Brazil restores ban on Monsanto soy	Brasil reinstaura prohibición sobre soya de Monsanto
A court in Brazil has restored its ban on the planting and sale of Monsanto Co.'s Roundup Ready soybeans a month after it was lifted. Reuters news service reported that the court overturned the decision after appeals by Greenpeace and other organizations that are opposed to it. As an incentive for farmers to plant conventional soybeans, the Bank of Brazil will only provide government financing to farmers who can prove they bought conventional seed, a Brazilian official said, in the report. Brazil is the No. 2 soy producer in the world after the United States, and is the last major agricultural exporter to ban genetically modified crops and foods, according to the report. Monsanto said earlier this year it wanted to ask Brazilian importers and exporters of genetically modified soybeans to buy a license from Monsanto for the beans in order to stop the illegal planting of the beans. Although Brazil has not approved the use of biotech soybeans, it is estimated that about 30 percent of its soybean crops are Roundup Ready. Officials hope a final legal decision on the use and sale of biotech soy in Brazil to be made before the start of the planting season in October. St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) develops insect- and herbicide-resistant crops and other agricultural products
Fuente: St. Louis Business Journal 13/09/03 Registrada por: corresponsal Mas información en: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2003/09/08/daily32.html