In this opinion piece, the Institute for International Crop Improvement Executive Director Donald MacKenzie shares how the commercialization of a new insect-resistant cowpea has impacted the nutrition and livelihoods of people throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
A pre-market regulatory status review conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has concluded that teff modified by genome editing to have a semi-dwarf stature is not subject to biotechnology regulation under USDA’s SECURE Rule.
The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) has concluded that the genome-edited semi-dwarf teff developed by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is not subject to biotechnology regulation under USDA s SECURE Rule.
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