EU Failing FAO Challenge to Improve Global Food Security

The announcement that the European Union (EU) had reached an agreement allowing Member States (MS) to ban genetically modified (GM) crops confirms that the EU has chosen to ignore the food security challenge issued to the world by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) 2016-07, Vol.34 (7), p.521-523
Hauptverfasser:	Smyth, Stuart J, Phillips, Peter W.B, Kerr, William A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural biotechnology Agricultural production Biotechnology Corn Cotton Crops Decision making Developing countries economic benefits environmental benefits European Union Food Food security Food Supply Food, Genetically Modified Foods Genetic modification Genetically altered foods GM crops Guideline Adherence health benefits Health Policy Hunger Industrialized nations Internal Medicine LDCs Meetings Pesticides Poisoning politicization of risk Production increases Productivity R&D Research & development Risk assessment Science Security Trends United Nations
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Zusammenfassung:	The announcement that the European Union (EU) had reached an agreement allowing Member States (MS) to ban genetically modified (GM) crops confirms that the EU has chosen to ignore the food security challenge issued to the world by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2009. The FAO suggests that agricultural biotechnology has a central role in meeting the food security challenge.
ISSN:	0167-7799 1879-3096
DOI:	10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.04.003