Agricultural Regs & Ethics
German Liberals break from Green Party, advocate for anti-biotechnology policy rethink as coalition totters
The Greens, a partner in Germany’s three-party coalition, must tear down internal walls to overcome the tug-of-war over genetic engineering ...
‘It’s now a jungle’: Take a look at what happened after an English seaside town banned glyphosate
Brighton has become the perfect example of how quickly nature reclaims the street if weeds are left unchecked ...
Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — The UK needs to reevaluate farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals
It is 12 months since I highlighted the scientific evidence pointing to the urgent need to take forward a land sparing ...
Another GMO approval: Philippines approves commercial growing of Bt insect resistant cotton
The Philippine Bureau of Plant Industry issued a Biosafety Permit for the Commercial Propagation of Bt cotton (GFM cry1A) developed by the Philippine ...
Viewpoint: ‘California’s plan to choose politics over science on pesticides will dump millions more tons of carbon and threaten food security’
Pesticides undergo a rigorous evaluation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It takes an average of more than 11 ...
America needs food: Why do presidential debates ignore agricultural policy?
Much of the presidential debates involve rehashing points of the last two presidential terms. Gun rights, immigration, and the conduct ...
Viewpoint: Half of America admits they don’t know much about GMOs. That’s a problem
Do you know what genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are? Could you explain it clearly to a twelve-year-old? If your answer ...
GLP podcast and video: Hawaii’s wildfires explained; Why more young people are getting cancer; Aspartame hysteria could boost sugar intake
Invasive grasses are the key to unraveling the cause of Hawaii's devastating wildfires, according to a local expert examining the ...
Viewpoint: Growing gene-edited food in Europe still faces long delay despite recent reform recommendations
The European Commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union, recently announced that it intends to loosen rules ...
Should GMO labels be required on meat from animals fed genetically-modified feed?
The Consumer Council, Coop Norge, the Norwegian Rural Women's Association and the Norwegian Nature Conservation Association demand in The Nation ...
Viewpoint: Why hyped ‘dangers of glyphosate’ is not a story in Slovenia
Plant protection products are a perennial bone of contention between environmentalists and farmers ...
Kenya looks to GMO cotton to jumpstart textile industry
Kenya recently said it will leverage adoption of Bt cotton to revitalise the textile and apparel industry. The government is ...
Activist protests may delay India’s GMO mustard ban defreeze
If the Supreme Court does not accede to the government's request made on [August 22] for a defreeze on field ...
Countries from Global South urged to harmonize regulatory frameworks on biotechnology
Global South countries have been told to harmonize their regulatory approaches for biotechnology and new breeding techniques. Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) chief executive, ...
Canada backs US concerns that Mexico’s proposed American corn ban violates North American trade pact
Canada will back the United States in a trade row with Mexico over genetically modified corn, its trade minister announced ...
US-Mexico dispute over genetically engineered corn set for arbitration — and GE rejectionists advocate for new Gilles-Éric Séralini safety study
The U.S. Trade Representative announced August 17 the creation of a dispute settlement panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in response ...
Cost of GMO bans: Global crop assessment finds GMO restrictions limit food production to ⅓ of potential, with poorer countries hit hardest
How costly are GM bans? To find out, we calculate by how much yields would have been higher in 2019 ...
Viewpoint: ‘China’s principal objective is to exploit Africa’s fertile plains in order to feed its massive population’
Ever since its maturing economy stopped producing the explosive GDP growth numbers that dazzled the world, China has been on the ...
Genetically-modified crops poised to revolutionize sustainable farming in Nigeria
One of Nigeria’s standout accomplishments is the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops, a significant milestone that has garnered attention ...
Viewpoint: From ‘Save the Whales’ to ‘Let Children Go Blind’ — Greenpeace’s descent into science rejectionism
From the early days of Greenpeace when its members were dodging harpoons and Japanese whalers in outboard motor boats – ...
Viewpoint: Collapse of Sri Lankan organic-only farming experiment remains warning about putting ideology ahead of science and common sense
Having put an end to a bloody guerrilla war that had been dragging on for three decades, Sri Lanka had ...
Potential glyphosate ban: Calculating economic consequences if Europe’s most widely used pesticide is banned
Glyphosate is the most widely used pesticide in Europe. However, due to its potential effects on human health, its renewal ...
Viewpoint: ‘USDA successfully brought Big Ag aboard in the fight against climate change. Now they have to prove it will work’
The strategy of paying large incentives to farmers so they adopt climate-friendly farming methods won over large swaths of big ...
GLP Podcast/Video: Cell phones and cancer; Do you need a COVID booster? The case for/against eating bugs
There's no evidence that cell phone use causes brain cancer, so why do so many people, some scientists included, believe ...
Closing gap between potential and acheivable productivity: India needs to be open to genetic tinkering and other enhancement technologies
Though India has achieved food security with the production of food grains reaching 330 MT, the demand for coarse cereals, ...
Viewpoint: Scotland’s Green Party leads an “obstinate and visionless” opposition to sustainable gene edited crops while UK and Europe edge towards embracing agricultural science
In recent months, the pace of global policy developments in relation to gene editing has often been hard to keep ...
Kenyan scientists dismiss claims by anti-biotechnology activists that GMOs can make men grow breasts
Veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho, who spoke on behalf of the media fraternity, observed that a constant narrative blames the Kenyan ...
