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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UN World Food Program Director: If we want to beat world hunger by 2030, we need ‘Big Ag’ and biotechnology
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Viewpoint: Climate-conscious diet? Tradeoffs are key as every way of eating has an environmental impact
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Podcast: BMI useless? Lab-grown meat a ‘pipe dream;’ Did early humans eat each other?
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Slaughter-free, climate-friendly cultured meat on the horizon
Imagine a way to produce meat without slaughtering animals. Instead of raising livestock on farms, Uma Valeti, a cardiologist, and ...
Taking as many as 209 million cars off the road: How genetically modified (GM) crops have reduced global agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions
Crop biotechnology has significantly reduced agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by helping farmers adopt more sustainable practices such as reduced ...
‘A holy grail for agriculture’? Genetic modification can increase oil production in soy, sunflower and peanut plants by up to 18%
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have successfully genetically modified a plant protein that is responsible for oil ...
Onslaught of droughts and war soften EU opposition to crop gene editing
When GMO technology first arrived in Europe in the 2000s it met fierce opposition in a region that prides itself ...
Genetically modified crops and sustainability: 25 years since their widespread introduction, yields are higher and the environmental footprint is smaller
Genetically modified (GM) crops have increased global food, feed and fiber production by nearly 1 billion tonnes (1 tonne equals ...
Here’s the background on India’s newly-approved high-yielding genetically modified mustard
The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India’s apex regulator of genetically modified plants and food products, has approved the environmental ...
Some Kenyans eager to embrace GM crops to fight escalating drought, but opposition remains
As Kenya prepares to commercialise genetically modified crops, there is resistance from some farmers and campaign groups, who question their ...
7 ways CRISPR gene editing could transform food
Here are some of the ways scientists are using CRISPR to create healthier, more appealing, and more resilient foods — ...
Podcast: How lab-grown fish can save Alaska’s threatened wild salmon stocks
Although wild salmon remains one of Alaska’s most lucrative seafood industries, it’s also one of the state’s most vulnerable, as ...
Are biotechnology and sustainability compatible in Africa?
Advancements in digital technology are beginning to reshape agriculture. The right combination of technology and processes allow farmers to apply ...
Could methane-burping cows one day become an unexpected part of the climate solution?
The concept of carbon neutral cows may seemingly conflict with the notion we must eat less meat and dairy to counter climate ...
Growing crops in space: International mission aims to develop plants that can adapt to climate change on Earth
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Viewpoint: ‘End of policy paralysis’ — India’s approval of genetically-modified mustard brings major economic benefits
Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11) is the first GM food crop to be approved in India. The only other crop that ...
Viewpoint: ‘Portugal, Spain, France and Italy are in the line of fire’ — How gene-edited crops could help address crippling droughts plaguing EU farmlands
While the worst of the summer drought has now passed, EU Commission researchers predict unusually warm and dry weather in ...
How a genetically-engineered enzyme could help recycle plastic waste and clean microplastics from the oceans
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Genetically-modified houseplant that can scrub the air? This startup may have a biological way to address pollution
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‘Agrivoltaics’: Crossover of farming and solar power could advance food security and synergize climate goals with farmer needs
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Viewpoint: ‘Activists and organizations spread lies about GMOs’ — Nobel laureate chides dogmatic political discourse, highlights decades of GMO’s safe use
Misinformation about science, especially genetically modified crops, need to be dispelled and they should be adopted as it is backed ...
Podcast: NYT attacks another scientist; How we got ‘GMO’ insulin; Why is gene therapy so costly?
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British Member of Parliament urges UK to embrace sustainable biotechnologies, ignore Europe’s ideological rejection of genetic modification
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Distant tomato relative the groundcherry: Genetic modification poised to rescue key orphan crop
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Viewpoint: Satellites, artificial intelligence and smart machines key to addressing agriculture’s sustainability and social challenges of the future
Migel Tissera, Co-Founder and CTOÂ of Metaspectral, says that technology has a significant role in improving agriculture sustainability ...
The case for GMOs in Africa
Biotechnological studies on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) offer various options for solving the continent's hunger, malnutrition, and food security challenges ...
‘Hybrid meat’: Will consumers embrace food made of both cultivated meat and plant-based protein?
In much the same way that hybrid vehicles acted as a bridge between the electric vehicle experimentation of the 1970s ...
