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[340]: 44 The Secretary of Agriculture convened an Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) to study coexistence and make recommendations about the issue. The members of AC21 included representatives of the biotechnology industry, the organic food industry, farming communities, the seed industry, food ...
Agricultural Stormwater Discharges: The EPA's authority to regulate CAFO waste that results in agricultural stormwater discharge was one of the "most controversial" aspects of the 2003 rule. [100] The issue centered on the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA), which provides for the regulation only of "point sources."
There are stakeholders outside of the government that are also interested in food and agriculture issues. These include national farm groups, commodity associations, state organizations, nutrition and public health officials, advocacy groups representing conservation, recreation, rural development, faith-based interests, local food systems, and ...
The issues posed by the EU’s GMO regulation have caused major problems in agriculture, politics, societies, status, and other fields. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] 12 The EU law regulates the development and use of GMOs by allocating responsibilities to different authorities, public and private, accompanied by limited recognition of public information ...
Issues relating to biofuel are social, economic, environmental and technical problems that may arise from biofuel production and use. Social and economic issues include the " food vs fuel " debate and the need to develop responsible policies and economic instruments to ensure sustainable biofuel production.
The Commissioner for Agriculture is a member of the European Commission.The post is currently held by Commissioner Christophe Hansen.The post is in charge of rural issues, including most notably the controversial Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which represents 44% of the EU budget.
Donald Trump has been making increasingly bizarre statements, such as calling Kamala Harris "retarded" and "a s--- vice president," and has been making false claims about climate change and ...
[3] Six French national academies (of Agriculture, Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, Technology and Veterinarians [57]) issued a joint statement – "an extremely rare event in French science" [58] – condemning the study and the journal that published it. [57] The joint statement dismissed the study as 'a scientific non-event'. [58]