Agricultural and Rural Convention
  • About
    • Who we are
    • Contributors
    • Weekly Briefing
    • Monthly newsletter
    • Intergenerational
    • Contact
    • Editorials
    • All Articles
  • Agroecology
    • Agroecology
    • Seeds4All
    • Soil
  • CAP
    • All CAP News
    • CAP Strategic Plans
  • Farm
    • Agroecology
    • Diversification
    • Regenerative Agriculture
    • High Nature Value
    • Organic
    • Seeds
    • Soil
    • Access
    • New Entrants
    • Letter From The Farm
    • Farmers
    • Livestock
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Biodiversity
    • Pesticides
    • Soil
  • Policy
    • Brussels
    • CAP
    • EU Green Deal
    • Farm to Fork
    • Biodiversity Strategy
    • International
  • Food
    • Pesticides
    • Trade
    • Agri-Industry
    • Workers
    • Tech
    • Landgrab
    • GM
    • Waste
    • Food Sovereignty
    • Seeds
    • Soil
    • Local Food
    • Digitalisation
  • Rural
    • All Rural News
    • Rural Europe Takes Action
    • Rural Dialogues
    • Rural Perspectives on Digital Agriculture
  • Places
    • Europe
    • France
    • Ukraine
    • UK
    • International
  • Assets
    • Rural Dialogues
    • Letter from the Farm
    • Publications
    • Weekly Briefing
    • Monthly newsletter
    • All Articles
en Français de it sv
HomeGM crops

GM crops

Main stories

European Court Rules Gene Editing to be Subject to GMO Regulation

July 25, 2018 Helene Schulze

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) passed a ruling deeming organisms acquired by gene editing are subject to the same regulations as other GMOs. […]

Main stories

Why Did MEPs Reject 3 GM Crops Last Month?

November 21, 2017 ARC

One of a series of significant votes in the European Parliament on 24th October last involved the rejection of the authorisation of GM crops. So what reason did the MEPs give for reject these crops? […]

Latest from EU Member States

Illegal GM soy discovered in Romania, claim Greenpeace.

January 4, 2015 ARC

Has the Romanian State’s lack of diligence on GM been exposed by Greenpeace? Eco Ruralis tell us. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Pioneer’s GM maize 1507: a case history

July 14, 2014 ARC

The Eco Ruralis team outline the details on the approval process for Pioneer’s GM maize 1507 […]

Latest from EU Member States

New report points to decline in support for GM crops

May 13, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Friends of the Earth interrogate the official figures to reveal drops in acerage and less support of GM crops […]

Latest from Brussels

Will the Commission authorise controversial GM Maize 1507?

February 14, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Nineteen European Member States voted against the GM 1507 Maize tabled by the European Commission. […]

Main stories

Germans protesters say NO to GM Maize 1507

February 5, 2014 ARC

Today, citizens protested outside of the German chancellery ahead of next week’s European Commission vote on the matter. […]

Latest from EU Member States

UK ‘yield plateau’ for wheat and colza

January 15, 2013 Peter Crosskey

Research institutions urged to reconsider their priorities and favour a whole farm system approach […]

Latest from EU Member States

“GM” disappearing from official language?

July 23, 2012 Peter Crosskey

UK food campaigners ask […]

Latest from Brussels

GM soy for EU farmers?

July 2, 2012 ARC

EFSA causes concern […]

Latest from the ARC network

Scientists torpedo GM claims

June 20, 2012 Peter Crosskey

New Earth Open Source report […]

Latest from EU Member States

MON810 GM maize ban in Poland still not implemented

June 1, 2012 ARC

Poland continues to cultivate crops that pose a threat to already dwindling bee populations […]

Latest from EU Member States

A week of action against GMOs in Spain

April 27, 2012 Myrto Pispini

Civil society dedicates a week to activities against GM food and for food sovereignty […]

Latest from Brussels

Bitter Seeds Film screening

April 24, 2012 Peter Crosskey

The predicament of a peasant farmer […]

Latest from EU Member States

Drumming for action on GMOs in Poland

April 4, 2012 ARC

Civil society calls on government to tighten controls and increase public information on GMOs […]

Posts navigation

1 2 »

Seeds4All

The Seeds4All project wants to amplify voices and connect people involved in agroecological seed production at all levels. Find out more.

Rural Resilience

Co-constructing proposals rooted in actions on the ground: Visit the project page.

This Month’s Articles

Missed an article of ours? Or would like to read it again? Find all our articles from this month here. Or browse through our chronological archive that stores all articles here.

Rural Perspectives on Digital Agriculture

We want to connect farmers, policy advisors, nature conservationists and critical voices around digitalisation. Find out more.

CAP Strategic Plans: Reforming the CAP in Wartime

ARC launches a report summarising the key aspects of the CAP Strategic Plans approval process that started a year ago. Take a look here.

ARC2020 Newsletter

Sign up for our monthly newsletter on agri-food, rural, environmental policy and practices around Europe.

Contributors wanted

Interested in European food, farming and rural policy matters? Do you have great writing skills and an ability to deliver content accurately and on time? Then you could be just what we’re looking for! Find out more here.

  • Ministers Fail to Find Consensus on New GMOs
    December 11, 2023
  • Brussels Roundup – Stasis for Animals, Tightrope for new GMOs
    December 8, 2023
  • Dialogue? Coming. A new CAP pillar? Maybe that too.
    December 7, 2023
  • Islands of Resilience Part 2: Land Planning and Biodiversity
    December 6, 2023
  • Indoor Farming – Sustainability Spin or Substance?
    December 6, 2023
  • Seeds of Europe – Centering Small Producers’ Voices in Seed Law Reform
    December 5, 2023
  • To Regulate Or Not To Regulate – NGTs Remain Highly Controversial
    December 4, 2023
  • Landmark EU Nature Restoration Law on the Homestretch
    November 29, 2023
  • Mind The Gap! Sustainable Food Systems Need Intergenerational Cooperation
    November 29, 2023
  • Leak – No Live Export Ban to non-EU Countries in Animal Welfare Overhaul
    November 29, 2023
  • GMOs & Seed Marketing – False Promise of a Toxic Package 
    November 28, 2023
  • Pesticides Proposal Rejected in Plenary, Next Steps a SUR-prise
    November 23, 2023
  • Bottom-Up AKIS – An Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
    November 23, 2023
  • Islands of Resilience: Nature Parks in France & Germany
    November 22, 2023
  • 9 Key points on Ukrainian Agriculture in Wartime – Resilience, Reforms, & Markets
    November 20, 2023
  • We Can’t Eat Promises! Good Food Good Farming month culminates in Brussels protest
    November 20, 2023
  • Sustainable Food Systems cannot be postponed! – From the Marburg Gathering
    November 20, 2023
  • Commission to Renew Glyphosate for 10 years after Member States Fail to Reach Qualified Majority
    November 16, 2023
  • SURge of Amendments to Pesticide Regulation Before Plenary Vote
    November 15, 2023
  • The Policy Paradoxes of Underutilised Crops
    November 13, 2023
  • Nature Restoration Law Emerges from Trilogue – What’s Changed?
    November 10, 2023
  • Bugs from a Jug – Gene Edited Plants are Not the Only Things to Worry About
    November 9, 2023
  • EU-Australia Trade Deal Goes Down Under in Osaka – Why?
    November 4, 2023
  • A Sustainable Food System Law Paving the Way for an Ambitious CAP Reform
    November 2, 2023
  • Rural Resilience | Diary from the Ground – Autumn 2023
    November 2, 2023
  • Contact
  • Imprint
  • Data Privacy

Agricultural and Rural Convention