A Thai worker check papayas at a market in Bangkok.
A Thai worker check papayas at a market in Bangkok August 23, 2004. Thailand has lifted a three-year ban on planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by allowing the crops to grow in open-field trials with non-GMO plants, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom CS/FA