Crops & 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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GM cow designed to produce milk without an allergy-causing protein
A genetically modified cow whose milk lacks a substance that causes allergic reactions in people has been created by scientists ...
Generic biotech crops jeopardized by over-regulation
The Competitive Enterprise Institute released a new study finding that regulatory policy could inhibit the development of a generic market ...
Finding the common GM ground
I'm often asked why I don’t take a strong position on the GM debate – its either the best thing ...
Russia bans all GM corn imports; EU may also ban Monsanto GMO
Russia has now officially banned all imports of genetically modified corn, citing concerns from a recent study by French researchers ...
Mexicans protest against genetically modified corn
A theatrical protest in Mexico City against genetically modified corn. Scores of people took to the streets of the capital ...
Napiergrass: A potential biofuel crop?
A grass fed to cattle throughout much of the tropics may become a biofuel crop that helps the nation meet ...
Livestock genetics could be a valuable resource
Farm animal genetic resources are not only valued significantly for their current economic, environmental services social and cultural roles but ...
Farmers say Switzerland is not ready for GM crops
The farming community in Switzerland is not opposed in principle to genetically modified (GM) plants. But growing GM plants is ...
Australia: New joint initiative to promote biotech and GM in agriculture
A new industry group, the Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) has been formed to promote and encourage debate on ...
‘Semi-dwarf’ trees may enable a green revolution for some forest crops
The same "green revolution" concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billions of people around the world ...
Does the Seralini corn study fiasco mark a turning point in the debate over GM food?
Are anti-biotech campaigners the leftwing version of climate change deniers? The science media are finally confronting the distortions perpetrated by ...
Labelling law for GMOs in Thailand produce
In the U.S. over eighty per cent of the soybeans, corn, and canola grown in the U.S. are Genetically Modified ...
Genomics create opportunities for dairy farmers
The advent of genomics has certainly played a heavy role in today’s popular genetics. Screening for elite males and females ...
Storm over GM maize study worsens
THOSE who hoped the study would go away will be disappointed. Claims that eating genetically modified maize gives rats tumours ...
Turning point from the botched French maize study: GM opponents look like climate deniers
The highly controversial study by French scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini, who as we noted in last week’s update has a long ...
Europe’s GM food fears reignited over controversial GM study
A recent French study claiming rats fed genetically modified corn suffered tumours has reignited Europe’s fears over GM food. Despite ...
Poll finds California’s Prop. 37 is likely to pass
By more than a 2-to-1 margin, California voters favor an initiative to require food manufacturers and retailers to label fresh ...
Are GM foods safe? Opponents are skeptical
Are the emotionally charged, politicized discourse on GMOs mired in the kind of fever swamps that have polluted climate science ...
Report says ‘biotech crops help farm income rise $78 b’
A new research, conducted by the UK-based PG Economics Limited, has claimed that the use of biotech crops had resulted ...
Scientists uncover mechanism by which plants inherit epigenetic modifications
During embryonic development in humans and other mammals, sperm and egg cells are essentially wiped clean of chemical modifications to ...
New GM African cassava resists devastating viruses
Plant scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a new African cassava preferred by consumers and farmers that is resistant to ...
Scientists smell a rat in fraudulent genetic engineering study
Last week French microbiologist Gilles-Eric Séralini and several colleagues released the results of a long-term study in which rats were ...
UK: Modern genetics applied to 19th century potatoes
Researchers led by Professor Bruce Fitt, now at the University of Hertfordshire, have used modern DNA techniques on late nineteenth-century ...
Flawed GM corn study fallout: Russia suspends import of Monsanto corn
In what can only be described as a hysteria-driven reaction, the Russian government has "temporarily" suspended the import of a ...
New Zealand may reverse its stance on GMOs
The debate of whether New Zealand should grow genetically modified crops could be shifting away from the anti-GM stance the ...
GMOs and junk science: Pro-GM supporter questions latest study condemning GMOs
In some ways it’s remarkable that Rachel Carson is still controversial, as we’ve been reminded by this month’s 50th anniversary ...
American Medical Association reiterates support for GM technology
The American Medical Association (AMA) released a statement reiterating its position on genetically modified crops. It continues to recognize the ...
