Brussels, 26/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - Technological innovation (genetic engineering, mechanisation, digitisation) in agriculture help produce more productive, and more sustainable crops, stated the European Parliament's agriculture committee on Tuesday 26 April in adopting (by 23 votes to 14, with 4 abstentions) the own initiative report by Anthea McIntyre (ECR, UK) on which numerous amendments were tabled.
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