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The public does not perceive differences between CRISPR crops and GMOs. That presents problems

Although Canadian regulatory bodies have established separate guidelines for GMOs and CRISPR crops, it remains unclear whether the public can ...
The future is now: China’s meandering research and legal path towards GMO and agricultural gene editing

The future is now: China’s meandering research and legal path towards GMO and agricultural gene editing

Over the past 30 years, China has made significant advances in GMO research and development, the importation and processing of GM ...
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Only 11 of 54 African countries grow genetically engineered crops. This study explains why and offers guidance on how to increase acceptance

Adoption of GM crops has been extremely slow in African countries; only eleven of the fifty-four have current approved their ...
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Climate change agriculture: GM crops, no-till farming and judicious use of glyphosate and other herbicides help address disruptions, Canadian study finds

Ever since the first commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops in the mid-1990s, researchers have considered the impact of these ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO arguments seem silly after 28 years of false narratives about health harms and and genetic contamination

Viewpoint: Anti-GMO arguments seem silly after 28 years of false narratives about health harms and and genetic contamination

Richard Goodman | GM Crops & Food |
Since the first genetically engineered or modified crops or organisms (GMO) were approved for commercial production in 1995, no new ...
Study addresses coverage of BPA and GMOs: How ideological interests skew interpretation of contested science

Study addresses coverage of BPA and GMOs: How ideological interests skew interpretation of contested science

When controversies develop around scientific facts or technologies, the potential of science to become a tool in plays of interests ...
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Viewpoint: How ‘fraudulent, poorly designed, and biased’ studies sow doubt about GMO, gene-edited crops

Research in crop science in recent years has advanced at an unprecedented rate, and the intermingling of old and new ...
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GMO glyphosate-tolerant soybean has ‘no adverse effects’ on male rat reproduction system

Zongyong Shi | GM Crops & Food |
Glyphosate tolerant soybeans represent a large portion of soybeans grown and fed to farm animals around the world. Despite their ...
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European Union’s process-based GMO regulations ‘defy scientific, economic, and common sense’

[Editor's note: John Davison, now retired, was the research director at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France. Klaus ...

Should GMO regulation be process-based or product-based?

Yvonne Stevens | GM Crops & Food |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The question of whether ...

Herbicide-tolerant crops still need diverse weed management

Graham Brookes | GM Crops & Food |
Crops that have been genetically modified (GM) to be tolerant to herbicides have been widely grown in the U.S. since ...