Biotechnology and North American Specialty Crops:Linking Research, Regulation, and Stakeholders

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Hardy, Ralph W.F.
Abstract
This summary captures the status and key guidance issues that emerged from NABC 25, hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Research for researchers, government regulators and industry representatives.The discussion covered: the dearth of biotechnology specialty food crops; opportunities for crop improvement and human-food and -health benefits; Case studies of products in development; the regulatory process and technology-access barriers; and strategies for commercialization of specialty food crops in the United States and Canada.
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The issues of research, regulation and introduction of agricultural specialty crops are completely different from those of major crops. At NABC 25 speakers from all areas of this issue presented.
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2014
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NABC
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Agricultural biotechnology; speacialty food crops; government regulation; technology access barriers
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CC BY-NC-ND
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