Europe Lagging Behind in Agri-Biotech
January 26, 2007| |
The Chairman of International Plant Biotechnology Organisation (IPBO) Gent University and president of the European Federation of Biotechnology Prof. Dr. Marc Van Montagu issued a press release recently, stating that European farmers are lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of access to agricultural biotechnology. Most EU farmers are restricted by a dysfunctional regulatory system and by disproportionate co-existence rules. According to Van Montagu, EU countries are missing out on the benefits offered by biotech crops as a result of the GMO debate in Europe that often “centers on emotional arguments, rather than looking at scientific positives”.
The complete press release is available at the EuropaBio website: http://www.europabio.org/ISAAApress%20lunch/Press%20Release_230107.doc.
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