Yesterday[Oct 21], I went to attend the seminar on Agricultural Future for Thailand, hosted by the Agriculture Committee under the Senator Working Group and National Research Council. The content was about the explanation of GMO [Genetically Modified Organism] which was good. I found that GMO was not harmful as many people were afraid. It was only a technique to shorten the research objective in a commodity, such as an insect protection, disease resistant or for herbicide tolerance. GMO can be a protein of a bacteria such as Bacillus thuringiensis[BT] which could be called BT toxin. The plant cell could accept this protein by suitable receptor. So, don't believe the scientist put all BT in plant cell, just a protein of it. Presently, BT itself has been distributed in the environment and been for sale as the natural pesticide in agriculture already, it is not strange to have BT getting in our daily life.
GMO could help a plant or animal get advantages only in one or two aspects as the scientist made. It is not a miracle. And it's genotype which is a good advantage can be vanished due to its external and environmental factors. Don't be afraid of GMO whereas the food contaminated with pesticides residue is toxical but GMO is none.
However, it is impossible to have everyone believe in GMO. There must be various idea about it, although, halal food consumers do not refuse GMO but it was declined by the natural [organic] products buyers. Thailand has to bear in mind for the exporting food in different items. Previously, we were able to announce we were a non GMO producing country but if we permit GMO to research here, we must make a criteria to seperate GMO and non GMO in our country. First of all, the effective committee and working group must be established.
In the future,2050 or the next 40 years, world population could be up to 9,000 million inhabitants[now 6,ooo?]. Temperature was forecasted to be 4.3 degree celsius higher and soil condition could be deteriorated and need more fertilising. In 2004 energy from fossil was already used more than half from the total as the globe occupied. Agriculture in the past was for food, clothes, medicine and house, but now, the bio-energy for power has been raised up to discussed among the policy makers. Agriculture could be more important. Researches must go on efficiently. Whoever decline new technology, they must go back to the dream in the past. The group of NGOs who encouraged people getting back to the conventional methods make people mixed up and our policy have to be stopped in progress.
Please make decision if we could allow GMO researches here in Thailand. Other developed countries in Europe, North and South America, China, India and Oceania all have already allowed GMO researches, although they must label GMO on the product tags on the markets, as well as the law in Thailand. Believe it or not, most soybean, and some corn, cotton importing to Thailand have been GMO already. Think of our people would be like in the next 40 years and make decision. Chavalvut
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