Soybean yields in Africa are 50 per cent less than global average. A new GMO version could make up the difference — if approved

Soybean yields in Africa are 50 per cent less than global average. A new GMO version could make up the difference — if approved

Nelson Mandela Ogema | SciDev | 
According to a study published in Science [August 18], the researchers genetically modified three genes of soybeans by effectively upgrading photosynthesis – a ...
China gears up production of GMO soybeans in shift toward independence from Western imports

China gears up production of GMO soybeans in shift toward independence from Western imports

Genevieve Donnellon-May, Paul Teng | SciDev | 
China’s status as the world’s largest importer of soybean and corn for animal feed is expected to change once it ...
Which countries are most and least open to embracing a safe and effective COVID vaccine?

Which countries are most and least open to embracing a safe and effective COVID vaccine?

Washington Castilhos | SciDev | 
[A] study, which polled the opinions of over 13,000 people from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas and was published [October 20] ...
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Stubborn fall armyworm emerging as serious threat to African farms

Gilbert Nakweya | SciDev | 
The onset of the long rain season (March-June) in Kenya usually brings hope, especially to rural smallholder farmers who prepare their lands ...
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GMOs, genetically engineered animals can help fight climate change

Jayson Merkley | SciDev | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[C]onversations ...

Kenya approves GMO maize for field trials

Gilbert Nakweya | SciDev | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Kenya says more tests ...

Investors find GM cassava unattractive, despite potential benefits for farmers, society

SciDev | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genomics, an emergent technology dealing with ...

Genetic techniques yield nitrogen efficient maize, benefits for small Kenyan farms

Sam Otieno | SciDev | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nancy Shibona, a small-scale ...
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Friends of the Earth report blames Big Ag of forcing GMOs in Africa

Munyaradzi Makoni | SciDev | 
African governments must do more to control the planting of genetically modified (GM) crops that could affect smallholders, says a ...

Developing countries plant more GM crops than industrial countries

SciDev | 
The United States remains the leading grower of biotech crops in the world but developing countries are fast catching up ...

Indian government’s indecision on GMO trials stranding research in labs

Ranjit Devraj | SciDev | 
The government’s continued flip-flopping over field trials has disappointed Indian research scientists. Delhi University has spent 18 painstaking years developing ...

Africa losing opportunities to reduce poverty because of ‘dysfunctional’ GM debate

Aamna Modin | SciDev | 
Opportunities to enhance crop yields and reduce poverty in Africa are being lost because of a “polarised public debate” on ...

Why GM debates do not persuade public opinion

Kaz Janowski | SciDev | 
When, earlier this year, SciDev.Net decided to host a live online debate around genetically modified (GM) plants and animals, it was because we knew ...

Arguments against GM crops riddled with problems including vested interests and romanticizing hunger

Margaret Karembu | SciDev | 
The year 2013 marked the 18th consecutive year of commercial cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or now commonly referred to as ...

Mark Lynas: From anti-GMO activist to GMO advocate

Mark Lynas | SciDev | 
Just under 20 years ago, when the issue of GMOs was first hitting the news, I was a dedicated anti-biotech ...

When informed, Philippine farmers ‘keen’ on GM eggplant

SciDev | 
A study contends that 96 percent of Filipino farmers are willing to shift to a genetically modified eggplant and are willing to ...

Synthetic biology’s malaria promises could backfire

William Daniels | SciDev | 
In April, a consortium led by the global health NGO PATH — and comprising the University of California, Berkeley, synthetic ...

ETC Group, Canadian anti-GMO NGO, blasts agri business ‘cosy cartel’

Michelle Dobrovolny | SciDev | 
The increasing consolidation of global agribusiness is leaving the world's food production in the hands of a corporate "cartel", warns a new ...

Africa: Drought-tolerant maize ‘could be available by 2017’

SciDev | 
[NAIROBI] A drought-tolerant maize variety could be available to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2017, according to scientists working on ...

More critics up against Kenya’s GMO imports ban

SciDev | 
A senior US trade specialist has called on Kenya to lift its import ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) imports, saying it ...

GM rice delivers antibodies against deadly rotavirus

Michelle Dobrovolny | SciDev | 
A strain of rice genetically engineered to protect against diarrhoeal disease could offer a cost-effective way to protect children in ...

Panama expects benefits from world’s first GM salmon

Eva Aguilar | SciDev | 
The following is an excerpt. Panama's researchers have played a key role in creating a rapidly growing salmon that may ...

Kenya: GMO ban has no legal basis

George Achia | SciDev | 
[SciDev.Net]Nairobi -A senior Kenyan government official has dismissed last year's ban on the import of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into ...
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Wary development NGOs should reconsider biotechnology

Anita Makri, Nick Ishmael Perkins | SciDev | 
The world of science, technology and engineering might seem, for good reason, miles away from the day-to-day work of most ...

Use of GM cotton linked to rise in aphid numbers

Richa Malhotra | SciDev | 
The following is an excerpt. In an unexpected trade-off, the cultivation of cotton that has been genetically engineered to reduce caterpillar damage ...

Bioscience should underpin African agriculture, meeting hears

Mekonnen Teshome | SciDev | 
The following is an excerpt. Bioscience projects including ones that turn tannery waste into manure can improve crop productivity and food ...

Golden rice trial triggers sackings, investigation

Li Jiao | SciDev | 
Golden rice trial triggers sackings, investigationSciDev.NetThe study looked at 'golden rice' — a GM rice strain that contains higher levels ...

Kenya sending the wrong message about GM foods

Linda Nordling | SciDev | 
Kenya has bypassed its own biosafety watchdog in banning GM foods, which will stifle balanced debate of GM in Africa, ...
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