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18.07.2007 | permalink

Tortilla-hungry Mexico setting rules on GMO corn

Mexico is close to finalizing rules governing experimental planting of genetically modified corn strains. Mexico's biggest grain farmers have long lobbied to lift a 1998 ban on GMO corn plantings, arguing it would help lift lagging crop yields. But environmental activists say GMO would put Mexico's numerous local corn strains at risk. The country has a huge variety of locally specific corn strains that farmers have bred over generations.

• Reuters: Tortilla-hungry Mexico setting rules on GMO corn