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Transgenic seed varieties have been grown in Costa Rica since 1992 with all seeds being exported to other countries.

Mozambique’s agricultural sector is characterized mainly by subsistence farming, with commercial lands focusing mainly on sugar, tobacco, cotton and cashew nuts.

Central America and the Caribbean, with their close geographical and economic ties to the United States, have always been an important market for U.S. agricultural exports.

Minister of Science and Technology approved revised regulations that will create a positive environment for seed companies to start research.

Mozambique is revising its biosafety regulations, which could allow for the country's first field trials of genetically engineered crops.

Recent high-profile activism against biotechnology has created uncertainty among those involved in production and research of biotechnology products in Costa Rica.