Planting, importing or selling genetically altered seeds or foods has virtually stopped, because farmers will not plant the seeds, consumers will not buy the foods, and stores decline to stock them.

So Colombian cocaine traffickers decided to diversify and launched a poppy-cultivation drive, importing seeds, equipment and expertise from Southwest Asia.

Such changes included importing modified seeds and signing collaboration contracts with other countries.

When importing seeds or bulbs from other areas, growers should ensure that the source is not infected with nematodes and the stock is clean.

During this time period, al-Ramli also began importing various seeds from Egypt, and introduced them to Ramla.

The university will develop a Seed Center at Leuwikopo, Darmaga, Bogor due to Indonesia has to import seeds so far and facing a problem of seed supply.

One of Burtt Davy's great interests was the subject of plant introduction, a matter to which he devoted much attention, importing plants and seeds from all over the world.

They imported seeds and vegetables from China and exported pigs and eggs to Hong Kong.

However, it would not be honest to say that if we continue to import seeds, for example, we can guarantee total purity and no adventitious presence of GMOs.

This year the minister of agriculture was said to have ruined the tomato crop by importing sterile seeds from Israel - because (rumour had it) his grandfather was Jewish.