2011-08-19
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Friends of the Earth Spain celebrates the suspension of GM trials with human genes after mass mobilisations by the general public. Valencia’s local government has revoked the permit of an Italian pharmaceutical company to experiment with GM rice combined with human genes in Vinaros, Castellon. [...] The aim of the GM trial was to obtain enzymes to treat Gaucher’s disease. However, there are several treatments for this disease that are obtained through genetic engineering in confined environments.
2011-04-12
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The cultivation of genetically modified maize has caused a drastic reduction in organic cultivations of this grain and is making their coexistence practically impossible. This is the main conclusion reached in one of the first field studies in Europe carried out by a researcher of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, who has analysed the situation in Catalonia and Aragon, Europe’s main producers of transgenic foods.
2011-03-30
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Neiker-Tecnalia researchers have opted for ’allele mining’, a field of research that aims to identify the allelic variation for relevant traits within a collection of genetic resources. [...] The goal of ’allele mining’ is to find potato accessions which produce new types of starch with special and enhanced characteristics for industrial and food processes.
2010-10-25
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Spain has received its first bulk maize cargo from from the United States in at least 12 years, trade data show, a sign that European trade rules over genetically-modified organisms may be relaxing. [...] Trade concern over the European Union's zero-tolerance stance grew last year, however, when entry of U.S. soy cargoes to Europe was blocked after they were found to contain minute traces of GM maize strains not approved in Brussels. The 27-country-bloc now plans to allow a low level presence of 0.1 percent of unauthorised GM imports of animal feed, but not human food.
2009-11-03
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The Spanish Ministry for Environment, Rural Activities and Marine Environment has acknowledged the existence of a problem concerning farmers affected by the presence of genetically modified crops nearby conventional or organic ones. [...] The ministry has not always been aware of these issues, so much that the general manager of the sustainable agricultural development program, Gesù Casas, acknowledged that companies like Monsanto are conducting ”an ongoing lobbying work within the Ministry’s offices.”
2009-10-07
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Environmentalists dressed as giant ears of corn Tuesday asked for ”agricultural asylum” in the French embassy in Madrid in a protest over genetically modified crops. The environmental organisation Friends of the Earth organised the symbolic act to protest Spain’s ”large-scale” production of genetically modified corn, which is banned in France. Around 20 protesters from several European countries and dressed as corn cobs demonstrated outside the French embassy in central Madrid.
2009-07-27
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Dr. Paul Christou of the University of Lleida in Spain said he has been part of a team that works to introduce genes into corn, causing the plant to produce higher levels of multiple nutrients. [...] Christou said the European Union has decided to ban fungicides on wheat in five years. ”I suspect that in several years, there won’t be many wheat farmers in Europe,” he said. A genetically engineered corn has the potential to produce a substance that could be used to prevent the transmission of the AIDS virus, Christou said. But he said resistance against transgenic crops has prevented it from being studied fully.
2009-04-29
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A transgenic hypervitaminised corn could be used in poor countries to deal with serious nutritional deficiencies caused by a poor diet often based on cereal crops. [...] Destined for farmers in poor countries, once it has passed laboratory tests, the hypervitaminised corn will be available for everyone: the University of Lerida guarantees that the seeds will be distributed for free and will be used for cultivation and consumption by small producer who are unable to afford them.
2009-04-23
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Thousands of farmers and environmentalists coming from every part of Spain marched in Zaragoza last Saturday under the theme ”For GMO-free food and farming.” Spain is the country that produces the highest volume of GMOs in Europe, and Aragon is the leading region in the Country. The demonstration has been led by several organizations of farmers and environmentalists from across Spain against genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
2008-08-29
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The people of Catalonia do not approve genetically modified organisms (GMOs). On 20th August, more than 105,896 signatures against GMOs were delivered to the catalan Parliament. The signatures have to be validated by the Catalan Statistics Institute (IDESCAT) and afterwards, by the end of October, the proposed law will enter the parliamentary procedure, with the presentation of motions and the debate of the law.
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