Various ecological, social and economic challenges must be addressed if agriculture is to be truly sustainable. This briefing discusses the choices facing developing countries and policy makers, and suggests some ways forward. […]
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The present note provides an overview of the main findings and reasoning in the WTO Panel’s Interim Report on the case “European Communities – Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products” […] The US Government is proclaiming victory in the WTO case launched against the European Union on GMOs. But according to FOE, the WTO interim ruling does not question the right of countries to adopt strict biosafety. […] The coexistence of GM crops and non-GM crops is a myth because the movement of transgenes beyond their intended destinations is a certainty, and this leads to genetic contamination of organic farms and other systems. […] The potential for GM crops to threaten biodiversity conservation and sustainable agriculture is substantial, contends the author. […] For many years, the view has been that plant and animal genes are regulated by small gene switches called promoters but it is now clear that small control sense RNA or RNAi is a universal mechanism for controlling gene action, including in bacteria. […] The first genetically engineered plum trees were tested in Romania in 1996, with the support of the European Commission. Ten years later, there’s talk of destroying some. This article looks back on an experiment far from citizen’s eyes. […] Jules Pretty, Director of the Centre for Environment and Society at the University of Essex, examines the myths and realities of sustainable farming’s quiet revolution […] First oral statement by the European Communities at the Second Meeting of the Panel with the Parties, which includes “Further technical or scientific evidence in response to other parties’ comments”. […] Comments by the European Communities on the Scientific and Technical Advice to the WTO Dispute PanelThese papers by the European Commission raises questions on the safety of GM foods and crops.The EC papers form the basis of the European Communities’ scientific arguments in the current trade dispute at the WTO. […] |
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