Roundup Ready

Battle Over Seeds Heats Up in Argentina

By Marcela Valente
The debate over the reform of Argentina’s seed law has pitted transnational corporations that make transgenic seeds against social and rural organisations and academics opposed to the expansion of monoculture in defence of biodiversity and food security.

Mexico – Ground Zero in the Fight for the Future of Maize

By Emilio Godoy
In the 2011 action-thriller "Unknown", scientists are persecuted by the biotech industry because they plan the open release of a drought- and pest-resistant strain of maize that could help eradicate world hunger.


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