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Viewpoint: How New Zealand’s biotech ‘science deniers’ hinder effort to fight climate change with GMO ryegrass

Colin Parker |
Methane abatement efforts are important. Let's get the reporting right ...
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Bureaucracy hampers GMO Bt insect-resistant cotton approval in the Philippines, despite widespread demand from farmers

Jasper Arcalas |
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

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 ...
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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 ...
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Fighting blight with GMO potatoes

Verenardo Meeme |
Dr. Eric Magembe is committed to using the tools of genetic engineering to fight the devasating potato late blight disease ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Disney names GMO Impossible Burger its preferred plant-based meat, noting customers ‘have embraced’ vegan options

Danielle Wiener-Bronner |
Disney and Impossible Foods, which makes plant-based meat designed to look, taste and cook like the real thing, have struck ...
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Viewpoint: We can sustainably feed 10 billion people. Here’s how CRISPR and GMO crops can help

Rupesh Paudyal |
If adopted widely, genetic engineering will bring us closer to meeting the EAT-Lancet dietary targets ...
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African science literacy: Ugandan teachers are being trained in agricultural biotechnology

Christopher Bendana |
In a bid to popularize technology in local schools, the Uganda Biosciences Information Center (UBIC) has begun training teachers and ...
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Viewpoint: Glyphosate causes kidney disease? Debunking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s herbicide junk science

Alison Van Eenennaam |
Seeing Vandana Shiva hosted at the University of California made me embarrassed to be a UC parent, alum, and faculty ...
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Biofortification from Golden Rice and other biotech crops could help cut $3.5 trillion lost annually to malnutrition

Ajay Kohli, Joanna Dupont-Inglis |
Over two billion people worldwide continue to suffer from hidden hunger, or the lack of essential micronutrients, which impairs the ...
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Viewpoint: If Europe wants to be ‘carbon neutral,’ it needs to embrace biotechnology—GMO and CRISPR crops included

Joanna Dupont-Inglis |
“A revolution is taking place in the knowledge base for life sciences and biotechnology, opening up new applications in healthcare, ...
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Viewpoint: How the ‘green lobby’ has partnered with the fishing industry to keep sustainable GMO salmon off our plates for 25 years

Mitch Daniels |
What should one make of the following set of facts? A federal government, urged on by self-designated advocates for the ...
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Following Golden Rice approval, Philippines poised to implement rules to accommodate GMO animals, CRISPR crops

Perfecto Corpuz |
The Philippines continues to be a regional biotechnology leader. Golden Rice (GR2E) field tests were harvested in October 2019 and ...
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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 ...
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Transgenic GMOs will remain banned in Italy, agriculture minister says, but cisgenic gene editing could help sustain nation’s crop diversity

Angelo di Mambro |
Italy’s agricultural minister Teresa Bellanova has expressed an interest in developing sustainable biotechnology, in the light of a milestone agreement ...
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GMO cotton, corn have increased farmer incomes in Colombia more than $300 million since 2003

Graham Brookes |
This study assesses the economic and environmental impacts that have arisen from the adoption and use of genetically modified (GM) ...
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Scientists call for innovation in fight against destructive locust pests

Joseph Gakpo |
Cautioning the current dependence on chemical pesticides is harming the environment, scientists are calling for innovation, including the use of ...
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FDA defends CRISPR-edited animal rules likely to block most uses: Is the agency trying to avoid litigation from anti-GMO groups?

Cameron English |
"How can the presence of one identifiable variant justify the costs and delays of mandatory FDA oversight?" ...
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GMO ‘fusion protein’ technology could expand genetic diversity in food crops, increasing farm sustainability

Laura Cowen |
For many years, the only way to improve characteristics such as yield and nutritional value of crops was through selective ...
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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 ...
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Consumers who reject CRISPR fear that gene-edited crops cause allergies and only benefit food companies, survey shows

Kathleen Rose |
Recent gene editing technologies advances, such as CRISPR/Cas9, will continue to shape the future of agriculture and genetically engineered crops ...
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Technology breeds sustainability on Brazilian family farm

Joan Conrow |
As Brazilian farmer and attorney Henrique Gustavo Fiorese sees it, the future of agriculture depends on technology and sustainability.Though either ...
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Viewpoint: Biotechnology could save our favorite banana. Will anti-GMO activists stand in the way?

Steve Savage |
Anti-GMO intimidation could plunge banana-producing communities into poverty ...