今年4月底,孟山都的耐草甘膦棉花在阿根廷获准进行商品化种植。根据阿根廷国家生物安全委员会和国家食品安全与质量研究所的考察和评估,在对转基因作物的登记限制多年之后,阿根廷农业部作出了这一决定。孟山都去年就期望阿根廷批准耐草甘膦棉花的登记,然而,由于阿根廷的政策规定,只有在欧盟已得到批准的转基因作物才可在阿根廷登记,所以这一决定延迟至今,以致孟山都已准备放弃它在阿根廷的该项种子业务。盂山都全球棉花业务负责人 Randy Deaton 说,最近的登记表明,生物技术仍在世界各地得到 By the end of April this year, Monsanto’s glyphosate-tolerant cotton plants were allowed to be commercialized in Argentina. According to the inspection and assessment by the National Biosafety Commission of Argentina and the National Institute of Food Safety and Quality, Argentina’s Ministry of Agriculture took this decision after many years of registration restrictions on genetically modified crops. Last year, Monsanto expected Argentina to approve the registration of glyphosate-resistant cotton, however, due to Argentina’s policy, only GMOs that have been approved in the EU can be registered in Argentina, so the decision is delayed so far that Monsanto is prepared to abandon it The seed business in Argentina. Randy Deaton, head of global cotton at Yung-Shan, said the recent registration shows that biotechnology is still available around the world