En un nuevo acto de estupidez el gobierno mexicano inicia programa piloto de maíz genéticamente modificado en manos de Monsanto

Mexico Approves GM Maize Pilot Project | Common Dreams:

Será en Tamaulipas y ya son 67 proyectos de este tipo en el país.

Published on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 by Agence France Presse

Mexico Approves GM Maize Pilot Project

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has approved its first pilot project to grow genetically-modified (GM) maize, a move expected to draw fire from environmental groups who fear its impact on treasured local corn.

Greenpeace and other environmental groups have protested such projects, saying they open the door to the widespread planting of crops that could contaminate or drive out local varieties of corn. The Agriculture Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that it had approved the project to grow GM yellow corn developed by the US biotech giant Monsanto on one hectare (2.5 acres) of land in the northern Tamaulipas state.

"It is the first permit to be issued for the pilot phase," the ministry said, adding that it had rejected three other similar requests.

The government has granted 67 permits for projects to grow genetically modified corn at the experimental stage, prior to the pilot stage, on more than 70 hectares (173 acres) of land in the north of the country since 2009.