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Pas question!</span>   <br>  	 	<span class="efta"><BR>La Thalande est en moi : reprsentants du gouvernement, agents commerciaux, riziculteurs et quelques ONG allies, tous dnoncent haut et fort les recherches scientifiques finances par lUSDA, le Ministre de lAgriculture amricain, ayant pour but de crer un riz Jasmin adapt aux conditions climatiques des USA et appropri  la rcolte mcanise. Les premiers essais de production sont dj en cours!<BR><BR>La nouvelle varit, obtenue par la manipulation gntique dune varit traditionnelle Tha mise  disposition par lIRRI, ne sera pas brevete, affirment les inventeurs... Quoi quil en soit, une chose est sre : une fois de plus, il sagit de biopiraterie, une fois encore, le Nord sapproprie le patrimoine gntique dun peuple du Sud. Et lavenir de cinq millions de petits riziculteurs au Nord-Est de la Thalande, principale zone de production du Hom Mali - le riz qui voque la fragrance dlicate du jasmin en fleur - , risque dtre sombre. <BR><BR>De fait, le riz Jasmin, actuellement encore plus pris sur le march mondial que le riz Basmati du Punjab indien et pakistanais, se vend  prix fort, et reprsente une part importante des exportations de riz thalandais. Chaque anne, plus de 300 000 tonnes prennent le chemin des USA, en fournissant quelque 70 % des importations globales de riz parfum. Si les farmers amricains commencent  en produire, videmment  des cots de production beaucoup plus bas, les petits riziculteurs Tha perdront leur principal, et souvent leur seul revenu montaire. <BR><BR>Tout au long du mois de novembre, de nombreuses manifestations rassemblant des milliers de paysans ont eu lieu en Thalande, entre autres devant lambassade amricaine  Bangkok. Diffrentes ONG du monde entier, dont EFTA (European Fair Trade Association), ont envoy des lettres de soutien, que la presse nationale sest empresse de diffuser. <BR><BR>Si vous souhaitez connatre la suite des vnements, visitez le site dEFTA (www.eftafairtrade.org) ou le site de BIO THAI (http://www.thai.net/biothai). Vous pouvez aussi demander des informations  elisabeth.piras@skynet.be!<BR><BR>Elisabeth Piras <BR></span>   <p>  <p>  <br>  <a href="DocList.asp?SectionID=2"><b><font size="+1" >  </font></b></a>  </td> </tr> </table>    <!-- #EndEditable --> <div align="center">       <p align="left"><a href="#top"><img src="images_sys/top_arrow.gif" width="23" height="15" border="0"><b>return            to top</b></a><br> 	 <a href="javascript:void(history.go(-1))"><b>return to previous page </b></a>	   		   		   </p>     <p> <a href="sitemap.html"><font color="gray">sitemap</font></a> 	<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="gray"> EFTA Advocacy & Campaigns Office<br>  Rue de la Charite, 43<br> B-1210  Brussels  Belgium<br> Tel: +32 (0)2 217 37 80/95 <br> Fax/Tel: +32 (0)2 217 37 98<br>  </font><br>       Send feedback to E-mail: <a href="mailto:efta@eftadvocacy.org"><font color="gray">efta@eftadvocacy.org</a></p>  	 </font>     </div>   </div>   </body> <!-- #EndTemplate --></html> 
