Indonesia: MOA Issues Regulation on Genetically Engineered Crops - Paving Way for Commercial Cultivation

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The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has released Regulation No. 50/2020, which for the first time provides post-monitoring guidelines for the commercial cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops in Indonesia. Issuance of the monitoring guidelines has been sixteen years in the making, following Indonesia’s initial establishment of a regulatory framework for GE crops in 2005.

Indonesia: MOA Issues Regulation on Genetically Engineered Crops - Paving Way for Commercial Cultivation

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