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Purnhagen, KP; Clemens, S; Eriksson, D; Fresco, LO; Tosun, J; Qaim, M; Visser, RGF; Weber, APM; Wesseler, JHH; Zilbermann, D: Europe’s Farm to Fork Strategy and its Commitment to Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals?, Trends in Plant Science (2021), doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.012
Abstract:
The European Commission’s Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy, under the EuropeanGreen Deal, acknowledges that innovative techniques, including biotechnology,may play a role in increasing sustainability. At the same time, organic farming willbe promoted, and at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land shall be underorganic farming by 2030. How can both biotechnology and organic farming bedeveloped and promoted simultaneously to contribute to achieving the SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs)? We illustrate that achieving the SDGs benefits from theinclusion of recent innovations in biotechnology in organic farming. This requires achange in the law. Otherwise, the planned increase of organic production in the F2Fstrategy may result in less sustainable, not more sustainable, food systems.

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