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Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

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Constitutional legal framework on transgenics

09/07/2025 Go to Evidence

Article 15 of the Ecuadorian Constitution prohibits the use of genetically modified seeds due to health and environmental risks (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

El artículo 15 de la Constitución ecuatoriana prohíbe el uso de semillas genéticamente modificadas por riesgos a la salud y ambiente (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

Redacción El Universo (9 de julio, 2025)

Tag: Genetic_Editing
Country: Ecuador
Sector: Agrobiotechnology
Area: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Instrument: Regulations, standards and legal frameworks
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions
Result: Improved public policy formulation and implementation

Measures for benefit sharing of genetic resources

31/12/2022 Go to Evidence

68 countries had at least one measure to ensure the fair sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, according to the Nagoya Protocol, by the end of 2021 (FAO, 2022).

FAO,2022

FAO, 2022.Seguimiento del progreso en los indicadores de los ODS relacionados con la alimentación y la agricultura 2022. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1785-seguimiento-del-progreso-en-los-indicadores-de-los-ods-relacionados-con-la-alimentacion-y-la-agricultura-2022

Tag: Genetic_Editing
Country: World (aggregate)
Area: Bioeconomy