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International Workshop on Socio-economic Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops co-organised by JRC-IPTS and FAO: Workshop proceedings

Year of publication 2012

Author Maria Lusser, Terri Raney, Pascal Tillie, Koen Dillen, Emilio Rodriguez Cerezo

Publisher FAO and European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Proceedings

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The report provides proceedings of the “International workshop on socio-economic impacts of genetically modified (GM) crops”, which was co-organized by FAO and the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), in Seville, Spain on 23-24 November 2011. The objective of the workshop was to review for policy makers the main findings of scientists who are active world-wide in the field of socio-economic assessment of the impacts of GMOs in the EU.

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