Trade Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag), Juan Carlos Requejo, says Alexander Grobman, moderator of this office that openly advocates the introduction of transgenic crops in Peru, "has not done any business dealings with a biotech company, even through the companies in which part of your board. " But what is unclear is whether Minago Grobman shares as adviser to the chairman of the boards of Seeds Penta SA and Agricultural Production Field, and the holder of the Peruvian Association for the Development of Biotechnology (Peru- Biotec).
And is that once the National Institute of Agrarian Research (INIA) implementing biosafety regulations, any company marketing of seeds or food industry may import GM seeds to plant in the country and then sell them. Another adviser to the Ministry of Agriculture, William Vivanco Mackie, said that "Peru imports 70% of corn and that transgenic maize will increase the productivity of the corn growers." Estimated 400 thousand hectares of the maize on the coast, Peru could become self-sufficient.
Grobman and Vivanco
But are not the only advisers of the Ministry of Agriculture to argue passionately GM's income. Dow also makes it Hers Kertman Seiner, chief of staff of advisers and, according to Sunat, commercial agent Ships Agroindustrial SA and SAC Huamaní packing and processing was he who declared a few weeks ago to label GM food was "a rich delicacy ". NO LABELING
this advisory group joins Carlos Noda Yamada, advisor to the Ministry of Economy, executive director at the National Competitiveness Council and ad honorem advisor to senior management of Minag. No less than three positions in the State. Noda performs its role as advisor to the MEF and the commission Minag trying to regulate the code consumers to label GM food.
Three weeks ago, this committee, chaired by Indecopi and included representatives from the Ministries of Environment, Economy, Health, Production and Justice, the PCM reached a consensus on labeling regulations for enactment, but reliable sources assured Trade MEF advisers would be delaying its approval.
This week we try to talk with Agriculture Minister Rafael Quevedo Flores, who also, according to Sunat, is attorney general manager of Agricultural El Rocio SA Tal agent and general manager of El Rocio SA (companies linked to culture cereals, vegetables and legumes and poultry production), but informed us that his schedule was tight and he would grant an interview after his appearance before a congressional committee this May 3. It is recalled that Minag advisers are the same who were appointed by the then head of the sector and current finance minister, Ismael Benavides.
The basic question for analysts like Crisólogo Caceres, president of the Peruvian Association of Consumers and Users (Aspec), is who benefits from the income and marketing of these seeds. And above all, the most popular crop: soybeans (who think planting in Amazonia), cotton and yellow corn, a key piece of poultry production and a part of the food industry.
"This regulation is designed to benefit the biotech business circuit," says Cáceres. The yellow corn is one of the products that are imported. Among the largest buyers of input in the country are, according to Sunat, San Fernando SA, Grain Corporation, SAC Pollo Rico, South Farm Rinconada, Redondo, Derivados del Maiz and El Rocio SA
Minag Letter On 27 April, the secretary general of the Ministry of Agriculture, Juan Carlos Requejo German, the office sent 650 2011-AG-SEGMAR to this Journal. The document notes that "according to the statement by Mr. Alexander himself Grobman, senior management consultant of the Ministry of Agriculture, he represents companies in transgenic or have commercial or economic relationship, directly or indirectly with them. Nor is dedicated to conducting lobbying for any of the companies developing or marketing genetically modified seeds to national or international level. Mr. Grobman has stated that has no personal or business dealings with them, even through the companies in which part of your directory. On the other hand, Minam participation in the composition of the Sectoral Technical to replace the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon has in the Supreme Decree 034-2001-PCM, which also was published on 15/4/2011 and in the very Supreme Decree 003-2001-AG approved the Sectoral Regulation security, which has included the contributions of Minam. "
RESPONSE. The secretary general of the Ministry of Agriculture supports Alexander Grobman and answers for him. The "principal geneticist and breeding", as he himself once defined Grobman, promoted through the association Peru-Biotec transgenic research in the country. It was he, moreover, that on behalf of Peru, as a "consultant ad honorem "of Minago, refused to vote for an agreement that, given the scientific impossibility of determining the damage from the use of transgenics, the companies bear the cost of any negative impact
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