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Biotechnology key to protecting crops from pests, diseases, and climate change, European Commission says — but EU GMO regulation lags
New genomic techniques (NGTs) have received the backing of the European Commission in a strategy paper, while NGOs promise an ...
Here’s how Europe plans to cut agriculture carbon emissions
A new carbon removal approach in agriculture will contribute to stepping up Europe’s climate ambition, the European Commission reiterated at ...
Eating insects: Will the approval by the EU of beetle larvae for human consumption open doors for sustainable, bug-based snacks?
The first EU wide approval of insects for human consumption was granted on [May 3]... The decision came after a positive ...
Overwhelming majority of Europeans support compulsory labeling of GM-derived food, claims study commissioned by EU Green group
[A] report, commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament and carried out by the polling organisation Ipsos, surveyed ...
Europe could become an ‘agricultural museum’ unless it embraces crop gene editing, officials warn
Speaking during the AGRI Committee debate, right-wing MEP Mazaly Aguilar raised a concern that, by imposing new restrictions on the ...
French court upholds sugar beet grower exemption from neonicotinoids insecticide ban
Condemned as "bee killers," [neonicotinoid pesticides] have been officially banned in France since 2018. However, faced with the jaundice crisis ...
UK launches consultation that could roll back restrictive CRISPR crop rules, unlock ‘substantial benefits’
In one of its first post-Brexit moves, England has launched a consultation on gene editing in a bid to unlock ...
EU needs new guidelines to evaluate environmental impact of gene-drive mosquitoes, food safety officials say
After being mandated by the European Commission, [European Food Safety Authority's] experts on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) published the scientific ...
