International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Health officials urge Uganda to pass biosafety law granting consumer access to biofortified GMO crops
Representatives from the Ministry of Health, Uganda Medical Association, the National Drug Authority, and Uganda Pharmaceutical Society resolved that the government ...
Growing cotton in space could generate crop varieties with stronger fiber, better drought tolerance and disease resistance
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology teamed up with several partners in a series of research collaborations, grants, and projects. Their mission: ...
Biotech sugar substitute that improves gut health could be coming soon
Cuba's Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) announced it has developed a biotech sweetener that the country can sell ...
Once ‘misinformed and misled’ about GMOs, Ugandan farmers eager to grow disease-resistant cassava
Farmers from five districts in the West Nile region in North Western Uganda are upbeat about the prospect of growing ...
Video: Filipino farmers ‘clamor’ for access to GMO insect-resistant Bt eggplant
SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center (SEARCA BIC) releases The Bt Eggplant Story, a new video series that documents the development of Bt ...
Kenya GMO Bt insect-resistant cotton approval signals end to farmers’ misery, farm group tells president
Following Kenya's recent approval of GMO insect-resistant cotton, veteran maize and cotton farmer Daniel Magondu penned this letter to the ...
Gene editing could help make vertical farming a viable tool in the battle against global hunger
Dr. Huw Jones of Aberystwyth University stressed the importance of genetic engineering in the future of agriculture, saying that while ...
CRISPR gene editing yields corn resistant to widely used sulfonylurea herbicide, study shows
Researchers from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other institutions reported precise based editing of maize genes using CRISPR-Cas9, leading ...
CRISPR-edited crops reveal gene responsible for salt tolerance in rice
Scientists from China National Rice Research Institute reported that FLN2, a gene that encodes fructokinase-like protein2, influences sugar metabolism as ...
GMO cotton boosted farmer incomes $52 billion over 20 years, study finds
The area planted to biotech cotton in 2018 reached 24.9 million hectares, a 3% increase from 24.1 million hectares in ...
Kenya green lights GMO Bt cotton after successful 5-year field trial
The Kenyan Cabinet, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, has approved the commercial planting of Bt cotton after the 5-year field ...
CRISPR immunizes rice against multiple diseases, preserving crop yields and biodiversity
Scientists from China National Rice Research Institute used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit Semi-Dwarf1 (SD1) in elite Chinese rice varieties, which has ...
GMO plants produce antibiotic to fight off deadly bacterial infection—without harming environment
Scientists from the University of Glasgow have discovered a safe and novel method that can safeguard important crops from the ...
Barley leaf rust resistance genes may help plant breeders battle deadly crop disease
An international team led by researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has identified genes that ...
GMOs: fastest adopted crop technology in ‘history of modern agriculture’
Biotech crops are considered as the fastest adopted crop technology in the history of modern agriculture, according to ISAAA Pocket ...
Sequenced sugarcane genome aids development of high-yielding GMO crop varieties
An international group of researchers led by scientists from Brazil's Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo ...
Naturally drought-tolerant sorghum could help develop crops better suited to changing climate
A new study led by scientists from the University of California Berkeley reveals how sorghum plants control its genome - switching ...
India develops disease-resistant, drought-tolerant chickpeas in record time
Indian farmers may soon take hold of two new chickpea varieties with improved drought tolerance and disease resistance traits. The ...
Biofortified CRISPR-edited rice could help battle global vitamin A deficiency
Genome editing could be an alternative approach to improve the vitamin A content of crops, according to a study by ...
New gene-edited canola variety resists deadly disease, expected to drastically boost crop yields
Three new traits for canola, which can increase crop yields and reduce harmful environmental impacts, has been developed by Cibus, ...
DNA sequencing uncovers genes that could yield bigger, sweeter, crispier watermelon
Scientists from Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences took a comprehensive look at the genomes of 414 watermelons representing ...
GMO Golden Rice lauded as one of the most important research projects over the past 50 years
The Golden Rice humanitarian project has been recognized by Project Management Institute (PMI) as one of the Most Influential Projects ...
78% of soybean, 76% of cotton grown globally in 2018 were GMO, as farmers continued adopting biotech crops
The four major biotech crops — soybeans, maize, cotton, and canola — were the most adopted biotech crops by 26 ...
CRISPR crops, precision medicine could fuel 17.2% annual growth in North American gene-editing research
"The growth of the genome editing market is primarily attributed to the rise in the production of genetically modified crops ...
Newly identified protein could help safeguard plants against climate change
A team of scientists from the United States announced that they have identified the protein in plants responsible for its ...
United Nations FAO: 14 percent of food wasted before it reaches consumers
Around 14 percent of global food goes to waste after harvesting and before reaching the retail level, including through on-farm ...
Where’d pineapple come from? Study explores the evolution of an ever-popular tropical fruit
Researchers have now gained new insights on how human agriculture helped shape the evolution of pineapple. Led by University of ...
GMO wheat varieties boost crop yields 20-30% in field trial
Studies conducted at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) showed experimental genetically modified (GM) wheat lines [have] the potential to ...
