Summary of newsmakers of the previous day – 23.6.2008

Nestlé: Europe should revalue aversion to GMO

Nestlé called upon European politicians to revalue their attitude towards GMO. They can help also to people for whom, thanks to high prices of rice and wheat, basic foods are not accessible. The biggest food company Nestlé called upon the top European politicians to revalue their hard disfavour for genetically modified crop-plants. According to Nestlé biotechnological agriculture could help just in time when prices of commodities grow and basic food crop-plants started to be out of possibilities of the poorest people of the world.

Optimistic harvest perspective

For our predecessors harvest was the most beautiful period of year and a rich crop meant wealth for the whole next year. However, we look towards a harvest with apprehension. In today’s globalized world with a rule of supranational monopolies direct proportion “rich harvest – rich farmer” does not work. Cereals became a speculative commodity for rich financial funds, so it is rather hold what American economic textbook say: “in time of bad crops farmers are good off; in record harvest farmers have problems”. In recent years we found out that this is valid also for us.

It is not necessary to vaccinate against rabies every year

On base of a regulation of the veterinary law novel it is now possible within obligatory vaccination of dogs, cats, and ferrets against rabies to take into consideration to persistency of immunity which is guaranteed by a producer of the used vaccine. The point is that regardless of a used vaccine till this time it has been obligatory to vaccinate dogs, cats and ferrets annually. Regarding the fact that there are vaccines from various producers of the market guaranteeing immunity longer than one year, also the present approved veterinary law novel acknowledges this fact.

Transformation law aims at government

A law which should set right injustices caused within transformation of Czech agriculture in nineties in last century will be negotiated by the government soon. It was said by the Minister of Agriculture Petr Gandalovič at the 10th jubilee general meeting of the Private Agriculture Association CR (ASZ) in Jihlava. The Cabinet should deal with the law probably still till the end of month at a government negotiation on the 25th of June 2008. It returns in Strakova Academy after several weeks when its original version was not recommended for negotiation by the Legislative Government Council.