The Green Revolution

Land sparing or land sharing: How do we feed the world while protecting the environment?

Fred Pearce | 
It is one of the biggest questions in conservation: Should we be sharing our landscapes with nature by reviving small ...
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Edible vaccine may protect honey bees from deadly microbial infections

Kati Pohjanpalo | 
A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change, with ...
plants

Viewpoint: With reasonable regulation, we can turn wild plants into food with gene editing

Caitlin Curtis, James Hereward | 
The crops we rely on today have been bred over thousands of years to enhance certain characteristics. For example, sweetcorn ...
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GMO crops may help keep arsenic out of India’s food supply

An Indian scientist in the UK is working on a way to grow crops in arsenic contaminated soil, a study ...
Spotlight sustainable Agriculture

We need to produce 56 percent more calories by 2050—can we do it sustainably?

Brad Plumer | 
 If the world hopes to make meaningful progress on climate change, it won’t be enough for cars and factories to ...
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‘Switching off’ genes could speed efforts to breed disease-resistant plants

Researchers from [the French Agricultural Research Centre CIRAD] recently showed that inactivating a gene, RECQ4, leads to a three-fold increase ...
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GMO crops and herbicides: A ‘win-win’ for farmers and the environment, plant scientist Wayne Parrott says

Wayne Parrott | 
A fertile soil is a microbial wonderland .... a tiny ecosystem too small to see with our eyes. Yet, the ...
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Uganda’s young cassava farmers want access to GMO crops

Lominda Afedraru | 
Though Uganda’s Parliament passed a biosafety bill [the week of November 26], it remains unclear whether it will benefit a ...
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Climate change spurs research to develop heat-tolerant rice, wheat

Robert Sakai-Irvine | 
Wheat with DNA tweaked to beat the heat, and redesigned rice that can flourish in hot, dry conditions. Work is ...
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Controlling harmful soil microbes may be key to protecting biodiversity

An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants "live fast and die ...
GMO crops may be necessary to counter impacts of climate change, study shows

GMO crops may be necessary to counter impacts of climate change, study shows

Joan Conrow | 
New research suggests that the type of yield gains made possible by genetic engineering (GE) will be needed to offset ...
Corn Farmer

GMO corn doubles crop yields in Paraguay, report shows

Leonardo Gottems | 
The use of transgenic maize doubled the production of the cereal in Paraguay during two decades of variety planting. A ...
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There is a ‘broad scientific consensus’ on GMO crop safety, expert affirms

Emil Javier | 
Despite the long enunciated national policy of safe, responsible use of modern biotechnology, a few local government units in the ...
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Meat industry may back its cell-based competitors to gain foothold in health food market

Deena Shanker, Lydia Mulvany | 
According to Andrew Noyes, the head of communications for Just Inc., meat companies are discussing the possibility of helping cell-based meat ...
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Why are strawberries so big? The genetics behind ‘up-sizing’ fruits and vegetables

Celine Caseys | 
Once upon a time, there was a land where food was not guaranteed everyday. Children were searching woods to pick ...
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Whole Foods embraces slow-growing chickens: Why that’s not so environmentally sustainable

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
There is a movement, pushed by Whole Foods, to go back to slower-growing chickens. This is problematic from a sustainability ...
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Better livestock breeding could help bring Uganda’s farmers out of poverty

John Agaba | 
“Kafuuzi!” Grace Bwogi shouted. A black and grey goat turned in the caller’s direction before shifting her gaze and continuing ...
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Mapped British honey bee genome could help safeguard hives against infectious disease

Efforts to protect the UK's native honey bees could be helped by research that maps their entire genetic make-up. Experts ...
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‘Low to non-existent’ safety risks and higher yields support widespread adoption of GMO crops, researchers say

Carzoli et al. | 
The anticipated world population growth emphasizes a need to produce more food on less land. Cutting-edge technologies, including genetic engineering, can ...
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Onto the grill: But are consumers ready to embrace—and eat—lab-grown meat?

It’s been a busy summer for food-based biotech. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration made headlines when it approved the ...
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Genetic basis for fruit and vegetable shapes helps tell the story of plant evolution

Merritt Melancon | 
From elongated oblongs to near-perfect spheres, vegetables come in almost every size and shape. But what differentiates a fingerling potato ...
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Some wild bee populations are declining. What can we do about it?

Aristos Georgiou, Robert Gegear | 
In recent years, a significant amount of attention has been paid to the numerous threats that are facing the honeybee ...
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New biocontainment strategy could prevent spread of GMO microbes in the wild

Hiroshima University (HU) researchers successfully developed a biocontainment strategy for …. GMOs. Their new method prevents genetically modified cyanobacteria from ...
biodiversity

How crop biotechnology preserves and promotes biodiversity

Nkechi Isaac | 
Experts attending the [recent] United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Egypt say that adopting smart agronomic practices can play a significant ...
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Video: Space-inspired ‘speed breeding’ fast tracks improvements in food crops

Technology first used by NASA to grow plants extra-terrestrially is fast tracking improvements in a range of crops. Scientists at ...
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Vitamin-fortified Golden Rice moves one step closer to commercialization in the Philippines

A variety of Oryza sativa (rice) genetically engineered using recombinant DNA technology, Golden Rice contains beta carotene, an antioxidant which ...
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Talking Biotech: As demand for food rises, the world needs more plant scientists

Kevin Folta, Marcio Resende, Patricio Muñoz | 
The world needs plant scientists. Two experts explain how you can join the field ...
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