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How green biotech turned white and blue

Nature Biotechnology volume 28, pages 393–395 (2010)Cite this article

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Argentina has blazed a trail as one of the leading genetically modified (GM) crop producers. Can other developing countries import the seeds of its success? Lucas Laursen investigates.

This year, midway through Argentina's 2005–2015 Strategic Plan for Biotechnology, a long-stalled update of the Seed Law circulating in Buenos Aires may finally reach the legislative floor. The current law, which facilitated the rapid boom of transgenic crops in Argentina in the 1990s—60% of Argentina's soy crop was genetically modified for herbicide resistance within three years of the introduction of Roundup Ready soy—is a source of conflict over intellectual property rights, as it permits farmers to retain seeds without paying royalties.

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Figure 1: GM plant field trial approvals in Argentina.

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