Environment
Environment MEPs oppose national GMO import bans proposal
A draft EU law that would enable any member state to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved...
Environment
A draft EU law that would enable any member state to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved...
Agri-Business
Ireland is running out of time to opt out of growing GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) crops. The Department of the...
Agri Politics
The EU agriculture committee has rejected the European Commission’s draft law that would give Member States the power to restrict or...
Tillage
Growing genetically modified (GM) crops will not be permitted in Scotland, its Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has announced. In...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has called for an impact assessment of the European Commission’s proposal for a EU Regulation...
Agri Politics
Two genetically modified (GM) crops have received the green light for import into the EU from the European Food Safety...
Tillage
The results of genetically modified (GM) wheat trials carried out by Rothamsted Research in the UK confirm that the cultivars...
Agri Politics
The deadlock around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) needs to end, according to EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis. The Commissioner...
Agri Politics
Opposition is growing towards the European Commission’s plans that would allow national bans on farmers’ use of genetically modified (GM) animal...
Agri Politics
Agreement on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for import as food and feed hasn’t been reached in the European Union since 2003....
Tillage
Smallholder tillage farmers in developing countries are among the biggest beneficiaries of agricultural biotechnology, according to a report released this...
Agri-Business
EU Member States are set to get more freedom to decide on the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in food...
Agri Politics
A new legal framework for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) imports is to be presented by the European executive at the...
Agri Politics
The European Council has adopted new rules allowing Member States to ban or restrict the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)...
Agri Politics
The US has given the green light to allow farmers grow two varieties of genetically modified (GM) apples. The apples,...
Agri-Business
Ireland needs to see greater leadership and support in emphasising the importance of respect for the environment and its relationship...
Agri-Business
Today’s vote in the European Parliament grants Member States the power to restrict or prohibit the GMO cultivation in their...
Agri Politics
The European Council has agreed to a proposal to give Member States more flexibility to deal with GMO regulation on...