"Turkey eyes EU funds for biotechnology project
Genetically-modified food on the table
25 August 2008 - Issue : 796
Turkey recently received the first round of proposals for new projects aimed at tapping a 188 million Euro fund allocated by the European Union for biotechnology projects under the Seventh Framework Programme, Zaman reported. The programme funded 12 Turkish partners who took part in 11 projects last year, national coordinator of the programme Okan Kara said, adding that those projects were supported with a total of one million Euro. The Special Cooperation Program includes fields supported by the programme, namely food, agriculture, fisheries and biotechnology."
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