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Moderated conference on GMOs in the pipeline, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum in 2012

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My name is Patricia Gadaleta. I am a biologist working as Senior Scientific Officer for the Biotechnology Directorate at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries from Argentina. I am involved mainly in the scientific evaluation of biosafety dossiers of genetically modified plants, animals and microorganisms. Other members of the Biotechnology Directorate are also participating in this conference.

We would like to address the issue of the conference by introducing what we anticipate to be Argentina´s GMO pipeline for the next years. Currently, we only have transgenic plants applications submitted for environmental risk/safety assessment intended for further application for commercial release. Applications on GM animals and microorganisms are sporadically submitted for confined and experimental release, but currently we do not have any active applications for these kinds of GM organisms for commercial release.

Regarding GM crops, we anticipate working on the safety assessment of GM soybean, maize, cotton, wheat, rice, potato and sugarcane, inter alia, carrying traits such as insect and virus resistance, tolerance to diverse herbicides, drought resistance, modified fatty acid profile, among others. Almost all these traits are submitted for assessment as individual events and also as stacked events obtained by conventional breeding. Some of these genetic modifications were developed by the private sector overseas, while others through public-private partnerships in Argentina.

Finally, we would like to thank the organizers for the opportunity to participate in this conference. We work at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, supporting the National Ag-Biosafety Commission (CONABIA) which is chaired by our Director of Biotechnology Martin Lema.

Dr. Patricia Gadaleta 
Biotechnology Directorate
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
Paseo Colón 922. Piso 2 Oficina 247.
C1063ACW - Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel.: 54-11-4349-2074
Fax:  54-11-4349-2178
E-mail: pgadal (at) minagri.gob.ar 

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