Venezuela
opposition representatives who won a majority of seats in Congress
last December are looking to repeal the Seed Law, sometimes referred
to as the "anti-Monsanto" bill, which prohibits transgenic
seeds from being imported to Venezuela or produced in the country.
“The
new majority in the National Assembly serves the interests of
transnationals and the big monopolies of the agri-business sector,
this is why they have expressed their intention to repeal the bill,”
Eisamar Ochoa, a spokesperson for Venezuela Free of Transgenics, told
RT.
The Seed
Law's legislative text mandates the state promotion of sustainable
agriculture as the constitutional foundation of food security and
rural development, and according to Ochoa it was first brought to the
Venezuelan Congress amid intense popular debate and support from
social movements.
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