Hungary Agricultural Biotechnology Annual Report 2013
Report Highlights:
In Hungary there is both a deep-seated social distrust of biotech crops and the belief that Hungarian farmers profit from being a leading ‘GMO-free’ supplier of food and feed to European markets. Hungary has constitutionally banned genetically engineered plants from its agricultural sector and has
recently amended its Act on Biotechnology. In 2011, non-transparent enforcement of new seed testing rules resulted in the destruction of corn fields and large fines for seed companies. In 2012 and 2013 prominent politicians again raised the specter of GMO contamination in crops.
