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August 09
U.K. Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Food
Standards Agency (FSA) publish reports on GM food and animal
feed
Radical rethink
of food production required, says UK's Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
July 09
UK Department for
Environment, Food And Rural Affairs statement on high court
perticides judicial review
June 09
European consumers
will now be able to see fruit and vegetables as nature intended
April 09
Joint £10 million UK initiative
launched to tackle bee and pollinator decline
March 09
DEFRA publishes
March 2009 edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette
Consultation on
seed certification fee increase in England and Wales
DEFRA publishes
special edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette
February 09
U.K. Seed
Certification Information letters
- UK Linseed Seed Derogation
- Imports of seed weighing over 2kg from third countries
January 09
United Kingdom
launches new Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera)
December 08
Defra's GM
Inspectorate detects unapproved GM in conventional oilseed rape
trial in Somerset
November 08
UK seed
certification: a brief guide to seed certification and the work
of Defra, PVS Division, Cambridge has been published
May 08
New vision of
climate change through Google Earth
United Kingdom
approves Leeds University GM potato trial
October 07
UK Seed
Certification Information letters 2007: SC 6/07 – UK triticale
seed derogation
May 07
Second site approved
in the U.K. for BASF's GM potato trials
Defra approves a
second site for GM potato trials
February 07
Tackling the
threat of invasive non-native species in the United Kingdom
U.K. Department
of Agriculture invites views on proposed new site for GM potato
trials
UK's Department
of Ag publishes research on the implications of managing GM crop
herbicide-tolerant weeds
December 06
United Kingdom:
Consultation on possibilities for better regulation in plant varieties,
seeds and seed potatoes
Seed certification -
Review of fees consultation update
U.K. Department of Ag
approves GM potato research trials
November 06
U.K. Ag Department
report highlights progress on non food crops strategy
October 06
U.K. Department of
Agriculture publishes October issue of The Plant Varieties and Seeds
Gazette
July 06
U.K. ag ministry consults
on GM coexistence measures
Increase in the maximum
size of cereal seed lots
June 06
Levy rates to remain
unchanged in 2006 for British cereal and oilseed growers and cereal
dealers and processors
Defra-funded review is
published on the biological containment of GM crops
May 06
Applications for Organic
Entry Level Stewardship (OELS) agreements reach 1,000 mark in Great
Britain
April 06
UK Plant Variety Rights
Office & Seeds Division of Defra - Recent publications
March 06
Biodiversity Effects of
the Management Associated with GM Cropping in the UK
January 06
How much climate
change can we take?
U.K. Minister for
Sustainable Farming and Food: "Climate change - Agriculture must play
its part"
Defra seeks
young climate change champions
December 05
Plant Variety and Seeds Gazette
December 2005
November 05
Historic deal on the
reform of the EU sugar sector
October 05
Crop-to-crop Gene Flow
using Farm Scale Sites of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) in the
United Kingdom
September 05
Research published into GM
effects on weed seedbanks
Study shows climate
change will affect Indian agriculture, health and infrastructure
July 05
"Monitoring movement of
herbicide resistant genes from farm-scale evaluation field sites to
populations of wild crop relatives"
U.K. DEFRA statement in
response to European Union Environment Environment Council of 24 June
2005
June 05
U.K.
Secretary of State for Environment comments on European Commission's
proposals for sugar reform
UK Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Electronic Seeds and Plants (ESP)
project
May 05
Plant Variety and Seeds Gazette
May 2005
April 05
Plant Variety and Seeds Gazette April 2005
March 05
DEFRA Electronic
Seeds and Plants (ESP) project - Progress report for 14 Dec 04
to 18 Mar 05 now available
DEFRA publishes
'Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2004'
Syngenta says it
sold some unapproved GMO corn in the US
UK: GM crop farm scale
evaluation results on winter oilseed rape published today
Environmental stewardship
launched in the United Kingdom: green farming for all
February 05
United Kingdom - DEFRA
Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette 2005
DEFRA introduces new
measures to protect against potato ring rot in the United Kingdom
January 05
DEFRA publishes January
2005 issue of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette
U.K. Department of
Agriculture (Defra) funds organic trial extension
December 04
U.K. DEFRA -
Electronic Seeds and Plants Project - Progress report - Sept-Dec
2004
Plant Varieties & Seeds Gazette -
December 2004 (PDF file)
UK Plant Variety Rights Office & Seeds
Division of Defra:
- Seed Certification
- Provision of official seals to the UK seed trade
November 04
Plant Varieties & Seeds Gazette - November 2004 (PDF file)
DEFRA to
publish more information on plant health risks
British government
unveils plans to exploit the commercial, scientific and environmental
potential of crops grown for manufacturing
October 04
Potato Ring Rot in the
UK: outcome of lesson learned exercise
Potato ring rot in the
United Kingdom: latest findings
U.K. Government reply to
EFRA Committee's GM Planting Regime report
September 04
DEFRA announces
cross-regional research programme to boost understanding of climate
change
Potato ring rot in the
United Kingdom: outcome of 'Lesson Learned" exercise
Climate change could
knock Chinese agriculture, study shows
Potato ring rot in the
U.K.: further update
New website provides
information on availability of organic seeds within the United Kingdom
August 04
UK potato ring rot update
Finding of potato ring rot
in Herefordshire, England
The organic farming plan
for England - two years on
July 04
Great Britain's
Horticultural Development Council to continue commissioning research and
development for the horticultural industry
U.K. Department for
Environment announces consultation plans on the co-existence of GM and
non-GM crops
June 04
British Ag
Department announces cereals and oilseeds levy rates
British seed
certification on-line system goes live
United Kingdom joins
world treaty to share vital plant resources
New British
government grants to benefit farming sector
Computer software helps
British farmers cut pollution and boost profits
DEFRA: amendments to two
consents on GM maize are no longer necessary
May 04
U.K. inspectors to
monitor ring rot risk in Polish potatoes
U.K. government
consults on new rules for exports of GMOs
New chair for the UK's
Home-Grown Cereals Authority
April 04
UK Ag Department announces
major boost for sustainable farming
March 04
UK government
launches guidance on tighter GM regulation
Consulting on GM
labelling and traceability legislation in the UK
New centres of
excellence for horticulture research in the UK
GM policy statement
by the U.K. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs
UK assesses a GM
maize variety as safe for processing and animal feed
ACRE
advice on a notification for marketing of hybrid maize (NK603 X
MON810) - Monsanto Europe S.A. - Ref C/GB/02/M3/3
January 04
UK Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Farm-scale
evaluation results: Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett welcomes
advice from statutory advisers
- Advice on the implications of the
farm-scale evaluations
United Kingdom assesses a
GM rice variety as safe for processing and animal feed
November 03
DEFRA extending its
precautionary action against potato ring rot'
First finding of potato
ring rot in the United Kingdom
Illegal residues on winter lettuce:
DEFRA
takes action
March 03
Intracellular Gene
Transposition Does Not Undermine The Containment Benefits of
Sequestering Trait Genes in Plastids
December 02
UK's Department for
Environment Food and Rural Affairs releases report on Monitoring
Large Scale Releases of Genetically Modified Crops
July 02
UK public to choose
issues for GM debate
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