Special Report
Biotechnology education
As an international delegation of soybean farmers visited with Chinese agricultural officials last week in Beijing – biotechnology was always at the center of conversations. In the meetings, producers expressed that genetically modified organisms enabled farmers to provide China with the quality and quantity of soybeans needed to meet the country’s increasing demand.
Brazilian farmer Ricardo Tomczyk, vice president of the Association of Soy Producers in Brazil says part of the solution is educating the Chinese consumers and that he says, won’t be easy.
“We have a lot of work to do,” he says. “We had important suggestions that we received from them and I think that we can focus on the next steps to continue to reach those goals.”
Farmers from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the United States make up the International Soybean Growers Alliance who, along with members of the United States Soybean Export Council, met with members of the Chinese agriculture industry last week.
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