn can also be used for contraception.This kind of corn is called spermicidal corn because it can kill sperm.People who eat corn will have abnormal semen.I don’t dare to eat corn anymore, no matter if it’s wild corn or American genetically modified corn, I don’t eat anything related to corn anyway.This spermicide corn is a great contribution to the world's population problem.When we criticize these companies, let me criticize ourselves by the way. You import genetically modified corn from the United States without doing research, and let us Guangxi people eat it.They say that corn that kills sperm can be put on the market before 2007. Do you still dare to eat corn?
It is not contraception, it is to make your semen abnormal, and you will never have children again in your life. It is really a great contribution to curb population expansion! In May 2004, a biotechnology company in the United States, also without a Chinese translation, its name was Biolex, which acquired the San Diego company, thereby controlling the genetically modified technology of spermicidal corn.Of course, I don't have any evidence to prove that the Decca 007 series is spermicidal, because all of this is the top biotechnology secret of the United States.
If I were Obama, I would have to repeat the corn wars.Why?Few agricultural products can achieve two purposes. As long as Obama successfully controls corn, he can not only control China's feed, but also control the price of China's non-staple food at the same time.The poultry and livestock that eat these corn feeds will not only have liver and kidney problems, but the number will also decrease. In addition to controlling the 34% CPI, you find that if the common people eat it, you can also expand the biological development of this country. Great War to control the quantity and quality of our population.
We experienced "SARS" in 2003. We also had the H1N1 flu in 2009.At that time, many people suspected that "SARS" and influenza A were the biological warfare of a certain country.What kind of biological warfare is this?It's too obvious, let's start a stream, let's start a "SARS", this biological warfare is too obvious, you will be prepared.If the United States really wants to fight biological warfare, I think it is very good to fight the corn war. We happily introduce American corn, just like mice. After 20 weeks of eating, as long as 33% of them are American corn, you Your offspring lose weight, become shorter, and have fewer numbers, because your semen is abnormal, and biological warfare like this is valuable.Of course, I have no evidence to accuse the United States.But I find it very strange why Americans don't eat genetically modified corn. It's really "Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it".
According to relevant data, in the 1950s, Watson and Crick discovered the DNA double helix structure. In 1970, DNA recombination technology appeared. From the advent of transgenic technology to the present, the time span is only 40 years.Hundreds of experts and scholars also pointed out in an open letter to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, "GMOs are not hybrids. There have never been GMOs in nature. They are artificial organisms synthesized according to the will of some people. More people I believe that it is difficult to predict the consequences of genetically modified organisms. Then, how did the issue of genetically modified rice that everyone is hotly discussing arise?"
We talked about how the United States controls grain and oil by controlling genetically modified soybeans, and then talked about how the United States controls feed through controlling genetically modified corn, and then controls the price of non-staple foods and our health.Of course, there is also genetically modified cotton. Since 2009, we have a shortfall of one to two million tons of cotton, of which 40 to 50% are imported from the United States with government subsidies for genetically modified cotton.You may want to say, cotton is okay, but genetically modified is genetically modified, it doesn't matter, because you don't eat clothes.But please think again, if you were an American, would you only engage in these three kinds of genetic modification?What do you think the American should do next if he is smart enough?Now that the grain, oil and non-staple food have been dealt with, of course it should be the staple food, that is, it is reasonable to produce genetically modified rice and wheat.Only in this way can we not only control our prices like corn, but also control our health. If Americans do not engage in rice and wheat, I think they are not Americans, and they are really a bit stupid. Watch a piece of news first. On November 27, 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture approved the safety certificates for two types of GM rice and one type of GM corn.Professor Zhang Qifa and his colleagues from Huazhong Agricultural University received two safety certificates for genetically modified rice.And the news report is happy to say that this is the first time China has issued a safety certificate for GM rice.The safety certificate is the most difficult hurdle before a GM crop variety goes on the market.This means that the productive experiment of this variety has been completed, and has been approved by the competent agricultural department, technical obstacles have been basically removed, and then the production license can be applied for.As the world's largest rice producer and consumer, China is about to open the floodgates for the commercial cultivation of genetically modified rice. On March 9, 2010, Zhang Jishun, Secretary of the Party Committee of East China Normal University, and four members of the CPPCC National Committee jointly submitted a proposal to the two sessions, calling for the suspension of the commercialization of genetically modified rice.Prior to this, more than 100 experts and scholars had jointly signed an open letter and mailed it to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, suggesting that the National People's Congress immediately revoke the safety certification of genetically modified rice. — All of a sudden, genetically modified rice has become a hot topic in society.So, what happened to the genetically modified rice?And why did it arouse widespread doubts and worries from the public?
Professor Zhang Qifa from Huazhong Agricultural University announced on January 6, 2010 that genetically modified rice will be on the Chinese table within five years at the latest.When three members of the Gene Biosafety Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture visited Minwang recently, they severely criticized the negative public opinion from the media and the public.Of course, I am negative public opinion, and they also want to criticize me.Why do I say that?That is, the qualifications of Professor Zhang Qifa seem to be very prominent. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Rockefeller Foundation Rice Biotechnology International Cooperation Program. There is no problem with this. Zhang Qifa’s biggest research partner is the world’s largest genetically modified agricultural company—— Monsanto in the United States, he is also the director of the Monsanto Scholarship Evaluation Committee of Huazhong Agricultural University. They say unscrupulous people like me are holding back the commercialization of GM crops.The genetically modified rice they advertise has two benefits: the first is to reduce the amount of pesticides used; the second will increase yields. Let me talk about reducing the amount of pesticides.I want to ask you, why?We don't want to talk about any big principles today, but use a direct judgment, because the bugs dare not come, or the bugs will die.Then let me ask you again, whether the insects dare not come, or whether the insects will die after eating the rice, why?Because the genetically modified rice will release some kind of toxin, otherwise how could the bugs run away and die?Bugs are happier and come more if nutrients are released.You must have released negative toxins so it dare not come.If GM rice can poison bugs to death, what about humans?Is it okay for people to eat it?I suggest Professor Zhang to let your own children eat your genetically modified rice first, and then put it on our dining table if there is nothing wrong. As the staple food of Chinese people, my country consumes 170 million tons of rice every year.Since the Ministry of Agriculture issued biosafety certificates for genetically modified rice and corn at the end of November 2009, disputes over genetically modified materials have continued.Some people call it "a plan to throw GMOs into the bowls of 1.3 billion people." According to analysis, the GMO varieties that have been promoted around the world basically do not involve people's rations, including the United States, where the GMO technology is the most developed.Will China become the first country in the world to commercially grow GM staple food?Is the genetically modified rice that has passed safety certification harmful to the human body? I believe their answer is definitely "no". After cooking, all the elements in it will be destroyed, so there will be no toxins.If it is not poisonous until it is cooked, would you still dare to eat it?Are you sure?According to your current equipment, it is not poisonous, so is it really not poisonous?For any genetically modified crops, there is only one reason for the decline in the amount of pesticides, and the other reason is that they must release toxins to kill insects.For example, what is the biggest characteristic of genetically modified cotton?It is to prevent cotton bollworm.Why can bollworms be prevented?Because genetically modified cotton can release certain toxins.But the problem is that this toxin can only deal with cotton bollworms.However, we found that it prevented cotton bollworms, but could not prevent other pests, such as whitefly, spider mite, aphids, and stinkbugs. Finally, the small insects concentrated and broke out.Therefore, I would like to ask you, what insects does genetically modified rice prevent?Why can this kind of insect be prevented?After preventing this kind of insect, do you also prevent other insects?If you can even prevent other insects, then let me tell you, this toxin is huge.In other words, the reason why all kinds of insects can be prevented must be toxins that all kinds of insects are afraid of.Then you give us food, are we relieved? In fact, according to the results of our survey, the amount of pesticides used on genetically modified crops has not decreased at all.According to a January 18, 2010 report by the British Institute of Science and Society (ISIS), the planting of genetically modified crops in the United States has increased the use of agricultural pesticides in the United States by 383 million pounds from 1996 to 2008. Since 2006, the pesticide demand of the three major commercialized genetically modified crops, corn, soybean and cotton, has continued to rise, and has greatly exceeded the pesticide demand of natural crops.So their so-called reduction in pesticide use is groundless. Then, they say that in addition to the reduction in pesticide use, yields can be increased.We found that genetically modified rice usually increases by 8%, but once disasters occur, such as heavy rain, heavy snow and other abnormal weather conditions, the yield of genetically modified rice will decrease more than that of ordinary rice.It's ridiculous to think about it, Huazhong Agricultural University's genetically modified rice production can only increase by 8%, but we have to bear such a large toxin. But I regret to tell readers that before we fully understand the toxicity of these genetically modified rice, some of us have already eaten it. The U.S. "Newsweek" reported on December 20, 2004, "Zhang Qifa said that in Wuhan, where China's largest field test of genetically modified rice is being conducted, 'a seed company has obtained the seeds of genetically modified rice and has begun to sell them to local farmers. .' Zhang Qifa also said that more than 100 hectares of genetically modified rice are being planted." The source of these seeds is now very clear, and they all come from Zhang Qifa's own company. Greenpeace went to Hubei to investigate in the spring of 2005, and the result was an investigation report that shocked the world published on April 13, 2005 - "Illegal Genetically Modified Rice Contaminates Chinese Rice". "According to the information provided by seed companies and farmers, we comprehensively estimate that at least 950-1,200 tons of genetically modified rice have flowed into the market in Hubei in 2009. The planting area in 2010 is at least 20,000-25,000 mu. If nothing is stopped, genetically modified rice can be produced. 10,000-12,500 tons of rice. Moreover, because genetically modified rice will be mixed into ordinary rice planting areas, the amount of contaminated rice is far more than this figure. Since genetically modified rice is the same as ordinary rice and there is no label, Hubei Province and other regions Consumers may eat genetically modified rice that has not yet been approved by the state without knowing it, posing a huge threat to public health." Zhou Li, an associate professor at the School of Agriculture at Renmin University of China, put forward seven motivations when analyzing the promotion of genetically modified technology in China: the profits of multinational grain companies, the strategies of foreign governments, the political achievements of local governments, the benefits of Chinese companies, the funding of scientific research institutes, and the state departments. Get rent, and farmers who grow grain get benefits.However, in this seemingly beneficial chain, there are many things that need to be rethought.For example, Professor Lang Xianping has repeatedly mentioned the representative of the international genetically modified company - Monsanto.Then, on the issue of genetically modified rice, what are the calculations of international genetically modified companies?
I would like to discuss one more topic with readers.Greenpeace and the Third World Network Organization have an article in their recent research report titled "Who Is the Real Owner of China's Genetically Modified Rice".They said in this report: Among the 8 genetically modified rices that my country is applying for commercial planting and research, none of them has independent independent property rights. Eight genetically modified rice varieties are involved in at least 28 foreign patents.These patents belong to Monsanto of the United States, Bayer of Germany and DuPont of the United States respectively.Patents are subject to royalties.That is to say, if we start to mass-produce genetically modified rice in China, do you want to pay the patent fees for the 28 patents?How much do you have to pay?Comrades, we farmers used to pay for the seeds, fertilizers, and agricultural machinery to grow rice.As long as we switch to genetically modified rice across the country, we will have to pay 28 patent fees for these 8 types of rice, so the cost will be higher.Of course, we can’t just judge based on Zhang Qifa’s own words or Greenpeace’s words. According to the investigation result of the reporter of “China News Weekly”, according to the seed price in Jiangxia District, the price of non-genetically modified rice is about 5 yuan per catty, and the price of genetically modified rice is about 5 yuan per catty. At least 15 yuan per catty, and the highest price can be sold for more than 40 yuan.This justifies the fact that GM rice is more expensive. Why do we increase these costs?Because we do not control the research and development process of genetically modified rice.As long as the research and development of genetically modified rice must follow the research and development process in Figure 12-1, and this research and development process is the research and development process designed by companies such as Monsanto.You may ask me, can we create our own, instead of going through this process.I'm not saying it can't be done, but all the R&D processes you can think of should be included, because Monsanto is much smarter than you.If there is a better R&D process, they will definitely adopt it earlier than you, so don't doubt it.In fact, Monsanto’s research and development process is equivalent to the fact that the computer we use is Microsoft Windows. Please answer me a question. I have an article to demonstrate today. If I am not allowed to use Microsoft Windows, I am not allowed to use all the tools in it, including It's PPT, you tell me, how to do it?Is it possible for you to create a window yourself that is completely different from Microsoft?The same goes for Monsanto's R&D process.That is to say, for all the PPT presentations you do in China today, your foundation must be Microsoft Windows, and you must pay patent fees to use its windows.Do you want to do genetically modified rice?Yes, you must use this process, because this is the most efficient R&D process designed by Monsanto and others.Can you do without Microsoft Windows?Yes, you can build a window yourself, but do you have the ability?Even if you have the ability to do it, by the time you figure out what Windows 95 is all about, everyone will have launched the sixth and seventh generation products, and Windows 7 will be on sale.In addition, when you develop your own technology and almost understand DVD technology, HD-DVD will squeeze Blu-ray out of the market and dominate the world.
Figure 12-1 Flowchart for the development of transgenic rice
If this is the most efficient Microsoft window and the most efficient transgenic process, let me tell you how many patents are in it.First, from the cell chromosome to this step, it is called isolating the target gene and gene cloning.This involves 22 patents.Second, use Agrobacterium or gene gun method to transform embryos, which involves 7 patents.The third is to select and cultivate transformed embryo strains, which involves 6 patents.Fourth, regeneration of seedlings from transformed embryonic callus, that is, making it grow after a cut, involves 15 patents.There are also basic components, which involve 9 patents.This is the only R&D process you can go through. After you go through it, you will be involved in a total of 59 patents.According to Greenpeace, after our 8 genetically modified rices have gone through this process, a total of 28 foreign patents are involved, and we have to pay.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said: "Whoever controls the grain controls all the people in the world." In an interview with the media, he admitted that the Chinese are very kind and aboveboard, always worried that other people in the world will not have enough to eat, but with the advent of the era of bio-energy industrialization, almost all major agricultural products can be "weaponized".The "war" over food security will become the most regular "war" between countries.Then, what will the international genetically modified companies represented by Monsanto do after taking the lead in technology?
How many patents are involved in Professor Zhang Qifa's genetically modified rice? 12 patents.The Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also has a CpTI transgenic rice, which involves 7 patents.The CpTVBt transgenic rice of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences involved 11 patents.That is to say, in the case of doubtful reduction in the use of pesticides, and in the case of only an 8% increase in production, we are involved in so many patents that we will have to pay in the future.Now that genetically modified rice has entered China, the food you eat every day will also have the biggest cost source, which is the cost of using Microsoft Windows. There are so many patents, and you don’t know how much the patent fees are yet. Their patent system is a minefield, which can patent all the technologies you may use for genetic modification, so as soon as we walk in, we will encounter a minefield.Our patents are just some minor patents beyond their minefields, and the real major patents are all in the hands of seed companies in Western countries.I can boldly say that in the future, when we study any genetically modified agricultural products, 100% of the big patents will be owned by others, and we can only do some peripheral patents.Therefore, as long as we embark on the road of genetic modification, we are under the control of others.If we don’t want to be controlled by others, we should give up genetic modification completely, and plant our own wild soybeans, corn, and cotton according to our own soil methods. This is the production method we should really rely on. Instead of going into another desperate situation, hand over our future to these international multinational giants, and let them sweep away our wealth. Let me tell you again, do you know why Microsoft let us Chinese to pirate for free?At first it didn't care, that was its biggest conspiracy.Because its system is well established, the products it produces must be the most efficient, and we Chinese use its windows for free and pirated copies, which can eliminate all potential competitors of windows in China.We Chinese, when you want to make a Windows like Microsoft, you find that you are not an opponent of piracy at all, why?Piracy is free and the quality is good.Our own development requires cost, but you need to charge money for the software you sell. If you want to charge money, others will not buy it, because it can steal Microsoft Windows for free.Therefore, the reason why Microsoft did not charge money for the first seven years was to eliminate Chinese competitors.What about after elimination?Then start to fix you.Two ways: first, put pressure on China through the US government, and make you have to pay through the bill.Second, put a black screen on the window. If you are a non-genuine version, the screen will be blacked out immediately.Force you to pay through these methods.In the end, can you not pay?cannot.Because it has taken the Chinese market by storm, it can take whatever it wants. So now, the genetically modified rice we produce is fine.Why is it okay? Because it's free for you.Do you think they don't know we're violating their intellectual property rights?It’s not that they don’t know, but it’s just that the time hasn’t come yet. After genetically modified rice was put on the Chinese table, it exerted pressure through the US government and began to collect patent fees. Fang Zhouzi, Ph.D. in biochemistry at Michigan State University, described the future of genetically modified agriculture in this way: "Genetically modified crops are definitely the trend of future agricultural development. Whichever country plantes and promotes them first will take the lead in agriculture. The traditional breeding methods have gone. The end is coming to an end, and the future must be the era of genetically modified crops." In 2008, the Chinese government launched a special science and technology project of "Cultivation of New Varieties of Genetically Modified Organisms", which is a major project alongside the development of large aircraft. More than 100 million yuan, it can be called the largest agricultural science and technology project in Chinese history.The goal of the Chinese government is to cultivate major new varieties of genetically modified organisms, promote agricultural efficiency and farmers' income, and improve the international competitiveness of agriculture.There is no doubt that the Chinese government is correct in its development strategy of genetically modified agriculture.So, where are the problems exposed by the GM rice controversy?
You find that the grain, oil, rice, and corn you eat are all genetically modified.Moreover, we don’t know what pathological changes will occur to chickens, ducks, fish, cows, sheep, pigs, eggs, milk and other non-staple foods that eat the feed made of genetically modified corn. At least in the case of mice, it is The number of people will decrease, the figure will be shortened, and the weight will be reduced, that is for sure.What will happen after we eat these non-staple foods?We don't know either.Do people eat genetically modified corn or rice?What will be the result?What harm will it do to our nation?We all don't know that this kind of harm is far more than opium in the late Qing Dynasty. I'm not against genetically modified research, because genetically modified itself is also a kind of scientific research, and we should encourage it.What is the problem?The entire research and development process of genetically modified food is not transparent, and we don’t even know what kind of patent you used. All the research and development process is carried out under extremely secret circumstances, which I cannot accept.Because the huge risks brought about by GMOs are beyond our country's ability to bear.所以我在此呼吁，转基因水稲可以做研发，可是，农业部颁发的安全证书本身，我质疑，甚至我表示不能接受。为什么不能接受？政府曾经出了一个很好的档，也就是在2008年7月9日，国务院原则通过了一个转基因生物新品种培育科技重大专项，其中包括，在2020年之前，总共投入200亿元人民币转基因研究专项基金。我已经说过，对这种研究本身，我是支持的，因为这是科学的一种，政府推动研究的方向是对的。问题是什么呢？这个是不是良种，我们不知道。转基因水稻出来之后，它是不是好稻米，我们不清楚。所以要搞专家委员会来做评估对不对？那么专家委员会叫什么呢？叫做国家农业转基因生物安全委员会，简称转委会。里面有哪些专家呢？根据新华社属下的媒体报导，转委会里面，很多人是正在申请专利或申请通过者，环保和食品安全方面的成员非常少，这其中的利益关系让人担心。这就是我一再批评的，你的研发不透明、不公开、不公正。所以现在，我对于政府2008年7月9日所批准的项目是支持的，因为我们国家需要科研，尤其是农业方面的科研。可是，科研的流程必须透明化、公开化。我们老百姓有权知道，因为这关乎我们这一代以及下一代的生存问题。 不过最后我想告诉我的读者，在2007年我国的粮食总产量就已突破1万亿斤，根本不存在所谓粮食紧缺问题。目前，我国还是大米的出口国。中国海关总署的统计数据显示，2010年2月份中国大米出口量为68638吨，环比增加1.4%；2009年1～12月份中国大米出口量累计为136906吨。“三农”问题专家李昌平认为，我国现在的水稻、玉米、小麦等主粮在目前的技术下，至少10～20年内根本不会短缺，而且还有很大的增产潜力。所以在这样的情况下，根本没有必要急于大规模推广转基因主粮商业化生产，尤其是我们对转基因农产品的危害没有彻底了解之前，这么推动将给我们的民族带来巨大伤害。 直到1997年Bt农作物才被引进中国，中国农民发现他们在农药方面的支出减少了，因为农作物中的Bt挡住了螟蛉虫的危害。但2004年他们再次发现，现在对这些农作物喷洒农药的次数是以前的3倍，几乎与他们对传统种子喷洒农药的次数一样多，因为一种没有受到Bi影响的次生害虫有了一种新的生态群，螟蛉虫的数量只是暂时得到了控制。2005年，以产量太低为理由，印度安得拉邦禁止孟山都公司向印度出售基因改良过的棉花种植。他们声称，跟非基因改良棉花相比，这种棉花种产量太低，而且容易生害虫。这个试验代价惨重：安得拉邦和马哈拉什特拉邦的维达巴地区自杀农民中有90%种植了基因改良棉花。 对于食用型农作物来说，消费者关心的是农作物的安全问题。他们的担心是有理由的。有时候，农作物的安全研究根本没有进行。2005年，孟山都公司同意向美国证券交易委员会缴纳15万美元的罚款，这是继1997年至2002年期间该公司为撤销印度尼西亚对其Bt棉花的审查而用以行贿的70万美元浮出水面之后的又一次大额支出。 为证明其行动的合法性，农药行业采取的第二个策略是对知识本身的控制。加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的土壤科学教授伊纳肖？查佩拉应该深知这一点。他和伯克利的研究生戴维？奎斯特于2001年在《自然》杂志上发表一篇文章，披露了他们的发现，即奥科萨卡的玉米有被基因改良玉米污染的痕迹，结果，这家杂志做出创刊133年以来从未有过的举动。该杂志社收回了这篇文章，声称不再信任其原创性。这是个异乎寻常的举动。在1997年的运动中，当一些有影响力的欧洲运动家向孟山都提出异议时，孟山都试图用“让收割开始”的口号来对抗这个观点，并成功地把农业生物技术描述为“基因改良食物”，通过这一举动，生物技术行业改变了斗争策略。它把种族政治动员利用起来。这是生物技术行业把其作物合法化过程中采取的第三个策略的一部分。这一策略表达了全球南方国家农民的需求，这些农民想要基因改良作物，但却受到欧洲和美国中产阶级环境保护论者的阻止。 本文摘选自［英］拉吉·帕特尔（Raj Patel）的《粮食战争：市场、权力和世界食物体系的隐形战争》
We talked about how the United States controls grain and oil by controlling genetically modified soybeans, and then talked about how the United States controls feed through controlling genetically modified corn, and then controls the price of non-staple foods and our health.Of course, there is also genetically modified cotton. Since 2009, we have a shortfall of one to two million tons of cotton, of which 40 to 50% are imported from the United States with government subsidies for genetically modified cotton.You may want to say, cotton is okay, but genetically modified is genetically modified, it doesn't matter, because you don't eat clothes.But please think again, if you were an American, would you only engage in these three kinds of genetic modification?What do you think the American should do next if he is smart enough?Now that the grain, oil and non-staple food have been dealt with, of course it should be the staple food, that is, it is reasonable to produce genetically modified rice and wheat.Only in this way can we not only control our prices like corn, but also control our health. If Americans do not engage in rice and wheat, I think they are not Americans, and they are really a bit stupid. Watch a piece of news first. On November 27, 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture approved the safety certificates for two types of GM rice and one type of GM corn.Professor Zhang Qifa and his colleagues from Huazhong Agricultural University received two safety certificates for genetically modified rice.And the news report is happy to say that this is the first time China has issued a safety certificate for GM rice.The safety certificate is the most difficult hurdle before a GM crop variety goes on the market.This means that the productive experiment of this variety has been completed, and has been approved by the competent agricultural department, technical obstacles have been basically removed, and then the production license can be applied for.As the world's largest rice producer and consumer, China is about to open the floodgates for the commercial cultivation of genetically modified rice. On March 9, 2010, Zhang Jishun, Secretary of the Party Committee of East China Normal University, and four members of the CPPCC National Committee jointly submitted a proposal to the two sessions, calling for the suspension of the commercialization of genetically modified rice.Prior to this, more than 100 experts and scholars had jointly signed an open letter and mailed it to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, suggesting that the National People's Congress immediately revoke the safety certification of genetically modified rice. — All of a sudden, genetically modified rice has become a hot topic in society.So, what happened to the genetically modified rice?And why did it arouse widespread doubts and worries from the public?
Professor Zhang Qifa from Huazhong Agricultural University announced on January 6, 2010 that genetically modified rice will be on the Chinese table within five years at the latest.When three members of the Gene Biosafety Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture visited Minwang recently, they severely criticized the negative public opinion from the media and the public.Of course, I am negative public opinion, and they also want to criticize me.Why do I say that?That is, the qualifications of Professor Zhang Qifa seem to be very prominent. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Rockefeller Foundation Rice Biotechnology International Cooperation Program. There is no problem with this. Zhang Qifa’s biggest research partner is the world’s largest genetically modified agricultural company—— Monsanto in the United States, he is also the director of the Monsanto Scholarship Evaluation Committee of Huazhong Agricultural University. They say unscrupulous people like me are holding back the commercialization of GM crops.The genetically modified rice they advertise has two benefits: the first is to reduce the amount of pesticides used; the second will increase yields. Let me talk about reducing the amount of pesticides.I want to ask you, why?We don't want to talk about any big principles today, but use a direct judgment, because the bugs dare not come, or the bugs will die.Then let me ask you again, whether the insects dare not come, or whether the insects will die after eating the rice, why?Because the genetically modified rice will release some kind of toxin, otherwise how could the bugs run away and die?Bugs are happier and come more if nutrients are released.You must have released negative toxins so it dare not come.If GM rice can poison bugs to death, what about humans?Is it okay for people to eat it?I suggest Professor Zhang to let your own children eat your genetically modified rice first, and then put it on our dining table if there is nothing wrong. As the staple food of Chinese people, my country consumes 170 million tons of rice every year.Since the Ministry of Agriculture issued biosafety certificates for genetically modified rice and corn at the end of November 2009, disputes over genetically modified materials have continued.Some people call it "a plan to throw GMOs into the bowls of 1.3 billion people." According to analysis, the GMO varieties that have been promoted around the world basically do not involve people's rations, including the United States, where the GMO technology is the most developed.Will China become the first country in the world to commercially grow GM staple food?Is the genetically modified rice that has passed safety certification harmful to the human body? I believe their answer is definitely "no". After cooking, all the elements in it will be destroyed, so there will be no toxins.If it is not poisonous until it is cooked, would you still dare to eat it?Are you sure?According to your current equipment, it is not poisonous, so is it really not poisonous?For any genetically modified crops, there is only one reason for the decline in the amount of pesticides, and the other reason is that they must release toxins to kill insects.For example, what is the biggest characteristic of genetically modified cotton?It is to prevent cotton bollworm.Why can bollworms be prevented?Because genetically modified cotton can release certain toxins.But the problem is that this toxin can only deal with cotton bollworms.However, we found that it prevented cotton bollworms, but could not prevent other pests, such as whitefly, spider mite, aphids, and stinkbugs. Finally, the small insects concentrated and broke out.Therefore, I would like to ask you, what insects does genetically modified rice prevent?Why can this kind of insect be prevented?After preventing this kind of insect, do you also prevent other insects?If you can even prevent other insects, then let me tell you, this toxin is huge.In other words, the reason why all kinds of insects can be prevented must be toxins that all kinds of insects are afraid of.Then you give us food, are we relieved? In fact, according to the results of our survey, the amount of pesticides used on genetically modified crops has not decreased at all.According to a January 18, 2010 report by the British Institute of Science and Society (ISIS), the planting of genetically modified crops in the United States has increased the use of agricultural pesticides in the United States by 383 million pounds from 1996 to 2008. Since 2006, the pesticide demand of the three major commercialized genetically modified crops, corn, soybean and cotton, has continued to rise, and has greatly exceeded the pesticide demand of natural crops.So their so-called reduction in pesticide use is groundless. Then, they say that in addition to the reduction in pesticide use, yields can be increased.We found that genetically modified rice usually increases by 8%, but once disasters occur, such as heavy rain, heavy snow and other abnormal weather conditions, the yield of genetically modified rice will decrease more than that of ordinary rice.It's ridiculous to think about it, Huazhong Agricultural University's genetically modified rice production can only increase by 8%, but we have to bear such a large toxin. But I regret to tell readers that before we fully understand the toxicity of these genetically modified rice, some of us have already eaten it. The U.S. "Newsweek" reported on December 20, 2004, "Zhang Qifa said that in Wuhan, where China's largest field test of genetically modified rice is being conducted, 'a seed company has obtained the seeds of genetically modified rice and has begun to sell them to local farmers. .' Zhang Qifa also said that more than 100 hectares of genetically modified rice are being planted." The source of these seeds is now very clear, and they all come from Zhang Qifa's own company. Greenpeace went to Hubei to investigate in the spring of 2005, and the result was an investigation report that shocked the world published on April 13, 2005 - "Illegal Genetically Modified Rice Contaminates Chinese Rice". "According to the information provided by seed companies and farmers, we comprehensively estimate that at least 950-1,200 tons of genetically modified rice have flowed into the market in Hubei in 2009. The planting area in 2010 is at least 20,000-25,000 mu. If nothing is stopped, genetically modified rice can be produced. 10,000-12,500 tons of rice. Moreover, because genetically modified rice will be mixed into ordinary rice planting areas, the amount of contaminated rice is far more than this figure. Since genetically modified rice is the same as ordinary rice and there is no label, Hubei Province and other regions Consumers may eat genetically modified rice that has not yet been approved by the state without knowing it, posing a huge threat to public health." Zhou Li, an associate professor at the School of Agriculture at Renmin University of China, put forward seven motivations when analyzing the promotion of genetically modified technology in China: the profits of multinational grain companies, the strategies of foreign governments, the political achievements of local governments, the benefits of Chinese companies, the funding of scientific research institutes, and the state departments. Get rent, and farmers who grow grain get benefits.However, in this seemingly beneficial chain, there are many things that need to be rethought.For example, Professor Lang Xianping has repeatedly mentioned the representative of the international genetically modified company - Monsanto.Then, on the issue of genetically modified rice, what are the calculations of international genetically modified companies?
I would like to discuss one more topic with readers.Greenpeace and the Third World Network Organization have an article in their recent research report titled "Who Is the Real Owner of China's Genetically Modified Rice".They said in this report: Among the 8 genetically modified rices that my country is applying for commercial planting and research, none of them has independent independent property rights. Eight genetically modified rice varieties are involved in at least 28 foreign patents.These patents belong to Monsanto of the United States, Bayer of Germany and DuPont of the United States respectively.Patents are subject to royalties.That is to say, if we start to mass-produce genetically modified rice in China, do you want to pay the patent fees for the 28 patents?How much do you have to pay?Comrades, we farmers used to pay for the seeds, fertilizers, and agricultural machinery to grow rice.As long as we switch to genetically modified rice across the country, we will have to pay 28 patent fees for these 8 types of rice, so the cost will be higher.Of course, we can’t just judge based on Zhang Qifa’s own words or Greenpeace’s words. According to the investigation result of the reporter of “China News Weekly”, according to the seed price in Jiangxia District, the price of non-genetically modified rice is about 5 yuan per catty, and the price of genetically modified rice is about 5 yuan per catty. At least 15 yuan per catty, and the highest price can be sold for more than 40 yuan.This justifies the fact that GM rice is more expensive. Why do we increase these costs?Because we do not control the research and development process of genetically modified rice.As long as the research and development of genetically modified rice must follow the research and development process in Figure 12-1, and this research and development process is the research and development process designed by companies such as Monsanto.You may ask me, can we create our own, instead of going through this process.I'm not saying it can't be done, but all the R&D processes you can think of should be included, because Monsanto is much smarter than you.If there is a better R&D process, they will definitely adopt it earlier than you, so don't doubt it.In fact, Monsanto’s research and development process is equivalent to the fact that the computer we use is Microsoft Windows. Please answer me a question. I have an article to demonstrate today. If I am not allowed to use Microsoft Windows, I am not allowed to use all the tools in it, including It's PPT, you tell me, how to do it?Is it possible for you to create a window yourself that is completely different from Microsoft?The same goes for Monsanto's R&D process.That is to say, for all the PPT presentations you do in China today, your foundation must be Microsoft Windows, and you must pay patent fees to use its windows.Do you want to do genetically modified rice?Yes, you must use this process, because this is the most efficient R&D process designed by Monsanto and others.Can you do without Microsoft Windows?Yes, you can build a window yourself, but do you have the ability?Even if you have the ability to do it, by the time you figure out what Windows 95 is all about, everyone will have launched the sixth and seventh generation products, and Windows 7 will be on sale.In addition, when you develop your own technology and almost understand DVD technology, HD-DVD will squeeze Blu-ray out of the market and dominate the world.
Figure 12-1 Flowchart for the development of transgenic rice
How many patents are involved in Professor Zhang Qifa's genetically modified rice? 12 patents.The Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also has a CpTI transgenic rice, which involves 7 patents.The CpTVBt transgenic rice of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences involved 11 patents.That is to say, in the case of doubtful reduction in the use of pesticides, and in the case of only an 8% increase in production, we are involved in so many patents that we will have to pay in the future.Now that genetically modified rice has entered China, the food you eat every day will also have the biggest cost source, which is the cost of using Microsoft Windows. There are so many patents, and you don’t know how much the patent fees are yet. Their patent system is a minefield, which can patent all the technologies you may use for genetic modification, so as soon as we walk in, we will encounter a minefield.Our patents are just some minor patents beyond their minefields, and the real major patents are all in the hands of seed companies in Western countries.I can boldly say that in the future, when we study any genetically modified agricultural products, 100% of the big patents will be owned by others, and we can only do some peripheral patents.Therefore, as long as we embark on the road of genetic modification, we are under the control of others.If we don’t want to be controlled by others, we should give up genetic modification completely, and plant our own wild soybeans, corn, and cotton according to our own soil methods. This is the production method we should really rely on. Instead of going into another desperate situation, hand over our future to these international multinational giants, and let them sweep away our wealth. Let me tell you again, do you know why Microsoft let us Chinese to pirate for free?At first it didn't care, that was its biggest conspiracy.Because its system is well established, the products it produces must be the most efficient, and we Chinese use its windows for free and pirated copies, which can eliminate all potential competitors of windows in China.We Chinese, when you want to make a Windows like Microsoft, you find that you are not an opponent of piracy at all, why?Piracy is free and the quality is good.Our own development requires cost, but you need to charge money for the software you sell. If you want to charge money, others will not buy it, because it can steal Microsoft Windows for free.Therefore, the reason why Microsoft did not charge money for the first seven years was to eliminate Chinese competitors.What about after elimination?Then start to fix you.Two ways: first, put pressure on China through the US government, and make you have to pay through the bill.Second, put a black screen on the window. If you are a non-genuine version, the screen will be blacked out immediately.Force you to pay through these methods.In the end, can you not pay?cannot.Because it has taken the Chinese market by storm, it can take whatever it wants. So now, the genetically modified rice we produce is fine.Why is it okay? Because it's free for you.Do you think they don't know we're violating their intellectual property rights?It’s not that they don’t know, but it’s just that the time hasn’t come yet. After genetically modified rice was put on the Chinese table, it exerted pressure through the US government and began to collect patent fees. Fang Zhouzi, Ph.D. in biochemistry at Michigan State University, described the future of genetically modified agriculture in this way: "Genetically modified crops are definitely the trend of future agricultural development. Whichever country plantes and promotes them first will take the lead in agriculture. The traditional breeding methods have gone. The end is coming to an end, and the future must be the era of genetically modified crops." In 2008, the Chinese government launched a special science and technology project of "Cultivation of New Varieties of Genetically Modified Organisms", which is a major project alongside the development of large aircraft. More than 100 million yuan, it can be called the largest agricultural science and technology project in Chinese history.The goal of the Chinese government is to cultivate major new varieties of genetically modified organisms, promote agricultural efficiency and farmers' income, and improve the international competitiveness of agriculture.There is no doubt that the Chinese government is correct in its development strategy of genetically modified agriculture.So, where are the problems exposed by the GM rice controversy?
You find that the grain, oil, rice, and corn you eat are all genetically modified.Moreover, we don’t know what pathological changes will occur to chickens, ducks, fish, cows, sheep, pigs, eggs, milk and other non-staple foods that eat the feed made of genetically modified corn. At least in the case of mice, it is The number of people will decrease, the figure will be shortened, and the weight will be reduced, that is for sure.What will happen after we eat these non-staple foods?We don't know either.Do people eat genetically modified corn or rice?What will be the result?What harm will it do to our nation?We all don't know that this kind of harm is far more than opium in the late Qing Dynasty. I'm not against genetically modified research, because genetically modified itself is also a kind of scientific research, and we should encourage it.What is the problem?The entire research and development process of genetically modified food is not transparent, and we don’t even know what kind of patent you used. All the research and development process is carried out under extremely secret circumstances, which I cannot accept.Because the huge risks brought about by GMOs are beyond our country's ability to bear.所以我在此呼吁，转基因水稲可以做研发，可是，农业部颁发的安全证书本身，我质疑，甚至我表示不能接受。为什么不能接受？政府曾经出了一个很好的档，也就是在2008年7月9日，国务院原则通过了一个转基因生物新品种培育科技重大专项，其中包括，在2020年之前，总共投入200亿元人民币转基因研究专项基金。我已经说过，对这种研究本身，我是支持的，因为这是科学的一种，政府推动研究的方向是对的。问题是什么呢？这个是不是良种，我们不知道。转基因水稻出来之后，它是不是好稻米，我们不清楚。所以要搞专家委员会来做评估对不对？那么专家委员会叫什么呢？叫做国家农业转基因生物安全委员会，简称转委会。里面有哪些专家呢？根据新华社属下的媒体报导，转委会里面，很多人是正在申请专利或申请通过者，环保和食品安全方面的成员非常少，这其中的利益关系让人担心。这就是我一再批评的，你的研发不透明、不公开、不公正。所以现在，我对于政府2008年7月9日所批准的项目是支持的，因为我们国家需要科研，尤其是农业方面的科研。可是，科研的流程必须透明化、公开化。我们老百姓有权知道，因为这关乎我们这一代以及下一代的生存问题。 不过最后我想告诉我的读者，在2007年我国的粮食总产量就已突破1万亿斤，根本不存在所谓粮食紧缺问题。目前，我国还是大米的出口国。中国海关总署的统计数据显示，2010年2月份中国大米出口量为68638吨，环比增加1.4%；2009年1～12月份中国大米出口量累计为136906吨。“三农”问题专家李昌平认为，我国现在的水稻、玉米、小麦等主粮在目前的技术下，至少10～20年内根本不会短缺，而且还有很大的增产潜力。所以在这样的情况下，根本没有必要急于大规模推广转基因主粮商业化生产，尤其是我们对转基因农产品的危害没有彻底了解之前，这么推动将给我们的民族带来巨大伤害。 直到1997年Bt农作物才被引进中国，中国农民发现他们在农药方面的支出减少了，因为农作物中的Bt挡住了螟蛉虫的危害。但2004年他们再次发现，现在对这些农作物喷洒农药的次数是以前的3倍，几乎与他们对传统种子喷洒农药的次数一样多，因为一种没有受到Bi影响的次生害虫有了一种新的生态群，螟蛉虫的数量只是暂时得到了控制。2005年，以产量太低为理由，印度安得拉邦禁止孟山都公司向印度出售基因改良过的棉花种植。他们声称，跟非基因改良棉花相比，这种棉花种产量太低，而且容易生害虫。这个试验代价惨重：安得拉邦和马哈拉什特拉邦的维达巴地区自杀农民中有90%种植了基因改良棉花。 对于食用型农作物来说，消费者关心的是农作物的安全问题。他们的担心是有理由的。有时候，农作物的安全研究根本没有进行。2005年，孟山都公司同意向美国证券交易委员会缴纳15万美元的罚款，这是继1997年至2002年期间该公司为撤销印度尼西亚对其Bt棉花的审查而用以行贿的70万美元浮出水面之后的又一次大额支出。 为证明其行动的合法性，农药行业采取的第二个策略是对知识本身的控制。加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的土壤科学教授伊纳肖？查佩拉应该深知这一点。他和伯克利的研究生戴维？奎斯特于2001年在《自然》杂志上发表一篇文章，披露了他们的发现，即奥科萨卡的玉米有被基因改良玉米污染的痕迹，结果，这家杂志做出创刊133年以来从未有过的举动。该杂志社收回了这篇文章，声称不再信任其原创性。这是个异乎寻常的举动。在1997年的运动中，当一些有影响力的欧洲运动家向孟山都提出异议时，孟山都试图用“让收割开始”的口号来对抗这个观点，并成功地把农业生物技术描述为“基因改良食物”，通过这一举动，生物技术行业改变了斗争策略。它把种族政治动员利用起来。这是生物技术行业把其作物合法化过程中采取的第三个策略的一部分。这一策略表达了全球南方国家农民的需求，这些农民想要基因改良作物，但却受到欧洲和美国中产阶级环境保护论者的阻止。 本文摘选自［英］拉吉·帕特尔（Raj Patel）的《粮食战争：市场、权力和世界食物体系的隐形战争》