Karin Dörgeloh, Ph.D.
Head of Stewardship for Seeds and Traits, BASF
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Karin Dörgeloh heads the Global Seeds and Traits function at BASF. Responsibilities include maintaining and strengthening the product genetic integrity of BASF’s seeds and traits to meet stakeholder and customer expectations.
Obtained a Master of Science in Entomology (cum laude), and holds a MBA certificate (Edinburgh Business School). After joining a predecessor company of Bayer in 1988 held various positions in Development, Regulatory, and Public & Government Affairs. In 2002 transferred to North Carolina, USA, to manage the Public, Government Affairs and Communication function in the US.
Career achievements include; Managing the Regulatory Affairs and Development group in South Africa for both crop protection and biotech products, playing a lead role in the Crop Life International industry initiative to setup a harmonized pesticide regulation system for Eastern and Southern African countries (SEARCH) and setting up the biotechnology industry organization in South Africa, AfricaBio. Currently board member of the Excellence Through Stewardship® organization in Washington DC.
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A: GM seed producers, such as Bayer, go through lengthy testing with regulators to prove the safety of their GM product for humans, animals and the environment before being authorized to sell such GM seed by regulatory agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration and/or U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since the first plantings of commercialized GM seed in 1996 (19 years ago), it has not been proven to cause harm. Growers are free to choose the seed they wish to purchase and grow based on preference, regulations, agronomic considerations, etc. If, for instanc [...]
A: While biotech crops have been planted for more than a decade on over four billion acres of land without causing any damage to biological diversity, the public continues to have questions about how they can be sure there are appropriate mechanisms in place to address the unlikely chance that these products could cause some kind of harm to the environment. The leading agricultural biotechnology provider companies — BASF, Bayers, Dow Agrosciences, DuPont, Monsanto and Syngenta — are addressing some of this concern by voluntarily offering a legally binding mechanism for seeking redres [...]
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