Brazil approves GM seeds

14/03/05 Brazil’s lower house of Congress has approved the creation of a framework to legalize biotech seed sales in the country.

The move clears the way for rules that would allow Monsanto to sell genetically modified soybean seeds in Brazil.

The modified seeds were banned in Brazil but the use of cloned or smuggled versions of the company’s popular Roundup Ready seeds has been widespread among Brazilian farmers seeking to cut production costs.

Brazil has the potential to become the world’s largest soybean producer because of cheap land, low labor costs and abundant water.

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