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ShadowFox
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11/5/2009 11:33 PM
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Indian Farmers Attack Monsanto

Indian farmers target Monsanto
By Habib Beary
BBC correspondent in Bangalore

[Image caption: The attack on the building followed protests over farmers' suicides]

Angry farmers in southern India have stormed a building that formerly housed the global biotech giant, Monsanto.

More than 40 farmers ransacked the corporation's former Bangalore facility on Thursday, after staging noisy demonstrations.

They were protesting after more than 70 farmers committed suicide in the region in the last three months.

Their deaths are being blamed on debt and drought - and on the introduction of Monsanto's genetically modified crops.

According to eyewitnesses, the farmers went on the rampage in a former Monsanto research centre, located in India's top science facility, the Indian Institute of Science.

They damaged furniture and windows, and shouted slogans demanding Monsanto close down its operations in India.

Monsanto is active in several southern Indian states, where it has angered environmentalists and farmers by spearheading the cultivation of genetically modified cotton.

The police arrested 15 farmers after Thursday's incident.

They said Monsanto had shifted its research facility recently, but the protesters were probably not aware of this.

A leader of the Karnataka State Farmers Association, Professor MD Nanjundaswamy, told the BBC the attack was a warning to Monsanto to leave India.

The farmer's association had also torched several farms in the state where Monsanto's new cotton crop was being trialled.

The environmental group, Greenpeace, has joined protests against Monsanto by calling on the company to withdraw its seeds from the market.

Monsanto says its critics have been misinformed, and its experiments in genetically modified farming have been successful in the US, China and other countries.

Cy Kotic
User ID: 811531
11/5/2009 11:36 PM

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Wonderful! We should do the same thing in Canada and the United States. Monsanto = evil doer Whatever..

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811466
11/5/2009 11:38 PM

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About time someone did something,makes me feel useless that i cant.

Intruth
User ID: 586863
11/5/2009 11:42 PM

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Good for them. The farmers here wouldn't do that cause all the fluoride has made them zombies. Last Edited by Intruth on 11/5/2009 at 11:42 PM

The Monk
User ID: 762691
11/5/2009 11:46 PM

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Good for them. The farmers here wouldn't do that cause all the fluoride has made them zombies. Quoting: Intruth One day Monsanto will genetically modify my hair, and charge me monthly fees for new growth.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811506
11/5/2009 11:50 PM

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Good for them. these genetically altered plants are dangerous. They wipe out the genetic structure of other plants. they also sterilize other plants and make it impossible for them to pollinate. Some of the genetically altered plants cause diseases in other plants.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811506
11/5/2009 11:52 PM

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I wish environmentalists in Canada and America would get involved with this. I don't usually agree with environmentalists because i think they go too far sometimes but i'd agree with them on this one.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 507139
11/5/2009 11:53 PM

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and pin. I grew up working on a soy bean / corn farm. This shit pisses me off.

Kirk
User ID: 749840
11/5/2009 11:55 PM

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About time someone did something,makes me feel useless that i cant. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 811466 you can make informed purchases. You can help others make informed purchases. The language Monsanto hears is economics. pride of lions...gaggle of geese...a murder of crows...and my favorite....A CONGRESS of baboons....

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 803572
11/6/2009 12:03 AM

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Go Indian farmers! Wish people had the balls to do that here.

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