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Viewpoint: How New Zealand’s biotech ‘science deniers’ hinder effort to fight climate change with GMO ryegrass
Methane abatement efforts are important. Let's get the reporting right ...
Bureaucracy hampers GMO Bt insect-resistant cotton approval in the Philippines, despite widespread demand from farmers
The delay in the approval of the propagation of genetically modified (GM) cotton is hampering the revival and revitalization of ...
Europe considers accelerated GMO import approval process to facilitate mini US trade deal
Brussels is ready to offer to speed up the approval process for genetically modified organisms imported into the EU, as ...
GMO blight-resistant potato expected to help over 300,000 farmers in Uganda cut pesticide use, boost yields
Stakeholders working within the potato sector in Uganda are confident about the wide adoption of a new bioengineered late blight ...
Fighting blight with GMO potatoes
Dr. Eric Magembe is committed to using the tools of genetic engineering to fight the devasating potato late blight disease ...
EU Food safety officials reject activist group Testbiotech’s challenge of glyphosate-tolerant GMO soy approval
Following a request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reviewed the scientific arguments raised by the ...
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 ...
Disney names GMO Impossible Burger its preferred plant-based meat, noting customers ‘have embraced’ vegan options
Disney and Impossible Foods, which makes plant-based meat designed to look, taste and cook like the real thing, have struck ...
Viewpoint: Europe missed the GMO revolution. Sensible regulation could ensure they don’t miss out on CRISPR gene editing
The EU needs to take politics out of the GM approval process ...
Viewpoint: We can sustainably feed 10 billion people. Here’s how CRISPR and GMO crops can help
If adopted widely, genetic engineering will bring us closer to meeting the EAT-Lancet dietary targets ...
African science literacy: Ugandan teachers are being trained in agricultural biotechnology
In a bid to popularize technology in local schools, the Uganda Biosciences Information Center (UBIC) has begun training teachers and ...
Viewpoint: Glyphosate causes kidney disease? Debunking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s herbicide junk science
Seeing Vandana Shiva hosted at the University of California made me embarrassed to be a UC parent, alum, and faculty ...
Biofortification from Golden Rice and other biotech crops could help cut $3.5 trillion lost annually to malnutrition
Over two billion people worldwide continue to suffer from hidden hunger, or the lack of essential micronutrients, which impairs the ...
Viewpoint: If Europe wants to be ‘carbon neutral,’ it needs to embrace biotechnology—GMO and CRISPR crops included
“A revolution is taking place in the knowledge base for life sciences and biotechnology, opening up new applications in healthcare, ...
Viewpoint: How the ‘green lobby’ has partnered with the fishing industry to keep sustainable GMO salmon off our plates for 25 years
What should one make of the following set of facts? A federal government, urged on by self-designated advocates for the ...
Viewpoint: French court ruling that already-approved mutagenized crops should be heavily restricted as GMOs reaffirms need to revamp Europe’s antiquated biotech regulations
This judgment raises serious and important questions ...
Following Golden Rice approval, Philippines poised to implement rules to accommodate GMO animals, CRISPR crops
The Philippines continues to be a regional biotechnology leader. Golden Rice (GR2E) field tests were harvested in October 2019 and ...
Drought-tolerant GMO wheat boosts yields up to 22% in field trials, while drought-tolerant soy could launch in 2020
During the latest harvest, drought-tolerant wheat yielded up to 22.1% more, according to tests conducted on 395 hectares, [the biotech ...
Transgenic GMOs will remain banned in Italy, agriculture minister says, but cisgenic gene editing could help sustain nation’s crop diversity
Italy’s agricultural minister Teresa Bellanova has expressed an interest in developing sustainable biotechnology, in the light of a milestone agreement ...
GMO cotton, corn have increased farmer incomes in Colombia more than $300 million since 2003
This study assesses the economic and environmental impacts that have arisen from the adoption and use of genetically modified (GM) ...
Scientists call for innovation in fight against destructive locust pests
Cautioning the current dependence on chemical pesticides is harming the environment, scientists are calling for innovation, including the use of ...
FDA defends CRISPR-edited animal rules likely to block most uses: Is the agency trying to avoid litigation from anti-GMO groups?
"How can the presence of one identifiable variant justify the costs and delays of mandatory FDA oversight?" ...
GMO ‘fusion protein’ technology could expand genetic diversity in food crops, increasing farm sustainability
For many years, the only way to improve characteristics such as yield and nutritional value of crops was through selective ...
French court rules sweet grapefruit, barley, wheat and 2500 crops, developed by mutagenizing seeds with toxic chemicals or gamma rays yet often sold as organic, are GMO, must be labeled and cultivation banned
Mutagenesis is a process where new strains of food and products are created using chemicals and radiation in the lab ...
Consumers who reject CRISPR fear that gene-edited crops cause allergies and only benefit food companies, survey shows
Recent gene editing technologies advances, such as CRISPR/Cas9, will continue to shape the future of agriculture and genetically engineered crops ...
Technology breeds sustainability on Brazilian family farm
As Brazilian farmer and attorney Henrique Gustavo Fiorese sees it, the future of agriculture depends on technology and sustainability.Though either ...
Viewpoint: Biotechnology could save our favorite banana. Will anti-GMO activists stand in the way?
Anti-GMO intimidation could plunge banana-producing communities into poverty ...