What is Syngenta doing in the Philipine Delegation?
from a flyer at MOP1 Biosafety Protocol , 24.02.2004 13:50 A top-ranking regional officer fo Syngenta, the agrochemical and seed giant, is part of the official delegation of the Philipines in the MOP, the First Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Bisafety. The initial list of participants at the MOP identifies her as the “Head, Regulatory Affairs for Asia-Pacific” of the “Department of Agriculture”, with Philippine office of Syngenta as adress. It appears that the Philippine’s agricultural department has established its regulatory affairs office inside Syngenta! Or is it Syngenta that established its regulatory affairs office inside the Philippine Department of Agriculture? This is one of the glaring examples of a government body in charge of regulating the commercialization of genetically modified crops buckling in to pressures from giant transnational corporations selling GM crops. In th case of the Philippines, the Department of Agriculutre is the agency that approves ap
