As part of the development of the briefing paper “EU GMO Policies, Sustainable Farming and Public Research” (2012) produced by public-sector scientists and farmers organisations, a survey was conducted among public research institutes active in agricultural biotechnology in Europe.
This survey resulted in a number of examples of public research slowed down, stopped or moved abroad, because of increasing regulatory hurdles and costs to prevent destruction of field research:
- Austria – Fruit trees and Grapevines – Virus Resistance
- Belgium – Poplars – altered wood composition
- Germany – Barley with fungal resistance- Justus-Liebig-University
- Germany – Biosafety research- Aachen University
- Germany – Peas – Insect and Fungal Resistance Leibniz University
- Germany – Petunia – transplastomic plants – Rostock
- Ireland – HT rapeseed
- Italy – Cucumber- Insect Resistance – DGM
- Romania – Plum – virus resistance
- Romania – Potato- Insect Resistance
- Switzerland – Wheat – Fungal Resistance
- Turkey – Sainfoin – Melon
- Turkey- Maize – insect resistance