Crop Genetic Improvement Technologies

On Tuesday, 14 July we hosted the event "Crop Genetic Improvement Technologies" at the European Union pavilion in Expo Milano 2015.

During the conference, our guests presented crop genetic improvement technologies for a sustainable and productive agriculture addressing food and nutritional security, climate change and human health. Morever, they presented and discussed societal challenges and the various plant breeding technologies which can help to address them, including conventional breeding, new breeding technologies and GM. The conference brought together participants from Europe and beyond, including science, industry, farmers, policy and civil society.

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