An amber light for agri-business
Brazilian farmers will embrace genetically modified crops, unless European consumers pay them not to
JOSÉ ALENCAR, Brazil's vice-president, was feeling sorry for himself last week. His boss, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was abroad, lecturing George Bush at the UN and visiting Fidel Castro in Cuba. That left Mr Alencar as the “poor wretch” with the unpleasant task of signing a decree that for the first time allows the planting of genetically engineered crops in Brazil.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “An amber light for agri-business”
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