Agriculture & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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By engaging with public, farmers can combat myths about GMOs, conventional farming
To be frank, production agriculture does not do a good job of communicating to consumers. . . . This lack ...
Are Greenpeace, anti-GMO activists to blame for golden rice’s delay?
What is missing in the [the recent Nobel laureates' letter accusing Greenpeace of a "crime against humanity" for opposing genetically modified (GMO) golden rice] ...
War in Europe—Battle over glyphosate
The battle over glyphosate rages on in Europe, creating a lot of question marks over whether the popular herbicide will ...
Neonicotinoids pose little risk to bees in ‘real world settings’ study says
While neonicotinoid pesticides can harm honey bees, a new study by Washington State University researchers shows that the substances pose ...
India’s environment minister claims ‘natural farming always better’ than GMOs
Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave has stuck a note of caution over using genetically modified crops, saying one particular scientific ...
Can organic farming feed 20 billion people? Yes, no, say opposing experts
"Organic farming can help to both feed the world and preserve wildland. . . .[R]esearchers modeled 500 food production scenarios to see ...
GMO vs. non-GMO: How farmers decide which crops to grow
. . . . Choosing different varieties of corn or soybeans, some with and some without GM traits is one of ...
Kenya to begin testing GMO maize, commercialization expected by 2018
The performance-testing of GM maize will start in October in Kitale. This comes after the National Biosafety Authority early this year ...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tentatively stands up for GMOs
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on [Aug 11] rolled out a food labeling program for produce and other agricultural products that are made ...
Connecticut senator plans to introduce bill to repeal GMO labeling law
A new federal law on labeling of foods containing GMOs — genetically modified organisms — is "fundamentally anti-consumer" and needs ...
Organic farming can never feed the world
Organic food has become the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. food industry. . . . Buying it makes us feel like we’re ...
Organic farming key to feeding the world
Organic agriculture occupies only 1% of global agricultural land, making it a relatively untapped resource for one of the greatest ...
Why tomatoes taste bad, how biotech could revolutionize a ‘lost’ fruit—and why you may never eat one
Supermarket tomatoes have a sorry reputation for looking great but tasting like cardboard. Short of growing only heirloom tomatoes, the ...
Ontario’s honeybees flourishing but not because of neonicotinoid restrictions
This year in Ontario, [honey bee] losses were below 18 per cent during the moderate winter. . . . Bee health ...
Facing feed shortage, Brazil moves to allow import of GMO corn from U.S.
A lower than anticipated domestic corn supply is forcing prices up, putting pressure on the pork and poultry sectors, and forcing ...
New Zealand’s EPA finds glyphosate ‘unlikely to be carcinogenic’
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) commissioned Dr Wayne Temple, a toxicologist and former Director of the New Zealand National Poisons ...
USDA set to approve GMO, non-browning Fuji apple
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to approve a new “non-browning” variety of Fuji apple after concluding it does not ...
Nigeria’s biotech agency says anti-GMO activists circulating unscientific propaganda
Nigerians have been asked to stop seeking sensitive information especially on genetically modified organisms from unscientific quarters. Dr Rufus Ebegba, Director ...
Why has agricultural reform dropped off the Democratic agenda?
Why did the issue of agricultural reform slide off the national stage . . .? The ultimate answer . ...
China’s Agricultural Ministry rejects proposal for ‘non-GMO soy-only’ cultivation zones
China's agricultural authority announced [August 9] that it has rejected the national legislature's proposal to set aside special zones for the ...
GMO seeds not yet sold in Ghana but products are
Seed traders are allaying fears of presence of Genetically Modified Organism planting materials are already on the local market. "There ...
Are bees in peril from neonicotinoids? Farmer evidence challenges doomsayers
Will farmers be allowed to use safe effective neonic seed treatments or will hysterical and erroneous reports of bee deaths ...
Costs to develop GMO potato comparable to conventional varieties
A recent study published in the International Journal of Biotechnology demystifies the belief that releasing a GM crop costs tens, if not hundreds, of ...
China aims to commercially produce GMO soybeans in next 5 years
China will push for the commercialisation of genetically modified soya beans over the next five years as it seeks to ...
Vermont’s short-lived GMO law cost state $2 million, retailers $5 million
Vermont's first-in-the-nation GMO labeling law lasted all of three weeks, but now a new federal law voids Vermont state regulations ...
Video: Bangladeshi GMO eggplant farmer disputes activist claims of failed crop
Mohammad Hafizur Rahman, a farmer. . . north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, gave an on-camera interview to the BBC's Panorama ...
Wisconsin farmer explains why she grows GMOs
. . . [W]e make our livelihood growing soybeans, field corn and wheat. All of these crops are grown using ...
