Content Governments involved have agreed that an overriding goal of the FTAA is to eliminate the existing regulatory regimes, prevent any new restrictions, and progressively remove any impediments to profits, whether specifically listed or not. Process The FTAA proponents have established 9 negotiating groups, of which Agriculture is one. Meanwhile, civil society organizations and the public have no such access even to the information, let alone the opportunity to influence the process and content of the negotiations. Additionally, the impacts on human and animal health are unknown. Transgenics are not a solution to the environmental crisis, nor do they solve the problems of hunger.
Hunger is a political and social problem.
And in Argentina, a large agricultural exporter, one third of the population does not have basic necessities. Even worse, the multinational companies patent all transgenic seeds. In doing so, they negate farmers' right to save and replant seeds. Control of seeds by multinationals implies control over our food, over our lives. Over 5 years, transgenic crops have increased from 0 a 43 million hectares worldwide.