Global Biotech Crop cultivation continues to grow: Why is Europe so far behind?

Brussels, 23rd January 2007
Prof. Dr. Marc Van Montagu, Chairman International Plant Biotechnology Organisation (IPBO) Gent University and president of the European Federation of Biotechnology, told journalists in Brussels today that European farmers are lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of access to agricultural biotechnology.

• Press release
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  Profiles
• Prof. Dr. Marc van Montagu
• Mr. Gabor Balla

• Global Status of Comercialised biotech/GM Crops 2006
  Prof. Van Montagu presentation
  
   
• Draft Report on "Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges for Agriculture in Europe"
  (Mr. Virrankoski report)
  
   
• Europabio position on "Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges for Agriculture in Europe"
  
   
• ISAAA Executive summary of 2006 figures
  (January 2007)
  http://www.isaaa.org
  
   
• Global Status of Commercialised Biotech/GM Crops: 2006
   
• JRC Economic Impact Study on Biotech Crops-Summary
  (December 2006)
  
   
• What is EuropaBio
  
   
• EuropaBio’s resource page on Green Biotech
  http://www.europabio.org/green_biotech.htm
  

For further information, contact:

Simon  Barber
Director Plant Biotech Unit
Tel: +32 2 735 03 13
Mob: +32 476 442 420
e-mail:s.barber@europabio.org

Alina Cornea
Communications Assistant
Tel: +32 2 739 11 81
Mob: +32 473 660 558
Fax: +32 2 735 4960
e-mail: a.cornea@europabio.org

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