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Brasília,
Brzail
November 6, 2003
Source: Agência
Brasil - ABr
Monsanto, the company that hold the patent on Roundup
Ready transgenic soybeans, plans to charge farmers royalties for
the use of its seeds beginning in the current, 2003-2004,
growing season. According to the president of Monsanto in
Brazil, Rich
Greubel, collection will based on beans that are sold.
He added that the value will only be determined after approval
of Provisional Measure 131/03 (MP 131), which authorized the
cultivation and sale of transgenic soybeans. Studies made by the
company suggest royalty collections of R$ 25 per ton, which
corresponds to between R$ 1 and R$ 1.50 for each sack of
soybeans.
Monsanto's board of directors met on Wednesday (5) for around 4
hours with members of the Chamber of Deputies, at the invitation
of the reporter of MP 131, Paulo Pimenta (PT-RS). The deputy
asked Monsanto for all its reports on the impact of transgenics
on human and animal health, the environment, and agriculture.
Pimenta announced that he will include in the provisional
measure an article making the company responsible for eventual
damages to the environment and health, as stipulated in the
Biotechnology Law. The deputies are calling for a public
audience to debate the liberation of transgenics in Brazil with
executive organs and organizations from civil society. (DAS)
Monsanto va a cobrar royalties por uso
de semillas transgénicas ya en esta cosecha
Repórter da
Agencia Brasil
La Monsanto,
empresa que tiene la patente de soja transgénica Roundup Ready,
pretende cobrar royalties de los agricultores por el uso de su
semilla ya en la actual cosecha 2003-2004. De acuerdo con el
presidente de la Monsato en Brasil, Rick Greubel, el cobro será
sobre el grano comercializado.
Él dijo que el valor sólo será definido tras la aprobación de la
Medida Provisoria 131/03, que liberó el plantío y el comercio de
soja transgénica. Estudios de la empresa muestran el cobro de
royalties por el valor de R$ 25 por tonelada, lo que
correspondería al cobro entre R$ 1 y R$ 1,50 por saco de soja.
Pimenta dijo que incluirá un artículo en la medida provisoria
tornando la empresa responsable por eventuales daños al medio
ambiente y a la salud, como prevé la Ley de Biotecnología. (AKR)
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