Brazil agency approves cultivation of GMO wheat in the country

Bioceres Crop Solutions

03/03/2023 12:57

SAO PAULO, March 3 (Reuters) - Brazilian biosecurity
agency CTNbio has approved cultivation of a drought-resistant
genetically modified wheat in the country, according to a
decision published on its website, making Brazil the second
country after Argentina to grant such a permission in the world.
    The approval request was made by Tropical Melhoramento e
Genetica, a partner in Brazil of Argentina's Bioceres  BIOX.O ,
which developed the GMO wheat.

 (Reporting by Maximilian Heath in Buenos Aires and Ana Mano
Ana Mano in São Paulo; Editing by Steven Grattan)
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