International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Animal biotech could help tackle disease that costs Africa’s cattle farmers $1 billion annually
Animal biotechnology has been primed to contribute significantly towards addressing the challenge of food security, especially in the developing world ...
USDA approves first ever CRISPR-edited petunia
The research team led by professor Geung-Ju Lee of Chungnam National University and Toolgen announced that the new variety of ...
Edible plant-based vaccines could help quash infectious diseases in poor countries
Edible plant-based vaccines were developed to become part of the solution to address the possible hazards associated with the parenteral ...
Rainfed GMO insect-resistant Bt cotton in India cuts pesticide use 28 percent, study finds
Scientists from Alagappa University in India conducted a study to analyze the performance of insect resistant Bt cotton in rainfed areas. The results are published ...
GMO crops don’t cause infertility, systematic evidence review finds
A systematic review of published literature was conducted to determine genetically modified (GM) plants' potential impacts in infertility indices. Based ...
Top-10 myths about GMOs, pesticides and organic farming, according to biotechnology experts
Scientists who have conducted research on GM crops have attested to the safety of such crops and their contributions to ...
Scientists should consider public’s values when discussing GMOs, communication experts say
Scientists' inability to effectively engage with the public has partly contributed to public misunderstanding of gene technologies. This is according ...
Kenyan farmers could plant GMO insect-resistant Bt cotton by November, boosting $500 million textile industry
Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Ms. Betty Maina said farmers should expect to plant Bt cotton by November ...
132 research institutes press Europe to embrace CRISPR crops
The European Sustainable Agriculture through Genome Editing (EU-SAGE) network and its members from 132 European research institutes and associations urge ...
GMO ‘halo effect’: How biotech crops benefit farmers who don’t grow them
Agricultural Economist Graham Brookes of PG Economics is the latest featured expert in the ISAAA Webinar series. His talk focused ...
Filipino farmer: Growing GMO crops ‘changed my life completely’
Ryan Lising, a biotech corn farmer from Magalang, Pampanga said that planting biotech corn changed his life completely. Before planting ...
US GMO crop cultivation accelerates as farmers gain access to more biotech seeds
[Editor's note: GMO crops were widely adopted by US farmers after their initial approval in 1996. According to a new ...
GM insect-resistant, herbicide-tolerant corn poses no health risk, EU food safety officials say
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) has published the Scientific Opinion which reports ...
Genetic engineering could tackle crop growth barriers that promote hunger in developing nations
Using potatoes and cassava plants, along with other species such as tomato, rice, and cotton as models, [researchers have] identified ...
Infographic: Five GMOs account for 99 percent of the global biotech crop area
In 2018, a total of 70 countries adopted biotech crops — 26 countries planted and 44 additional countries imported. Of ...
Zambia poised to release two drought-tolerant, disease-resistant cowpea varieties
Zambia will soon welcome two new varieties of drought tolerant cowpeas that can produce up to 10 percent more yield ...
Gene editing among top ’emerging innovations’ needed to reach sustainable food system, 50 experts say
An international team of almost 50 experts identified 75 emerging innovations and 8 action points that can help speed up ...
Infographic: Philippines could boost crop yields 192%, cut pesticide use 48% with GMO insect-resistant eggplant
In the Philippines, eggplant farming is a major source of income for thousands of farmers in the eggplant-producing regions in ...
GMO herbicide-tolerant canola poses little risk to human health, EU Food Safety Authority finds
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) has published the Scientific Opinion on the ...
How GMO and CRISPR gene-edited plants are playing key roles in developing coronavirus vaccines and treatments
Questions about the origin of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) were raised, and some even speculated that the virus is a ...
Bolivia accelerates GMO crop approvals to bolster national food supply, export industries
Interim President Jeanine Añez of Bolivia issued a Supreme Decree authorizing the National Biosafety Committee to speed up the evaluation ...
Viewpoint: EU opposition to CRISPR crops threatens sustainable farming in developing world
Agricultural economist Dr. Matin Qaim of the University of Göttingen in Germany recommends that regulatory reforms and a more science-based ...
5 nations grow 174.5 million hectares of GMO crops annually—more than 90% of global total
High adoption of biotech crops continued in 2018 with 26 countries planting 191.7 million hectares worldwide. This area is an ...
Genetically engineered biofuels might be able to compete with gasoline ‘within reach’
Berkeley Laboratory scientists designed simulations to determine how much biofuel is needed for the whole bioproduct extraction process to be ...
Native Australian plant may help develop disease-resistant crops—and a COVID-19 vaccine
A team from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) spearheaded the genome sequencing of an ancient Australian plant years before ...
GMO and organic crops can coexist with minimal risk of contamination, multiple studies confirm
In 2020, the world accommodates nearly 7.8 billion people. By 2050, world population is expected to reach 9.8 billion. With ...
Local officials in Uganda want scientists to help counter nation’s influential anti-GMO activists
Local government officials from over 10 districts in Central Uganda warned scientists of biotech critics whose efforts they claimed were ...
Next-generation GMO crops poised to make major contributions to sustainable farming and medicine
Transgenic crops have been planted in different countries for over twenty years, starting from 1996. About 191.7 million hectares were planted ...
