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After the NAS Report: R&D Integrated Food Supply Chains

By: Justus Wesseler · 20 May 2016
Category: Bio-economy, GMOs

This week the report by the National Academy of Science was released: Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects. Not surprisingly, for someone following the literature, the report did find that GE crops are as safe as crops produced by other means often referred to as “conventional breeding”. What is surprising…

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