What is Green Biotech?
 

Green Biotech is a collection of technologies using plant organisms and plant cells for the production or tranformation of food, biomaterials and energy. It covers...

 

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GM Crops on the market and "in the pipeline"

 

Before being released in the environment for marketing or research purposes any GMO must be approved by competent athorities. This facilitates the listing of the field released GM plants and of the GM food and feed on the market.



10 Challenges of Green Biotech


Although biotechnology on its own hasn't the capacity to meet the major challenges of the new Millenium, it is a powerful toolbox providing innovative solutions to a wide range of human and environmental issues.

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Risks associated with GMOs and regulatory framework                                     

What is a risk?

Although you probably think you know the answer, scientists and regulatory authorities have spent much time and efforts to make the concept clear and workable by expert agencies, like the EFSA in Europe.  ‘Risk’ has been defined as a function of the probability of an adverse effect and of its severity. To make it clear : adverse effects on health or the environment result from ‘hazards’, which are potentially harmful agents (biological, physical or chemical). But whether and to what extent these hazards will actually cause harm must be approached on probabilistic terms : the exposure to the hazard and the severity of the effect will finally determine the risk. Read more...



Respecting the choices of consumers and farmers

Social and ethical acceptability of GM food and crops

A prerequisite of consumer choice: traceability and labelling

Ensuring the coexistence of conventional organic and GM crop in the EU

 

 


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