AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PRODUCTION EFFECTS OF ADOPTING GM SEED TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF FARMERS IN ARGENTINA



The procedure for obtaining a permit consists of two stages. First, the CONABIA
evaluates the application and grants or denies a permit for experimentation. The second
stage, which allows for extensive use of experimentation, consists of determining
whether the use of the genetically modified organism will have an impact on the
environment similar to the one produced by a similar non-genetically modified
organism.66 Only eleven applications passed the second stage (Table 5).

TABLE 5. Permits Granted by CONABIA67

Seed

Characteristic

Resolution - Date

Company

Soybean

Tolerance to Glifosato

SAPyA 115, 3-7-
96

Nidera S.A.

Corn

Resistance to
Leptidopteros

SAPyA 458, 8-2-
96

Ciba-Geigy

Corn

Tolerance Glufosinato
de Ammonia

SAGPyA 77 2-11-
98

AgrEvo S.A.

Corn

Resistance

Lepidopteros

SAGPyA 289 3-
29-98

Monsanto

Cotton

Resistance

Lepidopteros

SAGPyA 290 5-
29-98

Monsanto

Corn

Tolerance to Glifosato

SAGPyA 79 10-8-
98

Monsanto

Cotton

Tolerance to Glifosato

SAGPyA 721 11-

11-99

Monsanto

Corn

Resistance

Lepidopteros

SAGPyA 442 8-
16-00

Novartis

Soybean

Tolerance Glufosinato
de Ammonia

SAGPyA 47 5-7-
01

Hoechst

Schering

AgrEvo S.A.

Corn

Tolerance to Glifosato

SAGPyA 361 5-2-
03

Monsanto

Corn

Resistance
Lepidopteros and
Tolerance Glufosinato
de Ammonia

SAGPyA 209 9-1-
03

Dow
AgroSciences
S.A. and
Pioneer
Argentina S.A.

After obtaining this permit, companies need to obtain another authorization to
commercialize the genetically modified variety. Ten of the varieties listed in Table 4

66 See id.

67 See id.

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