Paraguay Issues Full Approval of Oxitec's Friendly™ Fall Armyworm to Help Combat Growing Threat of Pest Pressure on Crops, Food Security

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Oxitec's Friendly™ fall armyworm has been fully approved by regulators for use in Paraguay to help protect economically important commodity crops.Oxitec's Friendly™ fall armyworm is a new, sustainable solution for one of the world's most devastating crop pests, and this approval makes Paraguay the second country to approve this critical new technology impacting major agricultural centres in Latin America and beyond.Deployment of Friendly™ fall armyworm offers unmatched protection to the durability of biotech crops against the threat of pest resistance, an increasingly urgent threat to food sustainability.View original content:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/paraguay-issues-full-approval-of-oxitecs-friendly-fall-armyworm-to-help-combat-growing-threat-of-pest-pressure-on-crops-food-security-302089434.html