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(8,661 posts)Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dorkovich told an international biotechnology conference in Kirov September 18, As far as genetically-modified organisms are concerned, we have made the decision not to use any GMO in food productions.
Rich organic soils
The decision to build up domestic Russian food production is a huge one. Russia today has some of the richest most fertile agriculture soil in the world. Because during the Cold War economic restraints dictated that products of the chemical industry were dedicated to national defense needs, the fertile Russian soil has not been subjected to decades of destruction from chemical fertilizers or crop spraying as the soils in much of the west. Now this becomes a blessing in disguise, as EU and North American farmers struggle with the destructive effects of chemicals in their soils that have largely destroyed essential micro-organisms. Rich agriculture soils take years to create and can be destroyed in no time. Where the climate is moist and warm, it takes thousands of years to form just a few centimeters of soil. Cold dry climates need far longer.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/worlds-largest-country-russia-bans-gmo-food-crops/210085/