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2013-06-13 | permalink
Paraguay commercially releases Bt-RR cotton seeds
Paraguay has commercially released transgenic cotton Bollgard tolerant – Round up Ready (Bt-RR), the Producers’ Guild has announced. [...] Its commercial sale was approved by Paraguayan Government last year, but was subject to various tests before it was to be finally released. The Producers’ Guild said all the regulatory processes have been met for making Bt-RR cotton seeds available to farmers for the cotton sowing season 2013-14, EntornoInteligente.com reported. According to the Cotton Chamber of Paraguay (CADELPA or Camara Algodonera del Paraguay), more than half of cotton sown in the country during last season was transgenic cotton.
Fibre2Fashion, India: Paraguay commercially releases Bt-RR cotton seeds
