Sustainability & Climate Change
Food production needs are expected to roughly double over the next 35 years as the world population grows and people in under developed countries become more affluent and demand more calories. Healthy ecosystems are vital to the survival of all organisms. How can we grow crops without harming the environment? How can we balance technology and global food security? What is the right balance of organic and conventional farming? What role can genetics and biotechnology play without compromising the needs of tomorrow?
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Vietnam likely to approve commercial growing of GM crops
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US and Brazil move into ‘final stages’ of approving GE trees for commercial growing
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Kenya ‘not ready’ for GM crops
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Most GMO label supporters don’t really support ‘right to know’
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Anti-GMO ‘paranoia’ hindering China’s progress towards food security
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MIT prof Nicholas Negroponte: GM food is ‘very important future’
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No shortage of food globally, but inequity in distribution
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Is producing more food to feed the world beside the point?
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First four GM corn varieties approved in Vietnam
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Organic foods loaded with pesticides, defying conventional wisdom
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Future ‘bleak’ for genetically identical Cavendish bananas
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Farmers ‘anxiously’ await decision on new herbicide and herbicide-resistant GM crops
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Vandana Shiva by Michael Specter: Demagogue or visionary?
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GMO labeling advocates ‘no more enlightened’ than anti-vaxxers
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GE can help address California’s drought
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Self-destructing GE fly could be effective pest control method
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Australia could ‘cripple’ export potential if GM is rejected, says U.S. professor
A leading expert in potato industry research says Australia’s export potential will be crippled unless farmers embrace genetic modification (GM) ...
Africa on GMOs: Scientific response to anti-technology NGOs
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Rise of GM crops in America over past decade
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