Luz Ruiz visits a community in Mexico's Chiapas highlands to hear howthe arrival of GM crops is beginning to influence their livesDate published: 02/09/2003Duration: 00:05:00Studio in: Corn has been central to the lives of Mexico's indigenouspeoples. In the highlands of Chiapas, the Tzetzal and Tzotzil peoplelive out each season according to the agricultural tasks and festivalslinked to cultivating the crop. The corn grown in this region is theoldest type in the world - all other corn cultivated round the world isderived from it. Over the last few years, there's been a new arrivalfrom the outside world - Genetically Modified corn. The Mexicangovernment banned the planting of GM corn in 1998 but not the import ofit and now the transgenic seeds are also turning up in this region. Thenewcomer threatens to alter profoundly the way of life of these people.Luz Ruiz spent a day with them in the village of Pohlo.