index

genetically modified crops
a decade of failure (1994-2004)

executive summary

foreword

chapter one: brave new agriculture

• genetic engineering a radical new technology
• flavr savr tomato goes rotten
• gm crops spread like wildfire

chapter two: the seeding of global opposition

• environmental, health and socioeconomic concerns
• europe says ‘no' to gmos
• gm potatoes mashed in georgia and the ukraine
• bolivian farmers refuse gm potatoes
• gmos in food aid cause global outrage
• southern africa rejects food aid in hunger crisis
• croatia, bolivia and sri lanka receive trade threats
• force-feeding europe eu and us launch trade war
• the tarnished record of golden rice
• monsanto's wheat dreams deferred
• people vs. monsanto in colombian cotton fight

chapter three: ten years later
broken promises and unsustainable agriculture

• uncontrolled contamination in the united states
• argentina shows gm does not ‘feed the world'
• corporate control of seeds in canada
• monsanto kicked out of south sulawesi, indonesia
• secrecy, suspicion and failure linked to gm corn in spain
• contamination in corn's mexican birthplace
• uk field trials show mixed results
• india 's rotten experience with gm cotton

conclusions

glossary

Bt	Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a toxin-producing gene taken from a soil bacterium which is used to engineer insect-resistant ‘pesticide plants’.
EU	European Union
GE	Genetic engineering or genetically engineered
GM	Genetic modification or genetically modified
GMHT	Genetically modified herbicide tolerant
GMOs	Genetically modified organisms
HT	Herbicide-tolerant
WFP	World Food Program
WTO	World Trade Organization
USAID	US Agency for International Development
VAD	Vitamin A deficiency