Dear All, More threats to food security/sovereignty. As suggested below, please do sign if it makes sense to you. Thanks, sonali ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Nd contactus CSA <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 at 19:40 Subject: [ND-CSA] Fwd: Seeking endorsements on a letter to Union Agri Minister against two Herbicide Tolerant (HT) Rice varieties launched by ICAR To: Google Group <[email protected]> Dear All This is a note from one of the groups that champions sustainable agriculture and farmer issues - this note is regarding introduction of practices in rice cultivation that many of us feel are unacceptable and hugely detrimental. Whether it is born out of a fear of food security issues or born out of corporate interests, the BAD outcomes for the environment and the consumers are the same. Please read it carefully and if you are in agreement with it, please click on the forms link and sign it ASAP. best wishes Gopi ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: OFM Adyar <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM Subject: Seeking endorsements on a letter to Union Agri Minister against two Herbicide Tolerant (HT) Rice varieties launched by ICAR To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Seeking endorsements on a letter to Union Agri Minister against two Herbicide Tolerant (HT) Rice varieties launched by ICAR Earlier this week, we circulated another letter addressed to ICAR, about several MOUs it had signed with corporations like Bayer, Syngenta and Amazon. Close to 450 of you endorsed that letter. Thank you! This current letter is on another matter of concern. It is on the release of two varieties of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) basmati rice by ICAR in June 2024. These varieties can now withstand the spray of Imazethapyr, a weedkiller toxin. The adverse environmental, health and socio-economic issues related to HT crops have been well-debated already in India and abroad, and most countries do not allow HT crops for cultivation. Moreover, what ICAR has done is illegal as per the extant statutory regulatory framework with regard to pesticides/herbicides. Please find a letter we are going to send in this regard to the Union Agriculture Minister with a copy to Union Environment Minister in the google form on this link. If you believe that the two HT basmati rice varieties should not be allowed for commercial cultivation, please endorse the letter by filling the google form by July 26, 2024 . https://forms.gle/XQ24XSDJ6HCBeNsP6 Regards, Organic Farmers Market, 17/10, 28th Cross Street, Indiranagar, Chennai. Ofmtn.in Contact us : 88382 09748 / 044-42611112 Whatsapp : 6380169943 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OFM-Network" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ofm-network/CAO6zDd0P4EF3et0wyEnPoHTcE9s3R... <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ofm-network/CAO6zDd0P4EF3et0wyEnPoHTcE9s3RvbL0dud0NnizEX4_oOcTg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "navadarshanamcsa" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/navadarshanamcsa/CAHcv%3DO92BYMH25bLshmX4a... <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/navadarshanamcsa/CAHcv%3DO92BYMH25bLshmX4amaFazv8JrQRL1L5K%2BBx6R9xD_cYA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .