Segregation between GM and non-GM Inputs in EU Feed and Food Supply Chains: Future Scenarios

Segregation between GM and non-GM Inputs in EU Feed and Food Supply Chains: Future Scenarios

Stefano BoccalettiUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreFrancesca PassuelloIndependent ResearcherClaudio SoregaroliUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore This study used a participatory scenario development approach—more precisely, a two-day exploratory experts-based workshop—to identify the key driving forces influencing future scenarios for the segregation between GM and non-GM…

Exploring the Constraints to Further Expansion of GM Maize Production in Portugal

Exploring the Constraints to Further Expansion of GM Maize Production in Portugal

Philip J. JonesUniversity of Reading, UKMaria de Fátima QuedasInstituto Politécnico de Santarém, PortugalRichard B. TranterUniversity of Reading, UKCarlos P. TrindadeInstituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal After 10 years of GM maize cultivation in Portugal, the area produced remains modest, at 6.3% of total…

The Costs of Coexistence on Farms in Germany

The Costs of Coexistence on Farms in Germany

Maarten J. PuntUniversity of Southern DenmarkThomas J. Venus and Justus WesselerWageningen UR In the European Union, freedom of choice between genetically modified (GM) and conventional or organic crops, for both producers and consumers, should be provided through coexistence measures. Coexistence measures at…

Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biotech Potatoes with Traits for Bruise Resistance, Late Blight Resistance, and Cold Storage

Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biotech Potatoes with Traits for Bruise Resistance, Late Blight Resistance, and Cold Storage

Joseph F. GuenthnerUniversity of Idaho In 2015 biotech potatoes re-entered the US market after a hiatus since 2001. The JR Simplot Company received regulatory approval for its Innate® 1.0 potatoes that have traits for low acrylamide and resistance to bruising and discoloration….

Health-risk Concerns vs. Medical Benefits of the GM Technology

Health-risk Concerns vs. Medical Benefits of the GM Technology

Yoko SaitoHokkaido University, JapanYuki SasakawaLife & Bio Plaza 21, JapanYutaka TabeiInstitute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), JapanShoichi ItoKyusyu University, Japan Genetically modified crops have been controversial from a health—as well as an environmental—standpoint, and the science…

Modern Biotechnology for Innovation of Agricultural Development in the Developing World: What Role can Japan Play?

Modern Biotechnology for Innovation of Agricultural Development in the Developing World: What Role can Japan Play?

Ademola A. AdenleColorado State University, School of Global Environmental Stability Genetically modified organism (GMO) technology is among a wide range of modern agricultural biotechnologies that is undergoing research and development (R&D) for developing countries in Japan, although GM crops have not been…

Florida Citrus Growers’ First Impressions on Genetically Modified Trees

Florida Citrus Growers’ First Impressions on Genetically Modified Trees

Ariel Singerman and Pilar UsecheUniversity of Florida Citrus greening is jeopardizing the Florida citrus industry. A line of research some expect to be the ultimate solution to the disease is developing trees that are resistant to it by using genetic modification. Little,…