International workshop on a socio-economic assessment framework for GMOs

Scientific advisory body COGEM organized a one day international workshop on a socio-economic assessment framework for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The initiative will support the drafting of a report by COGEM on this subject following a request by the Dutch government. This request pre-empts the adoption in the EU of a new Directive that will authorize EU Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation, in all or part of their territory, of GMOs.