Ecuador: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

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On June 1, 2017, Ecuador’s National Assembly approved the “Organic Law on Agrobiodiversity, Seeds and Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture.” This law side-steps the constitutional ban on the cultivation of GE crops by permitting GE crop cultivation for research purposes. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is drafting specific guidelines for the implementation of this law at this time.

Ecuador: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

New Technologies
Western Hemisphere, Ecuador
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