BASF, Embrapa Launch First GM Soybean Fully Developed in Brazil
27 August 2015 BASF and Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) launched the Cultivance Production System, which contains the first genetically modified soybean fully developed in Brazil. The technology was approved by the European Union, a major import market, earlier this year, which made it possible to start production of seeds for making the system available to the market.
As a result of the partnership between BASF and Embrapa that stretches back more than 10 years, the Cultivance Production System combines four genetically modified soybean cultivars and the use of Soyvance Pré, a broad-spectrum herbicide for controlling large leaf and grass weeds. Starting in 2016, new cultivars should be launched that will expand cultivation areas to meet the demand of farmers who would like to use the new system to manage weeds.
“We estimate that resistance to existing technologies has spread to about 30% of the soy cultivation area, making our technology a very interesting and viable option from the point of view of managing resistance,” said Mauricio Antônio Lopes, chairman of Embrapa.
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