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2007-01-29 | permalink
Monsanto contradicts ISAAA’s figures for GM plantings in SA?
We refer to the press releases by AgriSA and ISAAA, regarding the GM commercial plantings in South Africa for the period 2006. In such press releases, the claim is made that the GM commercial plantings in South Africa, have increased by 180%, from 500 000 ha to 1.4 million ha. Can you kindly explain to us how the GM maize plantings have jumped from just 609 000 ha in September 2006, (when Monsanto South Africa made your PR to promote your "Seeds of Hope Campaign" ) to what the ISAAA has been claiming just thee months later.
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2007-01-29 | permalink
Monsanto contradicts ISAAA’s figures for GM plantings in SA?
We refer to the press releases by AgriSA and ISAAA, regarding the GM commercial plantings in South Africa for the period 2006. In such press releases, the claim is made that the GM commercial plantings in South Africa, have increased by 180%, from 500 000 ha to 1.4 million ha. Can you kindly explain to us how the GM maize plantings have jumped from just 609 000 ha in September 2006, (when Monsanto South Africa made your PR to promote your "Seeds of Hope Campaign" ) to what the ISAAA has been claiming just thee months later.
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