GMO news related to Japan

11.05.2009 |

Marubeni and Brazil’s Amaggi strike deal for import of non-GE soy to Japan

Trading giant Marubeni Corp. said Friday it has concluded a cooperation deal with leading Brazilian agri-food company Amaggi Exportacao e Importacao for the procurement of soybeans, corn and other grains to enable stable supplies for Japan and China. [...] Amaggi owns 215,000 hectares of proprietary farmland on which it grows non-genetically modified soybeans. [...] The two companies are aiming to increase the annual volume of non-GMO soybeans and other grains like corn that they will jointly procure to 1 million tons in 2010, a volume equal to 3 percent of Japan’s annual imports of the products, Marubeni said.

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