{"id":216383,"date":"2022-11-29T18:34:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=216383"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:34:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:04:27","slug":"long-term-ecological-environmental-effects-of-herbicide-tolerant-crops-havent-been-considered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/long-term-ecological-environmental-effects-of-herbicide-tolerant-crops-havent-been-considered\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term ecological, environmental effects of herbicide-tolerant crops haven\u2019t been considered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article \u201cLong-term ecological, environmental effects of herbicide-tolerant crops haven\u2019t been considered\u201d <\/strong>published in the Indian Express <\/b>on\u00a029th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 3 \u2013 Major crop-cropping patterns in various parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About concerns related to the DMH-11 hybrid.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The government recently approved the environmental release of genetically engineered (GE) mustard (\u201cDMH-11 hybrid<\/a><\/strong>\u201d) in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read:\u00a0Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee approves commercial cultivation of genetically modified mustard yet again<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the preconditions attached to the approval of the DMH-11 hybrid?<\/h5>\n

DMH-11 carries a gene for herbicide resistance (also termed herbicide tolerance or HT).\u00a0The GEAC in its recommendation made on October 18 for environmental release of DMH-11 has accepted a)<\/strong> Usage of any formulation of herbicide is recommended only under controlled and specified conditions exclusively for hybrid seed production, b)<\/strong> Usage of any formulation of herbicide is not permitted for cultivation in the farmer\u2019s field under any situation. c)<\/strong> Usage of herbicide would require the necessary permission as per procedures and protocols of safety assessment of insecticides\/herbicides by CIB&RC (Central Insecticide Board and Registration Committee).<\/p>\n

What are the concerns related to the DMH-11 hybrid?<\/h5>\n

1)<\/strong> Long-term ecological and economic consequences are not analysed properly, 2)<\/strong> Details of the mandatory trials to ensure food and environmental safety which is a prerequisite before environmental release have not been made public, 3)<\/strong> A detailed long-term assessment of the potential social and economic benefits of using DMH-11 and its potential drawbacks are not made.<\/p>\n

The other drawbacks include,<\/p>\n

HT offers short-term benefits at the cost of long-term sustainability<\/strong>: HT crops imposes strong selective pressure for resistant weeds to emerge. Once that happens, still higher amounts of herbicide need to be used; the cycle continues progressively.<\/p>\n

Can be a disaster for the normal crop<\/strong>: The deployment of herbicide-resistant or HT crops has been accompanied by deleterious outcomes in several places including the US, Australia, and Canada.<\/p>\n

Usage of herbicides<\/strong>: There have been numerous recent reports highlighting the illegal use of unapproved herbicide-resistant crops.<\/p>\n

Role of CIB&RC<\/strong>: Safety assessment by CIB&RC raises debate as it is not the competent body for recommending approval of GM crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:\u00a0GM Crops in India: Issues and challenges \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cLong-term ecological, environmental effects of herbicide-tolerant crops haven\u2019t been considered\u201d published in the Indian Express on\u00a029th\u00a0November 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Major crop-cropping patterns in various parts of the country. Relevance: About concerns related to the DMH-11 hybrid. News: The government recently approved the environmental release of… Continue reading Long-term ecological, environmental effects of herbicide-tolerant crops haven\u2019t been considered<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10500],"class_list":["post-216383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704939050},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}