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EU Must Stop French Interpretation of Mutagenesis Plant Breeding and Preserve Common Market for Seed

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By Petra Jorasch and Garlich von Essen  The Common Market is one of the cornerstones and success stories of the European Union. Clearly, this can...
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Biotechnology

Draft French Decree on Mutagenesis Breeding, Consequent Draft Lists of Banned Herbicide Tolerant Rapeseed Varieties: A Saga History Of Interpretations

Emmanuel Lesprit - 0
A legal challenge to the French interpretation of EU Directive 2001/18/CE on GMOs In December 2014, nine NGOs challenged the transposition of the EU...
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Breeding Techniques

New BSPB Chief Executive Urges Peers to Back Precision Breeding Amendment in Agriculture Bill

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The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) is urging members of the House of Lords to support an amendment to the Agriculture Bill which...
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Breeding Techniques

‘We Urgently Need a Renewed Public Debate About New Breeding Technologies’

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Plant breeding has considerably increased agricultural yields in recent decades and thus made a major contribution to combating global hunger and poverty. At the...
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April 2020

20 Benefits from Agricultural Genome Editing

David Zaruk - 0
It is often easy for anti-technology, anti-corporate activists to paint their own picture of reality, especially when it comes to the lucrative business of...
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Breeding Techniques

A European Citizens’ Initiative on Plant Breeding Innovation

Marcel Bruins - 0
We have seen the result of young people taking initiative: whether battling climate change or taking on human rights, there is no doubt that...
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Breeding Techniques

Crops Matter: A Policy Masterclass on NPBTs

David Zaruk - 0
Last year, when the European Court of Justice passed a ruling relegating most new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) to the 2001 GMO Directive (Directive...
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Breeding Techniques

Philippines Among Top Biotech Crop Adopters in Asia-Pacific, 2018 ISAAA Report Reveals

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With 630,000 hectares of farmland dedicated to genetically modified (GM) maize planted by 470,500 farmers, the Philippines ranked 5th among the top adopters of...
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Breeding Techniques

Europeans on Today’s Food Issues: New EU-Wide Survey Came Out On First World Food Safety Day

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Two in 5 Europeans take a personal interest in food safety and only 1 in 5 say it is their main concern when choosing...
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Breeding Techniques

With Nanotubes, Genetic Engineering in Plants Is Easy-Peasy

Marc Zienkiewicz - 0
Inserting or tweaking genes in plants is more art than science, but a new technique developed by University of California, Berkeley, scientists could make...
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