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Date: Masa< 09 Sep 2002 17:04:18 -1000
F$o1It: Vargittia Fasten S~aitla
Stabj~t- DSO re~erding CM coffee in Karat districts
Hello Stephaxa;e and others,
I felt that 1 mated v~1an w Put strait sotrac of the issues r®~rdaass lbe
resoltitiorx stala~ ~ ratoritattt on the release attd plantiatg ~
gextetieally lnodil codes ixs the slfstaacts of r'loath atad So~atth Iona.
pirst, it is eotnsttosa lcnorarled~e m tht;lioaaa area t1tmC there are NQ
gezsetscally ataodl~ed ca~'ee plants gxowiaag ~ the 1Held.'The whole point
of ettis re~ltatian atad the pasitioat stttaents supported by the Dona Coffee
Cotasaeil (ICC}, Kaiaa Catttaty Fin ~uxeata (ICCP'B),1Kona Faraaaers A,lliattce atad
the ~twaii Co~~ ~ssoeaation (~iC~), is to prevesat GM came plants loin
t~t+ag pixsa?tod ia? tic £aold ias ttie Koes;,~ districts. It ns ~derstood 4lotat
this is stall. several years avray but ~ tla~s step is an elf®rt t~
prevent soaitethixtg froatl being done which cezanat be undone.
`I'mo pasibtart is net a pl®y to r~ztder~fatc: E`aM~_ ACC, iCCl"li ~d IIGA have all
satade it clear that their membership is ti®t opposed to GMGs or to research
oft Gl~ii®S.
The r~uest for a ~arata~titirta was itot stiarted over the fact that there are 3
faeld test GM coffee notitica~ans oaa the 1TS websate. This started
became of coracex°n ov®r the crams g~ollaaatdon of GM coffee witBt nnn-GM
cofi'ee. There ~ legitimate c®iteea~ces ttbmut ~wrhat would ppesi if Gl~ coffee
was lalammted flee Kaat~a districts.
Attltotsgte there wets tnltf~tly quite at bit ur uxiitGiuent over tkao idea of ~
~tlPeis~e-~~ coffee plasat mere were aiso caa~cerns expressed; regagding
~rsalite~ iaz the cnp and cross polliiaadasa
Re • £sr~stic ee'i~tion, haadng paa'tieipated in a three ~y
~ii~ttg far arg-astio inspectors, of a arganae farin was near a farad with t;M
coil~ee it watatd be hard for ehr irtcpectox to recosaataaend the ptOCe6s be
ceatig"aed artiaic.
Yott stated that "A prodaacer in all honesty could respond to any of its
buyer that tiieie is sacs puteaataat foe tl~ir coffee to hav® ~y GM t
since fleets have feasts tea GM platttirags iota l~€aw<tia,"'T'his statement is
exactly whit the IComa coffi'ee paoducers want to have rcrs~ita bate.
Y wotald be very happy to sebap a tateetittg wash eo~'ee iaadatstry leaders so
tb2t a„e cxtasl~ all sit to~etheg' aiad discuss this complicated issue in person
(as a-mail does have its liitaitattioaas!).1'lease feel free to contact nle if
you are iaatet~sted.
Sincerely yotaas,
Virgirda ~stion Staaith
Virggttia list®n Smith
Caoperaiave Extensiaat Servlcerlona
College o~ Tropical. l~,gricaalte~re and blatntaia Resottrpes
Utaiversity ®f I°iawaii at 1VI~aa
79 73£t1 Thor, I~wy., I€,eaattltelstma, ~ 96750-7911
ph. (808} 322892 ffa~ (508) 322-4595
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Fate loo.
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