Gene Editing

Gene Editing - Plant Breeding
Innovation in plant breeding can allow for faster and more precise results, with significant potential to help overcome crop production challenges and enlarge the portfolio of products available and traded worldwide.  

The fact that different regulatory frameworks are regulating the latest plant breeding tools in different ways is causing legal uncertainty. New plant varieties derived from one technique may be exempt from regulation in one country, whereas they need to be regulated in another country. This legislative uncertainty is of great concern to plant breeders, biotechnology companies and the overall grain trade.

Gafta collaborates with IGTC on policy on plant breeding innovation here and the briefing document here.