| Final Declaration of the international meeting of Rishikesh
At the end of the six day deliberations of the workshop on Biodiversity, Rights of rural communities and implications of GMOs, the participants agreed that:
1. Seeds belong to farmers and not to corporations. Farmers have always protected the wide biodiversity on their fields.
2. While amending patent laws in accordance with the TRIPS agreement, rights of the farming community should be fully protected. These rights should be interpreted broadly to include also rights of farmers as innovators and conservators of seeds.
3. We say clearly "No" to the terminator technology and all related technologies having the similar aim of stopping the seed form germination when replanted.
4. There should be a moratorium on commercial release of all GMOs till all doubts regarding safety have been satisfactorily settled. If at all, GMOs are released after satisfying all safety concerns, this should be done only after ensuring that this helps, and does not disturb, genuine food security of people and sustainable farming systems.
5. At the time of the amendment of patent laws in accordance with the TRIPS agreement, it would be useful to refer to provisions of section 2 of article 27 of this agreement concerning exclusions to patentability [...].
6. Keeping in view the highly hazardous nature of the GMOs technology accentuated by its concentration in the hands of some big multinational companies, we feel a clear need for exercising the fullest caution in trials and experiments involving GMOs. The health rights of consumers should be suitably protected.
7. We note with concern how a lot of work relating to GMOs has been shrweded in secrecy and misinformation. We call for complete transparency on the part of governments as well as corporations on all issues concerning GMOs. Keeping in view the high hazard potential of GMOs, the accountability regarding the risks associated with GMOs should be clearly established.
8. Broader questions need to be raised about the ethics of science which involves the creation of very high levels of new hazards, and about the development path which has the risk of these hazards being spread very rapidly. | 
