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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Transgene Flow: Challenges to the On-Farm Conservation of Maize Landraces in the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region.

Gabriel Bianconi Fernandes, Ana Cláudia de Lima Silva, Maitê Edite Sousa Maronhas, Amaury da Silva Dos Santos, Paola Hernandez Cortez Lima

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gabriel Bianconi FernandesNational Agroecology Coalition Biodiversity Working Group, Viçosa 36570-972, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1135-7414
Ana Cláudia de Lima SilvaGoiás Federal Institute, 76600-000 Goiânia, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8229-4986
Maitê Edite Sousa MaronhasBrazilian Semiarid Articulation, Recife 52050-355, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1250-958X
Amaury da Silva Dos SantosEmbrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Aracaju 49025-040, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6356-1866
Paola Hernandez Cortez LimaEmbrapa Alimentos e Territórios, Maceió 57036-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6676-831X

Funding

Brazilian Development Bank BNDES/EMBRAPA/FEA 16.2.0772.1Fundação Banco do Brasil FBB 16.979
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brazil is one of the largest global producers of genetically modified crops and a center of origin and diversification of relevant species for agriculture and food. Transgenic monocultures occupy around 50 million hectares, whereas smallholder farmers, indigenous people, and traditional communities are responsible for in-situ/on-Farm conservation of local genetic resources. Based on 15 years of expertise in regulating GMOs and in cross-institutional agrobiodiversity conservation projects, this article discusses the challenges regarding the coexistence of these two agricultural models based on transgene flow detection in maize landraces. As part of a broad and unique participatory transgene-flow-monitoring process, 1098 samples of maize landraces were collected in the Brazilian Semi-arid Region between 2018 and 2021 and analyzed using immunochromatographic strips. The tests revealed 34% of samples with presence of GM proteins. It is concluded that the biosafety standards in force in Brazil do not allow the assurance of on-Farm conservation of maize. The sectors that contribute to agrobiodiversity conservation and do not benefit from using GM seeds are taking on the burden of this process. Transgene flow can be reduced by approving and enforcing more effective coexistence rules that consider maize landraces crop areas also as seed-producing areas added to full disclosure of commercial seeds origin.

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coexistencecommunity seed banksfamily farmingGMO monitoringZea mays L.

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