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New biotech crop-breeding technologies struggle for traction across much of Africa

Lominda Afedraru | 
"Multinational companies from the developed world don’t want any scientific progress going on in Africa," says Ugandan researcher ...
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Ugandan researchers look to biotechnology to bolster food production in the face of climate change

Lominda Afedraru | 
As the impact of climate change continues to grow worldwide, farmers are likely to face new challenges in the form ...
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Pentagon DARPA program targeting crop losses could turn insects into ‘easily weaponized’ biological army, critics claim

Joel Achenbach | 
The Pentagon is studying whether insects can be enlisted to combat crop loss during agricultural emergencies. The bugs would carry ...
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Opportunity lost: Has Uganda paid a price for not embracing GMOs, biotechnology?

Lominda Afedraru | 
It has been more than two decades since the commercial introduction of GMO crops. They have delivered a range of ...
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USDA reveals plans to regulate GM plants based on traits, not breeding method

Nina Fedoroff | 
USDA's Sid Abel and Doug McKalip just briefed me on the new regulatory framework that is shaping up for the ...
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Viewpoint: Nigeria must rely on science to find its way through the GMO debate

Abdullahi Tsanni | 
The global evolution in science has lead to the emergence and adoption of agricultural biotechnology in some parts of the ...
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CRISPR-edited seeds ‘personalized’ for individual farms could boost worldwide food production

Frank Vinluan | 
The seeds farmers plant in their fields can carry certain desirable traits, such as drought tolerance or pest resistance. Breeding ...
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Uganda’s scientists strive to use biotechnology to solve agricultural, health and environmental challenges

Lominda Afedraru | 
It is morning time, we are in a hotel based at the center of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, ...
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Agricultural biotechnologies that improved safety, yields, food security in developing nations

Marc Brazeau | 
This is the third in a three-part series making the case that the development of the biotech traits for insect ...
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Delving into the GMO traits that cut back pesticide impacts globally

Marc Brazeau | 
This is the second in a three-part series making the case that the development of the biotech traits for insect ...
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Let’s recognize Roundup Ready and Bt crops as major contributions to sustainable farming

Marc Brazeau | 
This is the first in a three-part series making the case that the development of biotech traits for insect resistance ...
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Viewpoint: Why the USDA decided not to over-regulate CRISPR crops—and what it means for agriculture’s future

Val Giddings | 
On 28 March, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that “USDA does not regulate or have any plans to regulate plants that could ...
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Viewpoint: Will the crop biotechnology revolution pass Nigeria by?

Abdulrazak Ibrahim | 
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating a new era, fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds. Breakthroughs in different fields ...
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How ‘open source’ seed producers from the US to India are changing global food production

Rachel Cernansky | 
Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds ...
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Why a global decline in genetic crop variety matters for the future of food

Karl Zimmerer | 
Preserving the genetic diversity of edible plants could help us develop new crop varieties, with useful traits such as drought ...
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Myth busting: Do farmers ‘drench, douse or slather’ crops in pesticides?

Steve Savage | 
One common belief about modern farming is that farmers use pesticides in excess on their crops. A plant scientist explains ...
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Talking Biotech: Soil-worm resistant GMO crops in Africa hindered by politics, public fears

IITA scientists: GMOs could help fend off nematode crop pests in Africa, but educating policymakers and public about the benefits ...
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Talking Biotech: TALEN gene editing to make more nutritious food crops

Dan Voytas, Kevin Folta | 
Calyxt's Dan Voytas: Using TALEN gene editing to create soybeans with healthier oil, high fiber wheat and canola with lower ...
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Viewpoint: Should US be subsidizing organic farming when label seems increasingly meaningless?

Julie Kelly | 
Congress is considering tripling the budget for the USDA's organics program. Should we be asking for more answers from regulators ...
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Creating ‘super wheat’: Genetic modification supercharges photosynthesis

Jonathan Dalzell | 
A growing global food demand is challenged by the problem of limited crop-growing space. Could GMO-edited wheat meet this need ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Blistering’ USDA organic report suggests ‘movement’ needs major reforms

Julie Kelly | 
The USDA report detailing poor oversight by the agency’s National Organic Program challenges the belief that consumers can trust organic ...
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When genetic engineering is the environmentally friendly choice

Paul Vincelli | 
The newest generation of genetically engineered crops, using CRISPR gene editing, can help farmers fight pests with only minimal changes ...
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20-year GMO report card: Biotech shrinks ag’s ecological impact, increased farm income $167 billion

Andrew Porterfield | 
Genetic modification has had a dramatic impact on crop production, agricultural sustainability and the economics of farming, in the 26 ...
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Farms are not like Eden: The case for aggressive human intervention in agriculture

Andrew McGuire | 
Farming is controlling nature for our own purposes. There is no utopian state. We should stop trying to restore, recover, ...
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Is the organic farming yield gap a sustainability gap too? New study argues for cooperation

Andrew Porterfield | 
Organic farming can't match conventional's yields. But if the acrimony could end, farmers now pitted against one another could crossbreed ...
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Anti-GMO Mexican activists target biotech researchers with bomb attacks

Andrew Porterfield | 
A new Mexican pro-GMO organization was the target of bombing attacks, suggesting an escalating level of aggression from GMO opponents ...
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