ZAGREB, Aug 4 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Wednesday decided togrant farmers 12.88 million kuna as compensation for geneticallymodified corn which they had sown unknowingly.
ZAGREB, Aug 4 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Wednesday decided
to grant farmers 12.88 million kuna as compensation for genetically modified
corn which they had sown unknowingly.All of the GM corn, which had been sown on some 2,000 hectares of land,
was destroyed, Agriculture Minister Petar Cobankovic said.
The 12.88 million kuna will be secured by the ministry, which will claim
the funds from the Pioneer Sjeme company that imported the genetically
modified corn.