France to retain temporary ban on GM crops

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Publish time: 17th September, 2012      Source: www.cnchemicals.com
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September 17, 2012

   

   

France to retain temporary ban on GM crops

   

   

   

Dealing a blow to farmers and seed companies who say the move is economically harmful, France is to maintain a temporary ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops.

   

   

Speaking at a two-day environmental conference in Paris, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Saturday (Sep 18) that he would also ban crop dusting in French agriculture, or use of aircraft to spray pesticides over broad areas of land.

   

   

He also said he would launch a call for tenders by the end of December for two off-shore wind farms, one off France's Atlantic coast near the island of Noirmoutier, and another in the English Channel, off the coast of Treport in Normandy.