Last evening when I saw the video links sent by Tejal, it was an eyeopener for me. The links she provides to my understanding are only for generating awareness and not discussion. Dr. Pankaj has started the discussion. A while back on Rudraksha Dr. Pankaj himself deviated from pure Botany and went into mythology. Some subjects are intrinsically linked and I agree with Mr. Selvam that I too am surprised that this very relevant subject and totally linked with our flora should not be allowed one or two postings! Congratulations to Mr. Selvam for the increased yield by organic farming.
regards, Rashida. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:06:55 +0530 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:26684] Re: BAD SEED - video From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Mr. Selvam, there are other egroups to discuss abt. GM crops such as agro-india and save indianfarming on google and yahoo. Even on NREAGA group and prakruti on yahoo again or Karamyog, this could be discussed. But efloraIndia is purely abt flora (mainly wild and little exotic) to discuss abt. We have not profiled farming and civil vegetation in this e-group. Kindly oblige. regards Rajesh 2010/1/21 Ramasamy Selvam <[email protected]> Dear Friends of eflora, I am surprised to read the comment made by Dr.Pankaj. I am sure the eflora is mainly for botanicals. But this need not stop going out little bit. I am sure we cannot have any detailed discussion here but certainly I wish to add that like many common man you too had the notion that GM crops are for increasing the yield. The issue of hunger has many reasons but certainly not the production in the farming. This had been repeatedly proved that the world produce more than what we all could eat. It was told that if the whole produce is equally shared to all the heads of the world then in just three months every one will be affected by obesity. There are reports by FAO and other agencies on this. More over the Gm crops that we have now are either to kill one of the many pests of a crop and to with stand any dosage of Herbicide.There is no GM crop to increase the yields. I feel the eflora members should discuss the impact of GM crops on the biodiversity and emergence of weedicide resistant weeds and transfer of the resistant genes from these plants to other wild relatives. We may not discuss the technology and the politics surrounded over it but certainly we should have space to discuss the gene transferring to wild relatives, genetic pollution and contamination issues. They are very much important for the biologists like us. I am a conservation educationists and an organic farmer for more than a decade. My yields from the first year itself is better than my chemical farming counter parts. Hope I have not crossed the boundaries. R.Selvam. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: I dont think this is the place where we should discuss about Genetically Modified Brinjal or other seeds. Countries like India which has 1/3rd of world's poor, I imagine how many of you really cared about them! With due respects I will request not to post such issues here. This is not the right place. This is my personal opinion. Rest of the moderators may comment. Regards Pankaj -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- R.Selvam, Pudu Nilavu Food Forest, Thalavu Malai,Arachalur, Erode District,Tamil nadu,638 101 09443663562 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop--
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