Spain: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual
Spain is the EU-28 largest grower of Bt corn and it has traditionally defended a science-based approach to agricultural biotechnology. The Spanish poultry and livestock industries need to import grains and protein for feed so this need drives Spain’s open approach to cultivation and imports of genetically engineered crops. At this time, regulatory constraints at the EU level are creating uncertainty among the food and feed chain links as well as an unattractive investment environment for new plant breeding developments and field trials.
