El boom de Monsanto y las semilleras estalla en el sur de Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico es el epicentro de experimentos con semillas modificadas genéticamente en Estados Unidos y sus territorios. Del negocio se benefician multinacionales como Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences, Syngenta Seeds y AgReliant Genetics, que ya ocupan el 14% de las tierras públicas con el mejor potencial para producir alimentos. Las semilleras reciben más subsidios que los impuestos que pagan al gobierno de una isla sumida en su peor crisis fiscal.

The Boom of Monsanto and other Seed Corporations Blows in the South of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is the epicenter of experiments with genetically modified seeds in the United States and its territories. Several multinational seed corporations benefit from this business, such as Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences, Syngenta and AgReliant Genetics, which between all already occupy 14% of public lands with the best potential for growing food. Seed corporations receive more in subsidies than what they pay in taxes to the government on an island plunged in its worst fiscal crisis.