India vs. Monsanto: seeds of discord

I retired long back as the MD of Monsanto India after developing a herbicide market.At that time there was no indication of Monsanto entering GM crops in India.Later in one of my review visits to St Louis,I heard that Monsanto is getting out of herbicides business and entering seeds business and that too genetically modified seeds with a terminator gene in it to prevent resowing by the farmer and to have monopoly in seeds market which is several billion dollars worth..Then BT cotton came,creating havoc for the cotton farmers,leading to several thousand of them committing suicide
unable to repay debts caused by high price of seed and no production in several areas.Recently Monsanto has been charged for conducting unauthorised field trials with GM Egg plants.The company is noted for exploiting other countries and to retain a monopoly on seeds for various food crops,extracting a heavy royalty on the GM seeds.It is no friend of India and many of us senior executives quit on this score.
T.V.Jagadisan

go for it india!! you must beat these people. Tough job, they are utter ruthless bastards!!stand up for your rights..fight!!!!

We people will simply say 'Yes Monsanto it is 'your' food we are eating but we are not pay. What the fuck can you do about it!' Can Monsanto do anything then?

The problem is we can eat their food, but there are no seeds to grow another crop. They are making it so that people have to buy seeds every year. Do not buy seedless food.

I think this is a Greet news for all the planet
Indian power rules!!!!
Please post the note in your FB account and spread it lets support this. It's time to grow as humans!

this company is indeed pure evil

This is nothing new. You should get a copy of the documentary where even George Bush Senior was involved. It also shows how they s*****d a Canadian farmer out of his entire holding.

But I am not surprised. USA is a country entirely based on the idea of stealing other peoples property and looking after only their own economic interests. Even their declaration of independence was a result of England abolishing slavery by law and patrolling off the coast of Sierra Leone in Africa to curb this trade. Their constitutional right to bear arms was only to decimate the remaining native American population and steal their lands in areas beyond the original states that formed the USA!. The list goes on ad infinitum.

Not unlike taking humans from Africa for slavery.

One word describes what Monsanto is all about; "Biopiracy." Hit it right on the nose.

Monsanto was founded by a Jewish family of the same Monsanto name. They used to buy and sell human slaves. Know they want to own us all through control of food.

the Indian people are good people for doing such , they should demand Monsanto serve time for being caught red handed for CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

"This can send a different message to the big companies for violating the laws of the nation."

not to mention THE LAWS OF NATURE!

GO INDIA, GO! DEFEAT MONSANTO!!!

this should be explored by other nations as well.

Leave it to India - thank you for standing up for clean food.
Monsanto truly is a cancer on our planet. If GM crops are so "wonderful", why did Monsanto help fund the Norway Seed Vault aka "The Doomsday Vault" ????

I hope India takes Monsanto DOWN - I hope they are sued for trillions. This slimy bottom feeding transnational has taken down countless thousands of farmers with their law suits against those that cannot afford to defend themselves. They make specious claims of property theft against legitimate long time seed husbanders in order to mow them down. This monsanto blight on the face of the earth cannot go soon enough.

india is stupid, why would they have trust in monsanto.... Coruption in indai is rife

Monsanto is an abusive company killing the people and food. They need to be stopped. I wish you all the best. May you be triumphant! Stay strong and healthy

Good on you India. Finally people are waking up in droves to exactly what the consequences of allowing GM agri-giants to control the industry. Catastrophe after catastrophe for the majority. Massive profits for the corporation and payoffs for some political, judicial, scientific and media persons. Is this a public service? No way. Is this even beneficial? No way. For anyone who is unsure, don't just believe me....Do your own research and THINK about the possible consequences of all this. It is not good. I cannot believe it has gotten this far. Must have been some big payoffs don't you think?
GE research should go ahead with strict scientific protocols and political regulation to GUARANTEE no harm to life or threat to existing biodiversity. We do not want monoculture and we certainly do not want corporations controlling our food source. Corporate controlled Water is bad enough...now attempts to control food....no doubt and "improved, patented new version of super air" is next. jokes aside, Thank you India. You are doing the world a service by protecting your biodiversity. I had felt despondent when I heard that many rice varieties had been lost due to big agribusiness "helping" India some years ago so this fight back is refreshing.

I'm so pleased to learn of this. What a wonderful example of taking your power back. Bravo!
Thank you India for having the internal fortitude to tell it like it is, bio-piracy is exactly correct! I certainly hope all other countries follow your lead. Blessings!

Yiiipppeeeee !!!!!
My first reaction..

Go get them India! The entire world needs to follow your example!