GM advances made easier with NSW moratorium lifted

John Ellicott
Updated March 2 2021 - 7:18pm, first published 2:00pm
Canola is one of several crops grown in NSW that has seen large benefits from GM techonology.
Canola is one of several crops grown in NSW that has seen large benefits from GM techonology.

In a bid to reduce investment uncertainty and to allow speedier delivery of advances in crop genetics that could yield $4.8 billion in bonus value to NSW ag, the NSW Government will lift a moratorium on new GM crops.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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