They were aimed at propping the growers’ income, but in the process they raised the price of U.S. cotton above the going world rate. The Government’s solution to that problem was to subsidize ...

To cultivate cotton on a large scale -- that is, on large plantations -- without immigration, will be found impossible in most pails of the island, because in such cultivation labor should be at ...

By Adriana AmâncioAndré Uzêda For five years, genetically modified cotton was planted in an illegal area in Mato Grosso state, openly disregarding a biosafety measures created by the Ministry ...