On Wednesday 17 April, the EU’s regions and cities called for a major change to the proposal governing new genomic techniques (NGTs) in order to better protect farmers, support organic farming and guarantee access to all genetic resources.
In adopting the plenary opinion on this subject by Erik Konczer (PES, Hungary), the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) believes that banning patents on natural plants and genes – and therefore guaranteeing access to all genetic resources for...