International Nordic-Baltic GMOs workshop „Knowledge gaps in GMOs risk assessment”

International Nordic-Baltic GMOs workshop „Knowledge gaps in GMOs risk assessment” was held 15th and 16th of November in Kaunas. The workshop topics covered the current situation and legislation news from each country, GMOs risk assessment and knowledge gaps, new techniques, knowledge gaps in safety of glyphosate and glyphosate resistant crops, other current topics in the field of GMOs, as well as visit to laboratories in plant biotechnology of Lithuanian Research Center of Agriculture and Foresty.

 

Nordic-Baltic workshops are organized every year in different Nordic and Baltic countries since 2006. Their goal is to strengthen cooperation between the countries on biosafety issues, the development of GMOs for the institutions responsible for the management of mutual contacts and exchanges of information on the situation in each country.