Helen Mary Jones asked whether the first minister believes the UK Government will invoke their powers over the Assembly to compel Wales to include the controversial maize type in its list of accepted GM seeds.

BBC: No war on England, the First Minister declared this week.

Maize too took a battering, but governments bought seeds for emergency post-Mitch planting.

ECONOMIST: Honduras and Nicaragua

The seeds, weighing 330kg (730lb), are made up of varieties of domesticated and wild cowpea, maize, soybean and bambara groundnut.

BBC: Seeds destined for the 'doomsday' vault (Image: IITA)