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Today, the Commission has proposed a series of targeted actions to boost biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the EU. The Communication on Building the future with nature identifies the challenges and barriers and proposes to tackle...

An analysis of the global landscape of biotechnology innovation shows that biotech patents represent about 5% of total patents filed between 2001 and 2020. The vast majority of the biotech...

There are a wide range of biotechnologies available and many of them have been, and are currently being, used in many situations and sectors worldwide to solve the myriad...

HarvestPlus improves nutrition and health by working with partners worldwide to develop and promote biofortified crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals, and providing leadership on biofortification evidence and technology.

Agriculture sector in India is a primary source of livelihood for a majority of the population. Low and stagnant income in the sector remains a focal point of policy debate in India. The most prominent...

Climate Change and Food Systems: Transforming Food Systems for Adaptation, Mitigation, and Resilience Many promising innovations and policy approaches show potential to address climate change...

The initiative on plants produced by certain new genomic techniques concerns citizens and stakeholders (e.g. EU and national public authorities, breeders, farmers and other economic operators...

Over the past 15 years, there have been rapid and ever-increasing advances in science and technology, institutional and human capacities and infrastructure in the field of gene sequencing and in the associated...

Plant scientists are turning to genome-editing techniques to precisely tailor the productivity and consumer appeal of important crops.

Global agriculture is looking for new agri-tech revolutions not only due to the ever-growing need for increased food production but also to protect the environment from the harmful impacts of many...