News of seeds

Wartime sunflower boom beckons for farmers on Argentina’s pampas plains

06-04-2022 15:21 Argentina is poised for a sunflower boom as farmers recalibrate plans in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

DRUG LAWS

Argentina legalises growing of cannabis for medical use by individuals

12-11-2020 18:31 By decree, the government legalises home cultivation of cannabis for medical use by individuals and small networks, as well as the sale of creams and oils made from the plant in pharmacies.

Agriculture

Argentina becomes first country to approve genetically modified wheat

08-10-2020 19:42 Argentina, the fourth largest wheat exporter in the world, has become the first country in the world to approve the commercialisation of a variety of transgenic wheat.