Does Ecoagriculture Partners have a position on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
Ecoagriculture Partners serves as a platform for exchange of views and the promotion of joint action among very diverse actors. Ecoagriculture Partners itself does not endorse, promote, or repudiate the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or any other technologies and resource management practices with the potential to negatively impact upon the environment or local livelihoods. Rather, Ecoagriculture Partners supports the Cartagena Biosafety Protcol in promoting rigorous evaluation of their actual impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services at genetic, species, ecological, community, and landscape scales, as well as their impacts on the productivity and sustainability of agriculture and on rural livelihoods. Ecoagriculture Partners also supports applying the “precautionary principle” to the introduction of new agricultural technologies. A common definition of the principle is: ‘Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific cert
EcoAgriculture Partners serves as a platform for exchange of views and the promotion of joint action among very diverse actors. EcoAgriculture Partners itself does not endorse, promote, or repudiate the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or any other technologies and resource management practices with the potential to negatively impact upon the environment or local livelihoods. Rather, EcoAgriculture Partners supports the Cartagena Biosafety Protcol in promoting rigorous evaluation of their actual impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services at genetic, species, ecological, community, and landscape scales, as well as their impacts on the productivity and sustainability of agriculture and on rural livelihoods. EcoAgriculture Partners also supports applying the “precautionary principle” to the introduction of new agricultural technologies. A common definition of the principle is: ‘Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific cert
