Webinar: Global Status of Biotech Crops and the Oceanian Biotech Perspective

Global biotech crop adoption in 2019 and the Oceanian biotechnology perspective will be presented through a webinar on March 11, 2021, at 4 PM AEDT via Zoom.

Australia was one of the pioneering countries that commercialized genetically engineered crops in 1996. In 2019, Australia ranked 13th in the list of GM crop-planting countries. More details on Australia's biotech adoption and other highlights of the ISAAA report, Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2019, will be discussed during the webinar, including the following:

• global area of biotech crops from 1996 to 2019;
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• global adoption rates of principal crops;
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• trends in approvals of GM events; and
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• biotech approach to research, farming challenges, and future directions from the Oceanian perspective.
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Panelists include experts from the La Trobe Institute for Food and Agriculture, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, and the Australian Farmers Federation.

Register to the webinar now.