The police did not say who was behind the attack on the 5-dunam field, which is isolated in a forest in Magnesk
An experimental farm specializing in the cultivation of genetically modified wheat was damaged in France. The farm is owned by the American seed giant Monsanto was attacked and completely destroyed. This is what the French police said.
The police did not say who was behind the attack on the 5-dunam field, which is isolated in a forest in Magnesk, but added that it happened a few hours after a demonstration against the cultivation of genetically modified food was held there on Friday.
Another experimental field of the same company, near the city of Toulouse in the southwest of France, was destroyed in July.
While genetically modified crops are common in the US, France and other European countries hesitate and debate whether to use the new genetic technologies in agriculture. In France there are about a hundred experimental farms, all of which have been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Supporters of genetic engineering say that the method will make it possible to develop higher resistance and therefore a better crop to help feed the world's poor. Opponents say that these plants may cause the uncontrolled spread of modified genes and harm the environment and human health.
