Situation of GM crops in Costa Rica

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Fabián Pacheco-Rodríguez
Jaime E. García-González

Abstract

It gives a description of every GMO culture ever authorized in Costa Rica from 1991 to this day, including those limited to research and agronomic evaluation, naming which public and private entities have been involved in such activities. It then refers to the Costarican legal normatives that relate to this topic, as well as the possible unconstitutionality of determined articles of Phytosanitary Law n.° 7664 in relation to this matter. It goes on with the agreement on GMO-free territories as declared by 91% of all municipal councils in the country and the relevant actors in the topic of transgenic cultures. It also cites the known cases of agroalimentary chain contamination in the country. Lastly, it describes the activities and successes obtained by the «Pura Vida sin Transgénicos» campaign, finishing with the forward panorama as perceived by the organizations involved in this campaign.

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Pacheco-RodríguezF., & García-GonzálezJ. (2019). Situation of GM crops in Costa Rica. Acta Académica, 54(Mayo), 29-60. Retrieved from http://201.196.25.14/index.php/actas/article/view/94
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Foro Latinoamericano
Author Biographies

Fabián Pacheco-Rodríguez, Ing. Agr. with Master in Agroecology. Active member of the Green Block, the Costa Rican Federation for the Conservation of the Environment (Fecon), Oilwatch Mesoamerica and the Biodiversity Coordination Network. Instructor of the Organic Agriculture Center of the National Learning Institute. He is also a representative by Fecon before the National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CNTBio). bloverde@gmail.com

 

Jaime E. García-González, Dr.sc.agr. Professor of the Center for Environmental Education (CEA) of the State Distance University (UNED) and the School of Biology of the University of Costa Rica (UCR). Author of just over a hundred articles as well as several books on the topics of pesticides, organic agriculture, GM crops and environmental problems. biodiversityidad@gmail.com