While the government’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill which is currently before Parliament has been welcomed by the agrifood sector, there are concerns that new traceability and risk assessment...
The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has launched a new corporate identity and website which it says will better help to promote the importance of plant breeding to UK agriculture. BSPB chief executive Samantha Brooke says the rebrand is a response to a survey...
A new report that underlines the importance of plant breeding in making agriculture more sustainable has been welcomed by the British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB). It follows recent moves in Europe that could pave the way for the adoption of new precision breeding...
A survey of European plant breeders has found that potential investment in new breeding techniques such as gene editing is being stifled by current EU rules. The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) argues that such techniques are vital to produce the varieties...