Congress proposes again to cancel the moratorium on GMOs

Published Feb 5, 2025

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Peru's Congress of the Republic is contemplating Bill 09475/2024-CR, which aimss to revoke the country's moratorium on GMOs, prompting concern from the National Association of Organic Producers (ANPE Peru), which represents 97% of small farmers. ANPE Peru contends that the bill caters to large corporate interests and jeopardizes agroecological production and food security. In contrast, Eduardo Castillo Rivas, president of the Agrarian Commission, has initiated discussions on the regulatory and biosafety aspects of GMOs, emphasizing the need to enhance small producers' tools for product quality improvement and maintain Peru's competitive edge in export markets.

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Once again, the Congress of the Republic has put the use of modified living organisms (GMOs) in Peru up for debate by presenting Bill 09475/2024-CR, which seeks to repeal the current moratorium on the entry and production of GMOs in our country. Faced with this proposal, the National Association of Organic Producers (ANPE Peru), an organization that represents 97% of the country's small farmers, has spoken out firmly rejecting this initiative, which they consider benefits large corporate interests and threatens agroecological production, as well as the food security of millions of Peruvians. “The Congress of the Republic is once again attacking our food sovereignty and biodiversity. Congressmen Alejandro Cavero, Adriana Tudela and Edgard Málaga have formalized a meeting with the current Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Ángel Manero, to analyze and formalize Bill 09475. This bill seeks to lift Law 31111, the Moratorium Law on Transgenics, putting our native seeds, ...

Source: AgroPeru