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2007-04-06 | permalink
Monsanto"s transgenic soya comes to Chile
Monstanto, one of the world’s leading transgenic seed producers, announced plans to cultivate Chile’s first genetically modified (GM) soya bean at the Expoagro 2007 show in Argentina last week. The introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the Chilean farming industry represents another step backwards from President Michelle Bachelet’s 2005 election campaign pledge ”to not open the country to commercial transgenic crops.” [...] Despite Bachelet’s election pledge, there is no law to explicitly prohibit the growing of GM crops in Chile and the country refrained from signing the international Protocol of Biosecurity which monitors biosafety issues regarding GM organisms. According to internal rules of Chile’s Department of Agriculture and Livestock Services (SAG), transgenic crops cannot be grown for human consumption. Scientific and experimental research, however, is permitted and many businesses within Chile develop GM seeds for export.
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2007-04-06 | permalink
Monsanto"s transgenic soya comes to Chile
Monstanto, one of the world’s leading transgenic seed producers, announced plans to cultivate Chile’s first genetically modified (GM) soya bean at the Expoagro 2007 show in Argentina last week. The introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the Chilean farming industry represents another step backwards from President Michelle Bachelet’s 2005 election campaign pledge ”to not open the country to commercial transgenic crops.” [...] Despite Bachelet’s election pledge, there is no law to explicitly prohibit the growing of GM crops in Chile and the country refrained from signing the international Protocol of Biosecurity which monitors biosafety issues regarding GM organisms. According to internal rules of Chile’s Department of Agriculture and Livestock Services (SAG), transgenic crops cannot be grown for human consumption. Scientific and experimental research, however, is permitted and many businesses within Chile develop GM seeds for export.
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