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Innovative projects will receive funding to develop technologies to predict strawberry yield, increase vineyard productivity and optimise harvesting schedules.

First potential applications could be PRRS resistant pigs, bred using gene edited traits developed by scientists at the University of Missouri and the Roslin Institute.

The pig sector has backed calls for the government to speed up plans to allow the commercial use of precision breeding techniques in farmed animals.

Plant breeders have welcomed proposals by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for a new streamlined, science-led approach to regulating gene-edited crops in

MSP Finlay Carson has said the SNP-Green Government's approach towards gene editing could harm Scotland's food security.

Finlay Carson, the Member of the Scottish Parliament representing Galloway and West Dumfries, has issued a strong plea to the Scottish Government,…

Controversial technique could improve food security but consumer concerns persist

This week the chair of the European Forum for Farm Animal Breeders, Dr Craig Lewis, discusses the ethics of gene editing in relation to livestock.

In recent months, the pace of global policy developments in relation to gene editing has often been hard to keep up with. Together, the Covid pandemic, war in Ukraine, and the increasing frequency with which extreme weather events are disrupting the food system have brought a heightened recognition among policymakers of the need to embrace scientific innovation in agriculture and food production. The urgency of international policy action in this area is reflected in the recently published OECD-...

Gene Editing : One key path to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security