August 14, 2025

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Seedsd Canada's statement on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Seed Regulatory Modernization (SRM) Policy paper

August 12, 2025

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Canada - Canola industry statement on China’s preliminary ruling on Canadian canola seed imports

New Zealand - Horticultural sector braced for serious plant variety rights fees threat (Farmers Weekly)

July 30, 2025

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Advancing R&I for the plant breeding and seed sector - Euroseeds welcomes the European Commission’s Horizon Europe 2028–2034 proposal and calls for stronger support for plant breeding innovation

EPSO recommendation on the European Commission’s legal proposal for plants obtained by certain NGTs based on recent scientific data on plant genetic variation

July 25, 2025

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Experts propose a global model for one risk assessment of GM plants

July 11, 2025

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European Union - Cultivating transparency and fair access to patented traits in the seed sector - A new industry-born initiative aims to stimulate innovation in the agri-food sector in a way that is beneficial to both small and bigger breeders - The Parliament held an event with the Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP) to find out more (The Parliament)

July 7, 2025

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EU and Turkey urged to resolve seed potato trade issues through constructive dialogue

NGT: the New  EU Regulations for plant editing in the midst of parlementary turbulences (European Scientist)

June 30, 2025

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Kritische Schwelle - Neue Züchtungstechniken: Patente hemmen Innovation (Top Agrar)

España - Material Vegetal de Reproducción, la normativa que afecta a toda la
cadena - La legislación sobre material de reproducción vegetal establece las condiciones para la producción y comercialización de este material en la UE, lo que proporciona un marco que garantiza que los agricultores tengan acceso a semillas y plantas sanas, fiables y de alta calidad

June 24, 2025

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The current U.S. Administration has an opportunity to modernize agricultural biotechnology regulations - The U.S. needs a truly product- and risk-based biotechnology framework (Breakthrough Journal)

June 23, 2025

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Building momentum on Plant Reproductive Material (PRM): a smooth transition from the Polish to the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Why regulations in plant gene editing are a must

June 20, 2025

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India must develop a GM crop plan based on science - With the Supreme Court calling for a national GM crop policy, India has a rare opportunity to make the most of its research potential (Nature)

June 17, 2025

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Netherlands - "Resistance against patent on classical breeding resurfaces due to ToBRFV" (HortiDaily)

June 13, 2025

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Irritationen um sogenannte "Erntegut-Bescheinigungen" - Deutscher Bauernverband kritisiert unverhältnismäßige Forderungen

June 12, 2025

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Deutschland - Einordnung der Pressemitteilung „DBV kritisiert so genannte Erntegut-Bescheinigung“ durch BDP und STV

June 6, 2025

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Edição gênica avança, mas enfrenta vácuo jurídico sobre propriedade intelectual

June 4, 2025

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New Zealand - Official Information Act request by Farmers Weekly has shown how the world’s largest agrichemical companies are walking away from the New Zealand market on grounds of regulatory cost, time and complexity (Farmers Weekly)

Naturally transgenic plants and the need to rethink regulatory triggers in biotechnology (Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)

May 21, 2025

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Neue Gentechnik im Blick: Zwischen Potenzial und Regulierung

EU-Saatgutrecht: Der Hund liegt im Detail - Brüssel will die Richtlinien für Saatgutproduktion vereinfachen, läuft zugleich aber Gefahr, die Prozesse für Saatgutwirtschaft und bäuerliche Vermehrer deutlich zu verkomplizieren - So zumindest die Sichtweise der Betroffenen (Österreichische BauernZeitung)

May 20, 2025

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European Union and the United Kingdom announce plans for a Common Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Area to ease agri-food trade

May 19, 2025

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China - New trends for patent examination? Draft amendments to the guidelines of patent examination (Lexology)

May 15, 2025

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Deutschland - Pflanzenzüchting in der neuen Legislaturperiode - Warum die neue Legislaturperiode mehr verlangt als Verhandlungsgeschick und Kompromissfähigkeit – Einordnung aus Sicht der Pflanzenzüchtung

May 8, 2025

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Europe’s evolving landscape for new genomic techniques and precision breeding technologies

May 5, 2025

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China releases Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties (The National Law Review)

April 28, 2025

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Computomics Podcast S6E8: From lab to legislation: bridging science and policy

April 25, 2025

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Counterfeit seeds hurt farmers, undermine food security (Pakistan Observer)