Without GM crops European agriculture will not achieve sustainability goals 30 April 2013

The European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy without genetically engineered crops (GMOs). That's the conclusion of UK and Spanish scientists who published in Trends in Plant Science. Based on several case studies the report shows that the EU is undermining its own competitiveness in the agricultural sector as well as that of its humanitarian activities in the developing world. Although agricultural sustainability is a key program of the common agricultural policy (CAP) the current strategies in fact hamper the development of key technologies to achieve those objectives. As a consequence, European agriculture will become almost entirely dependent on the outside world for food and feed and scientific progress.

Report

'GM plants could contribute to an agriculture that is both profitable and advantageous for the environment in Switzerland' 19 March 2013

This is the conclusion of a report by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. It follows on from a Research Programme of the Swiss National Science Foundation (NRP 59), which demonstrated that the cultivation of GMPs does not entail any environmental risks that do not also exist for conventionally bred plants.

Report (in German, English summary on page 7)

International scientists taking a stand on Séralini's GMO maize feeding study 14 March 2013

Numerous scientists have found deficiencies in the experimental design and analysis of the study. They criticize that such “Pseudoscience” may cause severe damage to the credibility of science.

China delays GMO corn 7 March 2013

China has delayed the introduction of genetically-modified rice and corn as it tries to head off public fears (Source: Reuters)

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