Practical guide to EU seed policy (May 2023): institutions, legal instruments, GMO and plant health rules, biodiversity, intellectual property and seed marketing, aimed at seed savers, NGOs and citizens.
GMOs
Inf’OGM Podcast on GMOs and Biotech
Inf’OGM has recently began a podcast series on GMOs and biotech. Here we share the link to the first episodes. Enjoy!
EU plant breeders up against patents by the multinationals
More and more plant breeding material in the EU is getting patented by multinationals giants, a development that poses costs and hurdles for those small breeders that are working to maintain agrobiodiversity, a means of resilience in the face of climate change.
Comprendre les nouveaux OGM pour mieux les réguler
Webinar in French
New paper on the possible deregulation of GMO in EU
This report looks at the possible implications and
consequences of the proposed deregulation of certain genetically
modified (GM) plants
Genetic engeneering endangers the protection of species
In view of the upcoming EU proposal of updated rules on plants produced with New Genomic Techniques (NGTs, NBTs), Test Biotech released in 2020 report: “Genetic engeneering endangers the protection of species”.
An evening with Vandana Shiva
A discussion of the possible impacts of the proposed changes in the EU seed marketing and GMO legislations on our food, health, rights and the environment
New GMOs, seed marketing: two reforms threaten peasants’ rights
The European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) organises a hybrid event to discuss the potential implications on peasants' rights of two legislative proposals that are on the agenda of the College of European Commissioners on 7th June 2023: the exclusion of New...
New Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
This hybrid event organised online and in Brussels by MEP Martin Häusling and MEP Anja Hazekamp of the Greens/EFA and the Institut für unabhängige Folgenabschätzung in der Biotechnologie will discuss the lessons learned from the EFSA & EU-Commission consultations...
Have your say: reform for plants produced by new breeding techniques
The European Commission has opened a public consultation until 22 October on new genomic techniques. This initiative will propose a legal framework for plants obtained by targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis and for their food and feed products.
