How Monsanto Destroyed Rural Argentina

‘Argentinean “farm belt” communities with population of 12 million people know, perhaps more than others, the costs of becoming one of the early adopters of Monsanto’s biotech farming model. The country, historically known for its grass-fed beef industry, has undergone a profound change over the last 20 years as it transitioned into becoming one of the biggest world producers of genetically-modified (GM) soybeans.

In 1996, Monsanto came in with its promises of higher crop yields and lower pesticide use, selling its GM soy seeds, as well as corn and cotton seeds. The farming communities took to these promises only to find themselves using nine times more agrochemicals by 2013 at a combined 84 million gallons per year, compared to nine million gallons in 1990, and faced with a surge of health problems such as hypothyroidism, chronic respiratory illnesses and cancer.’

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