The European Commission has launched a proposal for the (de-)regulation of new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). As academics, from a vast range of disciplines,  including agroecology, political ecology, rural sociology, molecular biology, environmental history, population genetics, evolutionary biology, ecology, agronomy and innovation studies, we are very concerned about the quality of this […]

More than seventy academics today call on the Member States’ Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Ministers of Environment and MEPs to reject the proposal of the European Commission to deregulate a substantive part of the New Genetically Modified Organisms (new GMOs), also known as New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) 19 November 2023 More than seventy […]

If you are an academic and concerned about the proposal of the European Commission to largely deregulate new genetically modified organisms, you can endorse the open letter here.