European Scientist
Signs of trouble ahead for organic dairy farmers
It’s an indisputable fact that organic farming is on the up, now more than ever. With sales of 8.2 billion ...
After Bayer-Monsanto merger, will ‘big ag’ invest in big data?
The merger has been a laboured one: in order to please regulators, Bayer had to sell its seed and herbicide ...
Can Elisabete Weiderpass reform controversial IARC cancer agency?
On Thursday 17th March, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (the IARC), appointed Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass as its new ...
Genetically modified plant could make cheaper malaria drugs. Will anti-GMO activists oppose it?
A team of mainly Chinese researchers [recently published] “The Genome of Artemisia annua Provides Insight into the Evolution of Asteraceae ...
Organic vs ‘biodynamic’ farming: What’s the difference?
These days biodynamic agriculture is often assumed to be a standard of excellence in agriculture or viticulture, although it widely ...
French scientists call on politicians to listen to science, not ‘scare-mongers’ on GMOs, glyphosate
Virginie Tournay, of CEVIPOF, a scientific research institute at the famous Science Po [Paris Institute of Political Studies] published the following article ...