Two years after the primary Precision Breeding legislation was passed, the UK government has published the secondary legislation needed to implement it.
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Turkey: Turkiye Announces New Crop Production Model

In November 2024, the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF) unveiled details of its Agricultural Production Plan (Plan), which aims to optimize and make Turkish agriculture more sustainable.
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Japan: Japan Gives Green Light to Genome Edited Potato

In October 2024, the Government of Japan (GOJ) added a genome edited potato to the list of genome edited products not subject to regulations for genetically engineered food and feed.
On Friday, March 7, 2025, Kenya’s Court of Appeal put a hold on the trade and cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) products until an appeal filed by the Kenya Peasants League is fully heard.
On March 17, 2025, Mexico adopted a constitutional amendment banning domestic cultivation of “genetically modified” corn
In February 2025, Ethiopia’s National Variety Release Committee (NVRC) approved the commercial release of three TELA maize hybrid varieties.
On March 1, 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF) published two Biosafety Decisions on the production of two more enzymes using Aspergillus oryzae improved by modern biotechnological methods.
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Switzerland: Summary of WTO Biotechnology Seminar

The third annual Post-organized biotechnology seminar entitled “Biotechnology and Sustainable Agricultural Production” was held June 13, 2017 at the WTO.
This report provides technical import requirements and regulations for food and agricultural products currently required by the Government of Kenya (GOK)...
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Italy: Italian Agricultural Research System Overview

In Italy, there are three main players involved in the national agricultural research system: the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies; the Ministry of Education, University, and....