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Another AI task: Addressing global hunger and food security
Producing what we need to eat puts an enormous burden on both the climate and the environment. Yet, at the same time, ...
What’s the best science-based method for promoting a sustainable global food system amidst biodiversity loss, rising populations and climate change?
Producing food is terrible for the environment. According to the online scientific publication Our World in Data, agriculture is responsible ...
Europe and Africa may take different stances on pesticides EU regulators have deemed harmful
Profenofos and cypermethrin, the active ingredients in the pesticide which Ugandan farmer Faustine Mugalula applies, have been banned within the ...
Germany’s organic food market is shrinking. Farmers blame outdated regulations
Some 35,000 farms in Germany are organically run. But they have been hit particularly hard by record inflation as a ...
Sri Lanka’s pro organic/no pesticide policy fiasco brings woes to country’s once-flourishing tea industry
With Sri Lanka in the throes of its worst ever economic crisis, its prosperous tea industry has taken a hit, ...
Ukraine crisis prompts Europe to rethink Green Deal Farm to Fork policy, move away from organics to achieve sustainability goals
According to the "Green Deal",with which the European Union wants to become climate-neutral by 2050, only half as many pesticides and ...
Livestock farming of the future: Climate friendly sheep and salmon that eat less and grow faster are in our future
Livestock production worldwide generates 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), including climate-wrecking methane, ...
Could CRISPR gene editing be a solution to antibiotic-resistant superbugs?
The fast rise in antibiotic resistance is one of the world's most concerning health issues. Antibiotic-resistant infections kill about 700,000 ...
Life is a genetic lottery — but that’s a far cry from saying our traits are determined or fixed
People are often uncomfortable or anxious about genetics. "They think genetics means our outcomes are determined and that it doesn't ...
Video: Did Sweden’s ‘no lockdown’ and ‘no mask’ strategy work?
Sweden’s approach to COVID-19 has been radically different from other countries in Europe — and much of the rest of ...
Next glyphosate fight? Colombian farmers challenge government plan to reinstate aerial coca crop spraying
Pedro Arenas is afraid that they'll take flight again. "I expect it could be within the next months," he says ...
Tractors block German roads as farmers ‘vent frustration’ over strict and ‘unnecessary’ limits on pesticides
Several hundred tractors blockaded roads across Germany on [Jan. 17] as farmers vented their frustration over environmental regulations. The vehicles ...
EU Court of Justice dismisses activist lawsuit challenging Monsanto GMO soy approval
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled on [September 12] that the authorization of genetically modified soy produced by ...
Bayer GMO seed factory expansion in Chile sparks outcry from environmental groups
"Fuera Bayer-Monsanto de Chile" (Bayer-Monsanto out of Chile) is written on the colorfully painted posters held by protesters on the ...
Court-mandated release of unpublished glyphosate studies could ‘reinvigorate’ EU’s Monsanto Roundup controversy
An EU court ruled [March 7] that European lawmakers must be given access to scientific studies examining the safety of ...
Agricultural innovation raises thorny ethical questions about overconsumption in the western world
Scientists at the Department of Agrobiotechnology research facility in the Vienna University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Tulln, ...
Viewpoint: Europe may miss CRISPR gene-editing revolution in agriculture, but that won’t stop its progress
Had gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 been exempt from the same stringent guidelines in place for conventional genetic technology, it would have ...
‘Laser weeding’: Can robots partially replace farm tractors, harvesters and even herbicides like glyphosate?
Professor Simon Blackmore, head of robotic agriculture at the UK's National Centre for Precision Farming at Harper Adams University in ...
NIH retiring chimps as test animals. What other animal testing reforms are in store?
Recent tests of car exhaust on monkeys have renewed the debate around animal testing. While researchers say eliminating animal testing ...
Biohackers forge ahead with independent, unregulated research
Alessandro [Volpato] isn't a hobby chef, nor is he chemist or an electrician. But he might be a mixture of ...
Milk without cows, eggs without chickens? Synthetic biology could lead to more sustainable food
[Editor's note: The following is a Q&A with Swedish bio-hacker Hannes Sjoblad.] Bio-hacking applies technology in innovative ways to modify biological systems ...
Anti-pesticide, anti-nuclear activist named France’s new environment minister
The new French president stunned businesses by appointing Nicolas Hulot, an anti-nuclear and anti-pesticide environmental activist, as the country's environmental ...
Sustainability activists fear agrochemical, seed company monopolies will damage food security
... In the global agriculture sector, there have long been seven international manufacturers of pesticides and seeds, the report says ...
Why laptop-sized DNA lab kit could revolutionize how children learn about genetics
The Bento Lab is more a general DNA analysis device....[Y]ou could use it to look at your own genome and ...
China announces plans to grow more varieties, increase acreage of GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China intends to plant ...
Are fears of CRISPR misuse warranted?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hundreds were present at ...
Can genetically modified crops end hunger in Africa?
The African Union declared 2014 the Year of Food Security. The plan is to eradicate hunger on the continent by ...
EU court annuls approval of paper-making Amflora GMO potato
Europe's second-highest court overturned a decision by the European Commission to allow the cultivation and sale of the Amflora genetically ...