Agricultural Regs & Ethics
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 ...
Viewpoint: How to restore public trust and regulatory fairness in the face of aggressive, coordinated disinformation efforts by anti-technology environmental activists
During my lifetime, Western societies have enjoyed innovations that have immensely improved public health and the quality of life as ...
You can’t label it feta: Europe ignites food war with US, demanding that only cheeses produced in their origin region can use ‘historically trademarked’ names
The U.S. cheese industry in particular has chafed against the EU regulations, which protect almost 300 cheeses. To be called ...
Rwanda inches towards embracing GMO crops as part of long-term modernization plan
The Rwandan Parliament approved the relevance of a draft law governing biosafety, which aims to address the potential risks associated ...
Seed espionage and intellectual copyright: Is China covertly stealing US-developed genetically-engineered seeds?
Farmers in Iowa are accusing the Chinese state of stealing valuable seed samples from America, that have been genetically modified ...
Should University Agricultural Research Scientists Partner With Industry?
Studies show research on GE crops is not significantly influenced by conflicts of Interest. However, it is important to remain ...
Viewpoint: Anti-agrobiotech activists claim European farmers who support relaxing the EU’s de facto ban on cultivating GMO and gene-edited crops are dupes of Big Ag. Here are the facts
Staunch opponents of the agricultural biotechnology revolution spin a narrative that large agribusiness have strong-armed governments to approve genetically modified ...
Will US consumers ever get to taste gene-edited sirloin? It may depend on whether the FDA or USDA wins broiling regulatory turf war
The future of genetically modified bacon, steak and fish is at the center of a Washington food fight ...
Head of premier biotechnology research institute assures Kenyans genetically modified crops are safe, pose no danger to their health
I conducted some random research on the acceptability of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Kenya. I called some farmers I know ...
Africa faces the world’s largest food and hunger crisis. Why then are Africans so skeptical of genetically modified crops that could produce more and healthier food
Hunger and undernourishment are two elements of food insecurity that have plagued Africa for years. And the menace is growing ...
Austria opposes EU plan to deregulate crop gene editing after uproar from organic farmers
The European Commission's proposal to ease current restrictions on genetically modified crops has riled up EU organic farming leader Austria ...
Agricultural biosecurity: How can we keep food safe in a world of globally connected farms and pastures?
You’ve probably heard the word biosecurity referencing animal health, but many still ask what exactly is it? ...
Viewpoint: EU gene-editing regulations requiring traceability and labeling to ‘protect co-existence’ with organic crops could stop innovation in its tracks
Major new developments in gene editing are now taking place with increasing frequency, as the world looks to harness the ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s proposed Green Deal is a “disaster under current climatic conditions”
Is Europe sufficiently equipped to cope in terms of food security and supply in the event of sharp rises in ...
Viewpoint: Deception and dirty politics are behind targeting of PFAS
With allied epidemiologists placed inside the US Environmental Protection Agency, and scientists pushed to the side, environmentalists feel like they ...
