Costa Rica Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2014
Seeds derived from modern biotechnology have been grown in Costa Rica for multiplication purposes since 1992, with all seeds being exported to the country of origin. Groups opposed to agricultural biotechnology sued the Government in 2013 over the procedure followed to approve biotech events. A decision from the Constitutional Court is still pending on this issue. Two political parties are supporting a bill in the Legislative Assembly intended to declare a moratorium on the “liberation and cultivation of modified living organisms”.
