Curious about where the EU currently stands on regulating green biotechnology? For a comprehensive overview, dive into our exclusive three-way interview with Catherine Regnault-Roger*, Michel Thibier**, and Alain Toppan***, all
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At a time when European farmers have just staged protests against the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy which, according to them, prevents them from earning a living, at a time
The genetic modification, or genetic engineering (GE), of plants and animals by selection and breeding has been practiced by humans for more than 10,000 years. It’s called agriculture. During the
35 Nobel Prize laureates appeal to MEPs for more flexible European regulations on NGTs (new genomic techniques)
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In The European Scientist (17 July 2023), we commented the proposal of the European Commission published on 5 July 2023 for revising NGTs regulation [1]. This revision is being carried
From the early days of Greenpeace when its members were dodging harpoons and Japanese whalers in outboard motor boats – remember “Save the Whales!” — it has leveraged media savvy
It is common today, in all the discourses on degrowth or on sobriety, to blame agriculture, without fully understanding what this means and what the consequences could be for society
On 5 July 2023, a new step in the procedure for revising the European regulations that will apply to New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) was reached. This revision of the legislation
“Genetic Engineering” (GE) has been practiced by humans for more than 10,000 years, first by selecting and hybridizing plants. For almost half a century, newer molecular GE techniques have been
Against the misuse of concepts and the related wrongheaded regulation in the agri-food system This piece is dedicated to Professor Klaus Ammann, who very recently passed away: committed scientist, great communicator;
Farm to Fork: How the Ukraine war exposed Europe’s Farm to Fork green plan as unsustainable
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How the war in Ukraine has derailed the European Union Farm to Fork initiative — and sparked a debate about what constitutes sustainable agriculture. In March 2020, the EU, unveiled its