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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Study demonstrates net environmental benefit of GM crops
Touting the environmental friendliness of insect-resistant, GM crops — demonstrated in a new study on Bt corn -- may be a ...
With 2000+ global studies affirming safety, GM foods among most analyzed subjects in science
Anti-GMO activists can no longer claim that there is no independent research of GMOs. There are now more than 2,000 ...
Trade barriers fan GMO misconceptions in Africa
Monsanto attracts quite a bit of criticism for its transgenic crops and seeds, more commonly referred to as Genetically Modified Organisms, ...
Fear over light-up plants exaggerated and unnecessary
“What if someone decides it would be cute to light up a national forest?” asked Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at ...
20 points of broad scientific consensus on GE crops
Just as many on the political right discount the broad scientific consensus that human activities contribute to global warning, many progressive ...
EU’s anti-GMO stance reflects food security politics, not health concerns
Many people mistakenly believe that the EU bans GMOs because of safety concerns, but really the ban has more to ...
Campaign to make Cyprus a GMO-free zone
A campaign was launched by environment commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou yesterday to declare Cyprus as a country free from genetically modified organisms (GMO) ...
Kauai County Council to consider diluted bill pertaining to pesticide, GMO rules
A hotly debated proposed ordinance pertaining to pesticide use and farming of genetically modified crops on the Garden Isle will ...
How the ‘Poison Potato’ impacted the GMO debate
The Lenape potato, first bred for potato chip production, has played a big role in shaping the USDA policy towards ...
Oregon moves to bar counties from blocking GMOS
Environmental groups and local food activists are livid that a provision they believe would allow more genetically modified organisms to ...
All GM foods are not created equal
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe is a podcast that I enjoy every week. This week, the panel discussed the ...
Tanzania farmers should have the freedom to choose to embrace technology
Tanzania farmers, whose knowledge on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is very limited, should not be forced to embrace it, but ...
Angola succeeds in application of biotechnology in agriculture
Angola is recording significant progress in actions related to the application of plant biotechnology in the agricultural sector, in the ...
Philippines: GMO research has support
One of the country’s leading scientist-educators recently lauded the strong support given by the academic and science communities to researches on agricultural ...
Despite continuing opposition, Monsanto will not stop opposing GMO labeling efforts
Two decades after Robert T. Fraley pioneered Monsanto’s first genetically engineered crops, the public debate about the technology still rages ...
Conspiracy theorists are more likely to distrust vaccines, GMOs
If you believe in one conspiracy theory, like that the NASA moon landing was fake, you're likely to hold anti-scientific ...
Hits and misses in Boston Review’s GMO debate
Reasoned, refereed exchanges about GMOs between opposing factions are rare. So when I saw that the Boston Review had manufactured that kind ...
The GMO debate is a distraction from larger issues like water shortages and climate change
More than 150 people gathered in the Hardin Hall auditorium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the first of the ...
Commentary: Biotechnology could encourage outside investment into Africa
Knowledge about genetically modified organisms or genetically engineered crops is extremely small by African farmers, but their acceptance of GMOs ...
Adopting biotechnology to save cassava crops in Tanzania
In a recent interview with Nyinondi Philbert, a leader in Tanzanian agriculture, an IPP Media reporter learns about the important ...
Biotechnology continues to change the face of Canada’s canola industry
Maurice Delage says he only needs to look at his canola crop for proof of how biotechnology has helped his ...
In GMO ads, both sides make mostly false claims about I-522 costs
Dueling TV ads now airing about Initiative 522 — the statewide ballot measure to require labeling of some genetically engineered ...
Video: The evolution of biotechnology in the Philippines
Since biotech corn was commercialized in the Philippines in late 2002, its adoption has increased consistently every year. The benefits ...
Disease cutting corn yields, some speculate GM connection
ALTON, Iowa — It has come on like a tidal wave, washing across the Corn Belt from Minnesota to the ...
‘Unethical’ not to use GM crops in countries facing famine
Europe’s chief scientific adviser has claimed it is “unethical” not to use genetically modified crops in developing countries facing famine ...
Bangladesh: Court clears way for final approval of Bt eggplant
The High Court on Monday rejected the two writ petitions that challenged a government decision to release genetically modified (GM) ...
Philippines: Court invokes precautionary principle, halts Bt eggplant trials
MANILA, Philippines – The Court of Appeals on Thursday, September 26, affirmed its earlier ruling banning field trials of genetically-modified ...
