12.12.2003 |

Brazil delays GM crop bill vote until 2004

Brazil`s government delayed until next year a congressional vote on a bill to regulate genetically modified (GM) crops due to internal disagreement.Meanwhile Monsanto announced it will launch a 2 mio $ campaign aiming at housewifes, mothers and students to improve the image of GMOs in Brazil. And on Dec 11th Brazil`s Supreme Court suspended a law banning the sales and cultivation genetically modified soybeans in Parana state.</p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2003/12/09/rtr1174739.html">Reuters: Brazil delays GM crop bill vote until 2004</a></p><p><a href="http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aaX.YotSl.wo&refer=latin_america">Supreme Court suspends Parana ban on GMOs</a>