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Moderated conference on GMOs in the pipeline, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum in 2012

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Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:38:57 +0100
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This is from Mairson Santana. I'm a commercial manager in a seed company called Girassol Sementes that multiplies varieties of soybeans from Monsanto and TMG (Tropical Melhoramento Genético), a local company in Brazil that breeds soybeans for Cerrado. With the discussion that I had read in this conference, I have a lot to learn about and a little to contribute for the level of this conference. 

We produce seed with Roundup Ready and some non-GMO varieties too. In Brazil GMO laws, regulatory agency like CTNBIO, GMO release becomes an uncertain adventure. We are waiting for Monsanto Intacta Pro Soybeans release, that is waiting for China's approval. (Brazil could not export Intact Pro Soybeans to China, because is not yet approved in China, so the growers asked the Agricultural Ministry to block commercial release to growers in Brazil to avoid contamination in the field, storage facilities, or others and prevent problems in the market next year). In corn, we have other traits coming. In cotton, we have Bayer with one trait in the market. In rice we have long debate about GMOs in crops that are food staple and for direct human consumption and possible contamination of non-GMO fields, so Liberty Link (LL) rice from Bayer is not released to the market yet. The GM bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) developed by EMBRAPA to resist the bean golden yellow mosaic virus (BGYMV) is in the early stage and we do not have commercial variety in the market. For producers and agronomists in the field, the yellow mosaic virus is not a relevant problem today in Brazil, so the impact will not be significant. 

The main problem of GM crops, and a lot of traits into the market that growers, seed producers and traders are asking for, is how to segregate all those products in the future in case like Intacta Pro and the restriction of the China market? Who will have the responsibility to keep free of a GMO specific trait to other crop, fields, neighbor, etc, of production contamination.

Eng. Agr. Mairson R. Santana
Gerente Comercial
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Girassol Agrícola LTDA. 
Av. Presidente Médici, 4510 - Vila Birigui
Rondonópolis/MT - CEP 78705-000 
Brazil
(66) 3301-4200
(66) 9973-0728
www.girassolagricola.com.br
e-mail: mairson.santana (at) girassolagricola.com.br

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