December 22, 2025

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Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Environment notifies draft amendment to biosafety regulations

December 19, 2025

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Sri Lanka - Biotechnology and other new production technologies, annual report

December 18, 2025

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Malaysia - Biotechnology and other new production technologies, annual report

December 1, 2025

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India’s policy shift toward genome-edited crops (Drishti IAS)

India accelerates genome-edited (GE) crops with relaxed regulations, CRISPR tools, and major funding—marking a shift from stalled GM crop adoption (Vajiram & Ravi)

From gene modification to genome editing – India’s journey (The Indian Express)

November 28, 2025

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Philippine regulators work on refining risk assessment report on GM plant and plant products

November 17, 2025

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Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act (Rural Voice)

November 13, 2025

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Sanatech Seed's genome-edited high-GABA tomato completes Singapore Food Agency (SFA) process

November 12, 2025

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China passed revised regulations on the protection of new plant varieties and recent cases updates on test method (CMS Law-Now)

November 10, 2025

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Proceedings of the 157th Meeting of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee held on 10.10.2025

November 7, 2025

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Australia - Simplified harvest declaration process on the way

November 3, 2025

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China warns of growing foreign espionage in seed, grain sector (Reuters)

October 14, 2025

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Australian OGTR - Notification of decision on application DIR 216 from Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd (Bayer) for the commercial release of a genetically modified cotton 

October 1, 2025

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New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - The Plant Variety Rights Journal, October 2025, is now available

September 18, 2025

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PlantArcBio secures U.S. and South Korea patents for Dipper platform, advancing gene-editing optimization in crops

September 17, 2025

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China boosts crop breeding & tightens seed variety management (Far Eastern Agriculture)

September 16, 2025

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China pushes for stronger crop breeding innovation, stricter variety management (AgTech Navigator)

September 8, 2025

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Australian OGTR - DIR 218 - Commercial release of tomato genetically modified for purple fruit colour

September 4, 2025

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The institutional responses to new plant variety protection in China in the context of Big Data (Frontiers)

August 19, 2025

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Purple tomatoes: New Zealand regulatory review (Tomato News)

August 12, 2025

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Canada - Canola industry statement on China’s preliminary ruling on Canadian canola seed imports

New Zealand - Horticultural sector braced for serious plant variety rights fees threat (Farmers Weekly)

August 5, 2025

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Australia and New Zealand - Food ministers support FSANZ decisions

August 4, 2025

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Happening Tuesday, August 5: Webinar Series on Farmers’ and Breeders’ Rights in the Philippines, 2nd session

July 30, 2025

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) - Call for comment on a GM purple tomato

July 25, 2025

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India - Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) grants approval to conduct confined field trials of maize, cotton, and pigeon pea

China - Revised measures for quarantine administration of imported plant propagation materials notified

July 21, 2025

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Happening Tuesday, July 22: Webinar Series on Farmers’ and Breeders’ Rights in India

July 18, 2025

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Australian )GTR - DIR 216 - Commercial release of cotton genetically modified for insect resistance and herbicide tolerance (Bollgard 3 ThryvOn cotton with XtendFlex® Technology)