THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND COMPETITIVENESS

摘要

COPA represents the farmers of the European Union as they are organised in several farmers' organisations in the member states, COGECA is the representative body for the farmers' co-operatives in the member states. The two bodies have their secretariat in Brussels and organise many Committee that deal with agricultural issues. One of them is the Committee for 'Biotechnology, bio-energy and agricultural resources' that was established during the mid eighties of the last century, This naming of the Committee clearly indicates that biotechnology is interpreted as potentially instrumental to agriculture and processing industries in agriculture. Biotechnology can hardly be judged as such, pur sang, and it should not be judged in such a way.