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• AUS – ABCA convenes Canberra meeting

  16-09-2026 08:01 via abca.com.au
  15 September 2026The Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) convened at Parliament House in Canberra today, bringing together leading industry organisations from the farming, agricultural, biotechnology, and scientific sectors. The meeting provided a forum to address current and important issues related to biotechnology and Australian agriculture.Ensuring global food and nutritional security remains a significant challenge. Threats include climate variability, geopolitical uncert
  
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• USA – GM chestnut trees approved

  16-09-2026 07:54 via abca.com.au
  USDA approves genetically modified American chestnut tree developed at SUNY ESF
  Source: Syracuse.com – 05 September 2026After more than six years of review, the USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service determined that ESF’s blight-tolerant Darling 54 genetically modified chestnut is unlikely to pose a threat to other plants…Additional reviews need to be completed by the Environmental Protection Agency before American chestnuts can be distributed to individuals or used for
  
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• INT – GM crop adoption support yields and cultivation under climate change

  16-09-2026 07:52 via abca.com.au
  Source: Nature – 08 September 2026Climate change is altering agricultural production conditions by intensifying heat stress, precipitation extremes and pest pressures. One way of adapting to such changes involves development of plant varieties for increased resilience. Here we conduct a US national-level spatial analysis of the impacts of genetically engineered (GE) crop adoption over the past four decades to show that GE adoption is broadly associated with yield benefits. We sho
  
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