by Anne Harding
NEWS ANALYSIS	Critics decry GM rule in Iraq Email: Anne Harding - Anne_harding@yahoo.com News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20051130-01 Published   30 November 2005

Recent rule changes allowing farmers to use transgenic wheat species in Iraq to help rebuild the region's agriculture have some critics concerned that the new policy could help wipe out the natural hotbed of diversity in Iraq, where wheat originated.

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