Will European agriculture adapt to new genetic technologies?

At the end of the twentieth century, genes of different species were inserted into the seeds, and genetically modified organisms, known as omg. The goal of technology is to develop more resistant vegetable crops and increase productivity.

About two decades ago, the European Union has implemented strict rules for declaring, setting signs and evaluating risk; But now I suggested canceling the change of new genetic technologies, which adjust the genes of the plants themselves.

“The European Commission has decided to create two categories: one for products from these new technologies and the other for others, which will remain subject to the current regulations. However, there are those who believe that these new types of Omg require the same risks to” Yorono “, with unexpected repercussions in the environment,”

It is possible to recruit controversy because the governments of the 27 member states this month have reached an agreement on the proposal, and the ministers will now have to reach consensus with the European Parliament, which has a different position in thorny issues such as patents and signs.

In a short tour of several cities, “Euronews” collected some European opinions. “I am not completely against. It will be important to investigate accurately to determine whether it has side effects,” says a Berlin resident.

“In recent decades, there has been a major development of this technology and we still have any complete control of it.”

“You have to design it, it is very necessary for the consumer to choose. Personally, I will not buy it,” was the opinion of a passer -by in Lyon (France).

Biotechnology experts argue that these varieties of plants will be more resistant to drought and pests and need less fertilizers. Health problems such as allergies are also addressed, for example, with a decrease in gluten.

Critics refer to the risks: subsequent insect disorder, pollution of environmental agricultural products, and less access from young farmers to seeds and unexpected effects on human health.

Will the patents exclude small farmers?

The European Council has been divided on whether to allow patents or not weighs the arguments that this could restrict the options available to farmers and create monopolies. It took nearly a year to make a decision to allow patents, provided that their information requirements are met.

The position of the European Parliament clarified the ban on patents completely, one of the alternative speakers of the legislative review.

“If a few major international chemical groups monopolize seeds, farmers will pay more, they will not be able to choose, and above all, we can no longer innovate publicly in the items,” says Christophe Clearo, the French Euripputa.

Few member states really showed great interest in genetically modified crops, and Spain was the exception. In many countries, these technologies have been banned, as governments exercise their right to exclude them, but this option can be present for all groups.

“It was about ten years ago when this issue has already become a hot policy potato and there was a lot of public opposition in Europe. Governments demanded an exclusion and granted item,” do not explain Hodgson, “as the new category factories will not be somewhat equivalent to common natural plants, and governments will not have the option to launch them.”

Parliament Clago asserts that “we are at the beginning of this new technology,” and says that the European Union must be very careful because “when we interfere in nature, we lead to cracks of changes that can involve the risks of biological diversity.”

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