Government Decisions That Needlessly Extend Food Insecurity
What are the costs of not adopting the best food producing technologies? The ability to quantify a choice that is not made is not an …
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Over-regulation Kills Innovation
European regulation has driven innovation away for 20 years In 2003, the European Union (EU) revised its functioning risk assessment system for GM crops. Dating …
The EU’s Gene Editing Regulatory Dilemma
Scientists, grad students and fiscal research investments are all fleeing Europe As consumers, we all want to be reassured that the products we purchase are …
Are European Environmentalists Responsible for Brazilian Forest Fires?
EU animal feed import demands pressures crop producing nations European based environmental organizations were some of the first organizations to publicly advocate against the commercial …
What is the Common Agricultural Policy?
Common Agricultural Policy and the European agriculture crisis By Noémie Nohara, Masters Graduate from Polytech Paris-UPMC The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a European agricultural policy …
Biotech soybeans in Romania: Loss of benefits since EU accession
By Graham Brookes, PG Economics Ltd, UK When Romania joined the European Union (EU) in 2007 and adopted EU policies, its farmers were no …
Food Security Costs
How the EU implicitly encourages rejection of GM ag As a researcher, I have dedicated considerable time to the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic …
Politics More Important Than Food Security
EU Challenges FAO It’s not easy to be on the same page with someone else, let alone ask multiple nations to place the same importance …