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The EU legislation governing GMOs is out-of-date. The emotional debate of whether one is “for or against” GMOs is equally out-of-date. The time has come for regulations governing plant breeding that do not depend on the technology used.
The government must also take greater responsibility in financing research and development for new environmentally friendly and healthy varieties for cultivation in the Swedish climate. The technology is available. We can use it for good.
All the participants in the KSLA Dialogue Project about biotechnology in agriculture agree about this. Using dialogue, mutual understanding has been reached between people with experience from the political sphere, the green movement, the agricultural industry, government agencies, and the academic world. The objective is sustainable agriculture, and modern plant breeding is one important tool to achieve this objective.
Edited by Jenny Jewert
Translated by Dr. George Farrants, Billericay AB, for Intergraphia Translation Agency
This publication is no longer available in print.
En rapport från KSLA:s kommitté ”Svenskt jordbruk 2030 – vägen dit”.
Denna rapport från en konferens 3 oktober 2000 anlägger ett helhetsperspektiv på det svenska landskapet och dess förändring.
KSLA:s kommitté för EU-frågor genomförde i februari 2004 en konferens som belyste det svenska jordbrukets och livsmedelssektorns ändrade förutsättningar på de nya marknaderna och med de öppna gränserna österut i och med att EU under 2004 fick flera nya medlemsstater, många från det forna östblocket.
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