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2007-02-06 | permalink
GMOs: EU problem child
GMOs are still dividing the EU, both in Brussels and across member states, according to activists and MEPs writing in the latest issue of the Parliament Magazine. Simon Barber, the director of biotech lobby Europabio, argues that “Europe’s slow adoption rate to cultivate biotech crops simply hurts EU farmers and consumers". Barber says that in their first nine years, GM crops increased global net farm income by €23bn and reduced the environmental footprint of farming by 14 per cent. He adds that GMOs drastically reduce pesticide use.
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2007-02-06 | permalink
GMOs: EU problem child
GMOs are still dividing the EU, both in Brussels and across member states, according to activists and MEPs writing in the latest issue of the Parliament Magazine. Simon Barber, the director of biotech lobby Europabio, argues that “Europe’s slow adoption rate to cultivate biotech crops simply hurts EU farmers and consumers". Barber says that in their first nine years, GM crops increased global net farm income by €23bn and reduced the environmental footprint of farming by 14 per cent. He adds that GMOs drastically reduce pesticide use.
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