Argentine farmers to register Monsanto soya seed use in crackdown
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA'S Agriculture Ministry is creating a registry that will track the amount of genetically modified soya bean seeds reaped from farmers' crops in order to crack down on the illegal resale of seeds developed by Monsanto Co.
The ministry on Tuesday maintained its stance that farmers should only have to pay Monsanto once, at the time of purchase, for the seeds, but the registry represents a halfway measure to try and prevent farmers from selling the genetically modified seeds generated from their crops.
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