Egypt: Biotechnology and Other New Production Technologies Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   EG2023-0021
The planting of GE crops in Egypt is currently not authorized as there is no biosafety legal framework in place. The absence of a legal biosafety framework impedes field trials and commercialization of GE crops.

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