"Subject to confirmation by the Group, we embrace the announcement of BASF chief Bock, to move the headquarters of the subsidiary BASF Plant Science to the U.S. explicitly", said Christof Potthof, staff of the german group Gen-ethical Network in Berlin. "We evaluate the decision as an admission of defeat. For years the so-called green genetic engineering in Europe is fought by the German and European civil society. A broad coalition of farmers, environmental and consumer-run groups and activists in local initiatives is campaigning for GMO-free agriculture and food."
Potthof continues: "Nevertheless, we are not under the illusion that BASF would lay down their activities in this area. BASF will not step back from the announcements of the past to bring more transgenic varieties on the market, in addition to - so far flopped - genetically modified potato Amflora. Genetically modified crops have the charm that they can be patented - the BASF knows from chemistry, and the group obviously likes it. The group has brought itsef in recent years to the top at the list of plant patents.

Concentration, privatization and integration

BASF is pursuing its business plan, to set its industrial stamp on the future agricultural production: concentration of economic power, privatization of resources and integration of economic sectors. - for the BASF group biotechnology and in this specific plant biotechnology, will play a central role in the future.
The Group has a worldwide network of companies and partnerships curious will continue to work it. The preservation of 750 staff employees in Germany alone has Beiern yes in that direction. "
This coming Saturday (January 21, 2012), we demonstrate together with people from various groups and associations for an other agriculture, see the call: http://www.wir-haben-es-satt.de/start/home/in-eng…
Come to Berlin!