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It comes after a former environment secretary criticised the treatment of farmers in the UK-Australia trade pact.

It comes after a former environment secretary criticised the treatment of farmers in the UK-Australia trade pact.

UK Government Minister for Scotland, Malcolm Offord, has written this for the Scottish Farmer:

Fungal infections destroy a significant amount of crops worldwide. Scientists have warned that the crop losses due to fungal infections cause hundreds of thousands of people to miss out on calories they could have if the crops survived. And this will only get worse as our world gets warmer.

If the European Union wants to fully utilize the genetic potential of crops, new breeding technologies (NBTs) should be treated no differently than traditional breeding methods. An unnecessarily burdensome approval procedure is illogical and counterproductive, especially during a time of rapidly increasing food prices and global geopolitical conflicts that disrupt supply chains.

A new U.K. bill is a chance at food security—if Britain can get past unfounded fears.

Supermarkets and supply chain unfairness were top of the agenda at the third Farmers Weekly Question time event at the John Innes Centre in Norwich.

Last month, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill completed its passage through both Houses of Parliament and received Royal Assent to become an Act of Parliament.This is a hugely significant piece of legislation for society.  By taking technologies which are more precise than traditional plant breeding out of the scope of restrictive GMO regulations, the new Act opens up the potential for plant scientists, breeders and farmers to keep pace with demands for increased agricultural pro...

It is not essential to create a brand new set of regulations for gene editing and food safety, according to the FAO. The Food and Agriculture Organization

The bill allows techniques such as genome editing, for example, which can shorten the eight to 20-year conventional development of an improved crop to less than four years.