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  • PRRI Chairman Prof. Marc Van Montagu awarded the 2013 World Food Prize

    June 20, 2013

    Washington, D.C. (June 19, 2013) – Three distinguished scientists — Marc Van Montagu of Belgium, and Mary-Dell Chilton andRobert T. Fraley of the United States — were today named the winners of the 2013 World Food Prize during a ceremony at the U.S. State Department, where Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the keynote address, [...]

  • Concerns about the reference to GM plants on EFSA website in relation to declining bee populations

    May 27, 2013

    In a letter to the Executive Director of EFSA, Dr. Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, PRRI expresses concern about the way in which GM plants are mentioned on the EFSA website in the context of a piece on declining bee populations. The reference to GM plants on the EFSA website is very vulnerable to a misinterpretation that there [...]

  • Article: “Genetic engineering policy needs modification”

    May 1, 2013

    Omega Science, 29 April 2013: Writing in the Cell Press journal Trends in Plant Science, scientists from Spain and the United Kingdom argue that the European Union will be unable to meet increased demand for food and crops in a sustainable and environmentally conscientious way without its changing policy with regard to genetically engineered (GE) crops. The [...]

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