Summary Cereal production in the European Union has boomed thanks to the Common Agricultural Policy and has become today the third largest in the world with 306 million tones expected in 2018 or 14.6% of global production. Presented on the international market – with 33.5 million tones exported or 11% of its production – in […]
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NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES: MORE AWARENESS MEANS MORE ACCEPTANCE
In the summer months, genomic techniques have been the centre of some quite debates: amongst others, the US Department of Agriculture proposed to exempt some gene edited plant varieties from the biotechnology law; a study has analysed how these technologies are perceived by the public, concluding that the purpose for which are used plays an important role for their acceptance; and the European Parliament has once again voted against the imports of GE plants. WHO published recommendation on human genome editing.
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