Tag: genetically modified

Brazil Defends GMOs at UN and Bars Tougher Rules on Biosafety

Key United Nations negotiations on the safe trade of genetically modified (GM) crops and ...

Biotechnology, Blessing and Curse for Poor Countries Like Brazil

Brazil and other developing countries pondering whether or how much to use genetically modified ...

Brazil Approves Genetically Modified Cotton Under Protest

A ruling made last week in Brazil has authorized the planting and sale of ...

GM Crops and Stem Cell Research Now Legal in Brazil

The Brazilian parliament has passed legislation allowing stem cell research and the planting and ...

Greenpeace Calls Brazil’s Biosecurity Bill Unconstitutional

The non-governmental organization (NGO), Greenpeace, released a note summoning civil society to mobilize against ...

Nobody Seems Happy with Brazil’s New GM Measure

The recent temporary measure (Medida Provisória, MP) signed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula ...

7.2 Million Tons of GM Soybean to Grow in Brazil

Present estimates are that Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, will plant some ...

France Wants Brazil’s Natural Soy

The French province of Brittany, in the person of the vice governor, Pascale Loget, ...

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