Although Quevedo denied this claim, he was a staunch advocate of cultivating genetically modified crops in Peru. Moreover, one of his advisors, Alexander Grobman, owned companies which marketed GM seeds and has also just been dismissed by the incumbent minister, Jorge Villasante.
Aunque Quevedo ha negado esta versión, él no sólo había hecho cerrada defensa del cultivo de transgénicos en el Perú, sino que uno de sus asesores, Alexander Grobman, era además propietario de empresas comercializadoras de semillas transgénicas.