The use of chemicals for intensive agriculture caused the Indian government to run up debts with multinationals, which left the people in poverty. The rice could be used by these peoples, provided their governments did not get so seriously in debt that they had to hand over all the proceeds to their creditors and start massive export activity. In Brazil all local products have been replaced by soya. This change of land use has made it impossible to find any other kind of vegetable, so that farmers have been forced to export all their crops. We can see from this how the introduction of these biotechnologies can go beyond the land and change a whole society.
Peoples become completely dependent on agribusiness and speculators.
It seems also that Italy and Luxemburg may take the same action. For example, at the time of the South African embargo their goods were sold to South America and from there to Europe. Chernobyl grain got to Italy. If we Vegetarians demand a Green Trademark guaranteeing product origin, this could be a way for us to defend ourselves. One example is the Nestl boycott.