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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10549

9 February 2012
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) gmo
A flop in EU in 2011 but success in poor countries

Brussels, 08/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - According to the latest annual report by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), published on 7 February, “in 2011, developing countries adopted biotech crops at twice the rate of developed countries. Moreover, approximately 50% of biotech crops are now grown in developing countries”, while remaining very marginal in Europe.

According to the report, crops of MON 810 - the only GMO authorised to be grown...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICY
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE - EDUCATION
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL - BUDGET