Agricultural Biotechnology Annual Report of Slovakia
June 29, 2012| |
The USDA FAS Global Agricultural Information Network's (GAIN) reports that Slovakia is still one of few European countries open towards commercialization and acceptance of crop biotechnology. The country has commercialized Bt corn Mon 810 since 2006 and in 2011, 761 hectares was planted to the biotech corn. The government represented by the Slovak Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has strict rules on the use of the technology, but using the scientific approach has supported the use of Bt corn for biogas and animal feed production.
The Minister of Environment (MoE) and MoA collaborate for negotiations on approvals of GM products in the EU following a rational and science-based policy, applying a case-by-case approval principle. Several corn events with various traits including pest and herbicide resistance and changed nutritional characteristics (increased content of mannose) and for sugar beet tolerant to herbicide products containing glyphosate, are being field tested. The rules for existence have been laid down in a government act with details described in Decree No. 69/2007.
The Report can be downloaded at http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Agricultural%20Biotechnology%20Annual_Prague_Slovakia_6-20-2012.pdf.
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