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  • 02-02-2006

    Genetic Engineering and Globalization

    In April 2005, the Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM) organized a workshop co...

  • 06-07-2006

    Ethical and societal aspects of cisgenesis

    The societal debate on the application of genetic modification in agriculture has con...

  • 24-10-2006

    New techniques in plant biotechnology

    Biotechnology offers great opportunities for plant breeding. New techniques for rapid...

  • 08-04-2005

    The Farm Scale Evaluations evaluated

    Science is often used by the government to generate public support for its policies. ...

  • 05-12-2003

    Scientific-technical report ‘Farm Scale Evaluations’

    In Great Britain, extensive field experiments have been carried out to investigate th...

  • 24-06-2003

    Towards an integrated framework for the assessment of social and ethical issues in modern biotechnology

    In this monitoring report, COGEM describes the general, structural characteristics of...

  • 13-10-2004

    Coexistence in agriculture. Mixing, outcrossing and isolation distances

    COGEM points out that when conventional and GM crops are both grown commercially, mix...

  • 14-12-2004

    Pharmaceutical crops

    Biopharming is a recent trend in agricultural biotechnology. Plants are genetically m...

  • 16-04-2003

    Socially responsible market release of GMO medicines

    The Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM) questions the European procedure of gr...

  • 28-11-2003

    Coexistence in agriculture

    COGEM points out that the issue of coexistence is not an environmental safety problem...