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When Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), as it became known, was discovered in the early 1990s, it was named, simply, ‘mystery swine disease’. Nobody seemed to know where it came from or how to stop it spreading.
Evidence-led GM crop regulation could help the UK lead on global food security and climate change, according to the Royal Society.
A ‘quantum shift’ by the Food Standards Agency in its planned approach to regulating gene edited food and feed products puts England on course to adopt one of the most progressive and enabling regulatory systems in the world.
Gene editing research in livestock is advancing rapidly on a global basis, opening up major opportunities to improve the sustainability, productivity, health and welfare of farmed animals.Genetic resistance to previously intractable diseases is a particular focus for much of this research, alongside other animal welfare and sustainability traits that can benefit the whole food chain and ultimately the general public. Having signed the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 into law earlier this year, England is now part of a leading group of nations seeking to enable these techni...
Innovative projects will receive funding to develop technologies to predict strawberry yield, increase vineyard productivity and optimise harvesting schedules.