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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Ukraine crisis prompts anti-GMO German farmers to consider embracing CRISPR gene edited crops
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Podcast: Do facts matter when we we make policy decisions about sustainable agriculture? That’s being tested as the public debate over the benefits of gene editing in food and farming ramps up
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Saving forests: How genetic engineering can play key role
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Creating self-fertilizing crops to help address climate change
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‘It will be hard to find a farmer left’: Sri Lanka’s organic-only experiment collapses harvest and economy
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Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology activists claim Western corporations ‘colonize’ the developing world. Here’s why they are wrong
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Biogas from human waste could be key to promoting African energy independence
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‘Eating is believing’: Nigerian public campaign promotes health benefits of pest-resistant GMO cowpea
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Meeting UN sustainability goals: Why gene editing is key
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Why climate change is forcing a rethink on the benefits of genetically engineered crops
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How global disagreements over DNA data might undermine preserving genetic diversity of animals and plants
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Nigeria begins national performance trials for GM maize
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’Neophobia’: Consumers like what gene editing has to offer, but are still afraid of new technologies. Survey suggests why we need more biotech education
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Less pesticides and more food? Pioneering Cuban biologist believes merging agroecology with genetic engineering could protect the environment and feed growing population
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Viewpoint: ‘What was already problematic before the war in Ukraine has become catastrophic’—Europe’s Farm-to-Fork agriculture policy would exacerbate global food crisis
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Climate-friendly synthetic meat and eggs on the menu in China’s 5-year food security independence plan
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Study: How do we reach ‘food security? Biotechnology is key
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Viewpoint: How Russian-Ukraine war and looming global food shortages underscore absurdity of Europe’s unsustainable ‘green’ Farm-to-Fork policy
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GMO microbes that eat pollution? How biotechnology can sustainably cleanse our water
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Positively disruptive technology: Argentina debates the mostly pros and few cons of genetically modified crops
Drought has hit the economies of South America and has ruinous consequences for agricultural production. A possible solution to such losses – ...
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Continued demand for non-GMO feed for livestock will increase greenhouse gas emissions on farms, and raise consumer prices for meat, ...
Viewpoint: ‘Pesticide choice should be about what works and what doesn’t’ — Challenging claims that organics are superior because they use ‘natural’ chemicals
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