Dear All,
this to inform you that the Annual Opening Cerimony of the Accademia dei Georgofili will take place in Palazzo Vecchio Firenze on 5th april 2019 at 10:30 a.m.
Warm regards, Michele25 3 19
UEEA position paper on Genome Editing, unanimously voted for it during the meeting in Florence 22-23 november 2018
The UEAA observes that the opinion issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 25 July 2018 on the status of mutagenesis puts at risk the use, in the European Union, of new plant breeding techniques (NPBT), including genome editing, by subjecting them to the same GMO directive as plants derived from transgenesis.
The capacity of innovation of European breeders and seed producers as well as their world leadership position is being jeopardized. It is also significantly increasing the risk of EU dependency upon large agricultural countries that invest heavily in these very promising new technologies.
In order for European breeders, public and private, to be able to access genome editing technologies, the UEAA requests the European Commission to urgently clarify that plants resulting from conventional techniques of mutagenesis are excluded from the GMO legislation , and that in light of cumulative scientific information now available regarding their safety, plants which have undergone small DNA changes obtained through genome editing must also be excluded from the provisions of the GMO legislation. For the long term, the UEAA calls for a new GMO directive adapted to modern breeding techniques and enabling science-based evaluation of new plant varieties.
The UEAA supports the joint proposal of WGG (Wissenschaftlerkreis Grüne Gentechnik) and AFBV (Association Française des Biotechnologies Végétales) to set up a validation process allowing a developer to submit to a European competent authority basic information on any plant derived from genome editing to determine its regulatory status: excluded from, or subject to, GMO legislation. Under the WGG-AFBV proposal the following product categories would not be considered as GMOs: (i) null segregants, (ii) deletions regardless of size, (iii) substitution of a single nucleotide pair, and (iv) cisgenes. Countries such as the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Japan have already begun to put in place a very similar specific process that leads to the same type of exclusions.
For the UEAA, these safeguards for new plant breeding techniques must be implemented urgently to prevent European research from accumulating delays in plant improvement that are necessary to reduce the use of plant protection products, adapt crops to climate change, and increase food security.
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Excellent meeting in Florence on 22-23rd November 2018
New President : Professore Michele Stanca (Accademia dei Georgofili, Florence, Italy)
Full report will be posted later.
At this stage :
Congratulations and Good luck to Professore Michele Stanca,
signed : Past President Professeur Michel Thibier
25 November 2018
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from the UEAA Italian Vice President about the next UEAA General Assembly and scientific meeting in Florence
“I am more than happy to invite all members of UEAA to our next meeting in Florence, on 22-23 November2018.
Please fill the registration form here attached and have a look on that interesting program”. Your faithfully M Stanca, Vice President of the UEAA
Registration form – Deadline: 29 October 2018 (PDF, 437 kB)
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The French Academie d’Agricuture launches a survey on the food system and its transition related to CAP
Please feel free to respond to Professeur Nadine Vivier: Nadine.Vivier@univ-lemans.fr.
Questions to all members of the U E A A, see the three questions on the page : Activities/News and comments from members of the UEAA on this very site.19 7 18
Date and Place of the next UEAA meeting
Professor M Stanca has just sent me this message:
“I am glad to inform you that, for logistic reasons, the date of UEAA meeting will take place in Florence at the Aula Magna of Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence, Italy, at 22-23 of november 2018“.
President M Thibier, 14 June 2018
Further details will follow.
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The International Association of Agriculture Museums
The purpose of the association is to educate the public about the significance of agriculture to human society, to explain the many ways that agriculture has evolved through time, and to facilitate dialogue between museums across the globe about agricultural topics and discoveries. Call for support.
Please feel free to read more in page : Activities/News and comments from members of the UEAA
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An important message from the Accademia dei Georgofili – Florence, Italy.
Re. the 2018 UEAA international meeting
Dear UEAA Members,
This to inform you that for several reasons, including the great loss of our President Professore Giampiero Maracchi, we intend to postpone the 2018 UEAA Meeting in Florence next October.
Soon, I will inform you all about the date and the program.
Warm regards,
Professore A Michele Stanca
Vice President of Accademia dei Georgofili
Acting Vice President of the UEAA
M Stanca,
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