Romanian soybean farmers will have to cease production of genetically modified soybeans when the country enters the European Union.

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Of the total 130,000 hectares of land given over to soybean production in Romania, GM soybeans account for 87,500.


The Romanian Government did not request a derogation or transition period to give up GM soybeans during negotiations on agriculture with Brussels. Romanian farmers, a report in Rompres states, “have no choice but to hope for a change of view and in Brussels being more permissive to the biotechnological crops.”

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