30.07.10 Brussels - The European Commission approved the import of six types of genetically modified (GM) maize - after the usual deadlock on national levels. The European Commission has granted "authorization for food and feed uses, and...
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21.07.10 Brussels - The European Union will boost research projects in science and industry with €6.4 billion in 2011, the largest ever allocation for research and innovation. 35 percent of the total budget is to be ear-marked for...
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13.07.10 Brussels/Frankfurt – Agrobiotech companies have warned against the implementation of national GMO bans on the basis of new guidelines that favour thresholds below the EU labelling threshold of 0.9% GMO admixtures. A position...
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11.07.10 Brussels/Geneva – Biofuel production from cheap resources such as wood waste, corn stover or grass could be the next huge market for biotech. According to estimates from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, the market for...
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11.07.10 New coexistence rules designed by the European Commission to give EU member states the right to ban acreage of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from their territories will hamper cultivation of GMOs in Europe, say...
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