All posts by Eoin Lettice

Eoin lectures in plant science and general biology at University College Cork, Ireland. He also maintains his own blog and is interested in science communication, education and promotion. His research involves the biological control of plant pests and pathogens.

Biotechs speak up on GM crops

Despite a largely negative response from EU agriculture ministers to proposals to allow individual countries make their own decisions on the cultivation of GM crops, it seems certain that the battle over GM will be won or lost in the hearts and minds of EU citizens. It is their opinions on GM which influence local and national policy, which in turn, feeds into the European debate. Read more [...]