Green light for further research with GM potatoes in Belgium

七月 05, 2012

来源

One year after the protest against the test fields for GM potatoes in Ghent, the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) has been given the green light for a second phase of research.

The VIB test trials are conducted in collaboration with BASF, the Ghent University and College and the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research.

Like to receive news like this by email? Join and Subscribe!

Join Our Telegram Channel for regular updates!

精选企业

BASF
BASF is the world's leading chemical company. Specific for the potato industry BASF is a provider of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. BASF is developing GM potato varieties, e.g. for the potato starch industry. BASF is also a manufacturer of various food ingredients.
Ghent University
Ghent University (Universiteit Gent, UGent) is one of the major Belgian universities in the Dutch-speaking region of Europe.

Related News

十二月 19, 2024

Tajikistan has harvested a record potato crop, but potato price stays high.

Tajikistan has achieved record potato production figures for the first 10 months of 2024 – 1 million 139 thousand 936 tons, which is 20.6% more than in the previous year.

塔吉克斯坦

Bookmark

十二月 19, 2024

APH Group Expands Sales with the Acquisition of Kontrol-Pro in Serbia

APH Group, a distributor of agricultural equipment and installations, has acquired Kontrol-Pro in Serbia. This expansion will establish a new entity, APH Group Balkans d.o.o., which will take full responsibility for sales, service and distribution from Serbia.

塞尔维亚

Bookmark

十二月 18, 2024

Vultus and Agdir enter into an agreement with Latvian Aloja Starkelsen and Findus Norway

Vultus AB (publ) and Agdir Drift AS have combined their sales activities and their joint offer is received by the market as expected: The two companies have entered into cooperation with the Latvian starch producer Aloja Starkelsen and the Norwegian part of Findus Group.