September 2018 Executive Summary In the European Union around 3.6 million farms belong to the EU cattle sector, which represents the 17% of all EU farms. In merely economic terms, these holdings contribute one third to the total EU agricultural gross production value, utilize one third of EU agricultural land and employ one quarter […]
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NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES: MONTHLY NEWS
While the debate on New Genomic Techniques in the EU continues, with European institutions and member states taking clearer positions on the topic – Italian MEPs pledge for the support of the revision of the legislation so to ease the application of new genomic methods for plant breeding; the Italian low Chamber stared formal discussions about the ‘genome editing’ bill; Austria is more than ever convinced to oppose any opening to NGTs -, Japan passed a bill about stricter GM labelling.
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