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The European Commission adopted on 5 July a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming. A soil monitoring law will put the EU on a pathway to healthy soils by 2050, by gathering data on the health of soils and making it available to farmers and other soil managers. The law also makes sustainable soil management the norm and addresses situations of unacceptable health and environment risks due to soi...

The EU Commission announced the release of a draft proposal for a reformed regulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) that is expected to be published in early July 2023.

In this week’s EU roundup, we’re covering the launch of a new report on the Commission’s carbon farming proposal, the EU Food Forum discussion on the SUR reform, and the 400k petition for regulating New Genomic Techniques. In this week’s EU roundup, we’re covering the launch of a new report on the Commission’s carbon farming proposal, the EU Food Forum discussion on the SUR reform, and the 400k petition for regulating New Genomic Techniques.

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The EU is reviewing its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with an eye to loosening restrictions on genetically engineered (GE) crops. It is a welcome move, and African countries should consider emulating it. There are fewer controversial topics in global agriculture. Many worry that GE crops have adverse environmental and health effects, and that they risk undermining food sovereignty, as the handful of corporations making the seeds can gain undue power over global agricultural outp...

Slow Food Europe European Commission Opens the Door to New GMOs 3 May 2021 European Commission backtracks and opens the door to the deregulation of new GMOs, putting citizens and farmers’ freedom of choice at risk Slow Food is deeply alarmed by the European Commission’s  from the study on “new genomic techniques” which opens the door to the deregulation of new GMOs, ignoring the precautionary principle.  “Through the EU Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy, the European Commiss...

GMO laws needs overhaul; environmentalists protest: EU study Toggle share menu Advertisement GMO corn is destroyed in France in 2014. (Photo: AFP/Pascal Pavani) 30 Apr 2021 04:57AM Share this content Bookmark BRUSSELS: A new European Union study finds that the two decade-old legislation on genetically modified organisms should be revamped, a process environmentalists claim will open the door to a new generation of bio-engineered crops being allowed into the EU m...

A new European Union study finds that the two-decade old legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms should be revamped, a process environmentalists claim will open the door to a new generation of bioengineered crops being allowed onto the EU market without proper checks.

The publication​​, which assessed the new genomic techniques (NGTs), was released today; it sees that products made using NGTs have the potential to contribute to a more sustainable food system as part of the objectives of the EU Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy. The findings of the study suggest NGTs could make plants more resistant to diseases, environmental conditions, and climate change effects. It sees that such techniques can improve, for example, the nutritional profile of c...

FILE – In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides speaks during a debate on the united EU approach to Covid-19 vaccinations at the European Parliament in Brussels. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) BRUSSELS (AP) — A new European Union study finds that the two-decade-old legislation on genetically modified organisms should be revamped, a process environmentalists claim will open the door to a new generation of bioengineered crops being allowed into the...