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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How Bt corn And Roundup ready soy work – And why they should not scare you
Last week I wrote about the anti-science campaign being waged by opponents of the use of genetically modified organisms in ...
Brazil and GMO trees
"Much of the research on GE trees in Brazil is focused on eucalyptus trees, which are being engineered for faster ...
Biofuel crops can bring invasive weed risk
One of the most popular biofuels crops is giant miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus). This fast-growing hybrid is unable to produce ...
GM-feed may harm animals’ reproduction
Russian scientists have proven the existence of very serious health risks for animals given genetically modified (GM) feed. This statement ...
Trouble on the horizon for GM crops?
Pests are adapting to genetically modified crops in unexpected ways, researchers have discovered. The findings underscore the importance of closely ...
GM crops not such a scourge after all
No matter where one stands on the Genetically-Modified (GM) food divide, a new study appearing in the journal Nature provides ...
Is adoption of Bt cotton an indicator of its success?
Very often, it is argued by biotech proponents and others that the very adoption of Bt cotton in India is ...
GM crops, organic food, & delicious irony
One of the hallmarks of the organic food movement is a wholesale rejection of much of the agricultural technology – ...
Agent Orange corn’ thrills farmers, worries critics
There is a controversy in the food industry over so-called “Agent Orange corn.” The genetically modified vegetable is protected from ...
GM crops, organic food, & delicious irony
One of the hallmarks of the organic food movement is a wholesale rejection of much of the agricultural technology – ...
GM crops, organic food, & delicious irony
One of the hallmarks of the organic food movement is a wholesale rejection of much of the agricultural technology – ...
GM crops, organic food, & delicious irony
One of the hallmarks of the organic food movement is a wholesale rejection of much of the agricultural technology – ...
Danish deal on GM crops fails
A Danish plan to break the deadlock in Europe over genetically modified crop cultivation has failed ...
Castor bean moving forward on new biodiesel crop opportunity
Center for Jatropha Promotion & Biodiesel (CJP) has been promoting the farming of castor bean, a seed producing plant that ...
India: ‘GM’ label on packaged food soon
Soon Indian consumers will have the opportunity to know whether the packaged food that they are buying contains genetically modified ...
GM crops, organic food, & delicious irony
One of the hallmarks of the organic food movement is a wholesale rejection of much of the agricultural technology – ...
GM has not delivered , says US AgResource head
GM has not delivered the yield benefits that were expected while higher seed costs eat into returns. "GM is a ...
Genetically modified crops encourage beneficial bugs
Environmentalists might one day run barefooted through insect-rich fields of genetically modified crops. At least, they might if the conclusions ...
Obligatory animal tests for GM food and feed totally unnecessary, says Eurogroup for Animals
At today’s meeting of the Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH), Eurogroup for Animals calls on the ...
GM crops ‘aid plant neighbours’
GM crops that make their own insecticide also deliver benefits for their conventional plant neighbours, a study in China has ...
India: States say no to trials, GM research in the doldrums
India's Genetically Modified (GM) crop growth story has been stalled with just four states allowing field trials. An eminent scientist ...
Scientists develop genetically modified cows that produce low-lactose milk
Scientists have unveiled a genetically modified cow whose milk they claim is healthier, triggering fresh alarm over the growth of ...
Parasitic plants ‘steal’ genes from their hosts
New research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genomics reveals that the Malaysian parasitic plant Rafflesia cantleyi, ...
Monsanto may lose GM soya royalties throughout Brazil
The biotechnology giant Monsanto is one step closer to losing billions of dollars in revenues from its genetically-modified (GM) Roundup ...
GM industry all wet about drought tolerant crops
How we deal with losses from drought-the single largest cause of crop loss-and the growing and unsustainable demand for clean ...
GM crops: Bring on the beneficial bugs
Chinese scientists have developed a new type of GM cotton engineered to make its own chemical protection against cotton pests ...
USDA completes benchmark corn genetics analysis
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have published the most comprehensive analysis to date of the corn ...
