gmo
Newly released GMO cowpea brings Nigeria closer to food security, local biotech experts say
In a statement by the Cowpea Manager of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Issoufou Kollo Abdourhamane, the approval [for ...
CRISPR-edited crops could go on sale in Japan before end of 2019
Food products produced using genome editing technology could go on sale in Japan by the end of the year despite ...
‘Mini-trade deal’ between US, China expected to ease Chinese restrictions on GMO crops
President Donald Trump has signed off on a mini-trade deal with China, four people familiar with the negotiations said on ...
Consumer skepticism of plant-based meat could slow Impossible Foods’ expansion into Asia
If the American fake-meat darlings Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have their way, chef Raymond Xie will soon be able ...
Bacterial DNA found in gene-edited dairy cow could slow development of more CRISPR animals
Many scientists and animal breeders are keenly interested in directly altering a portion of an organism’s genome to incorporate specific ...
European ‘Green Deal’ stripped of proposal to develop ‘innovative strategies,’ including gene editing
The Green Deal submitted [Dec. 11] left out two controversial passages to agriculture. The debate on genetic engineering and pesticide ...
Viewpoint: Science denialism threatens the potential of gene-edited crops
Undermining science that does not fit into one's intellectual or political framework is dangerous ...
Nigeria commercializes its first GMO food crop
Nigeria has reached a major food security milestone with the commercial release of insect-resistant cowpea — its first genetically modified ...
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 ...
Impossible Burger, Beyond Burger earn endorsement from anti-GMO Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity supports Beyond and Impossible burgers and other food innovations urgently needed to accelerate the shift ...
US GMO, CRISPR crop regulations could face major ‘overhaul’ in 2020
USDA officials are confident that a finalized proposal to overhaul the country’s regulatory framework for biotech crops can be achieved ...
Viewpoint: With Conservative sweep of the ‘Brexit election’, Boris Johnson poised to steer the UK out of ‘outdated’ EU GMO, CRISPR regulations
If the UK replaces the EU's overly cautious biotech rules with a pro-innovation scheme, it could become a true global ...
New Zealand mulls loosening strict biotech crop rules as GMO ryegrass shows promise in field trial
While New Zealand has not yet approved the release of genetically modified crops, its agricultural research agency’s principle scientist has ...
High yielding, gene-edited potato could help prevent future french fry shortages
Panic is setting in about a potential french fry shortage in the near future, due to a poor potato harvest ...
French seed firm strikes gene editing licensing deal, despite CRISPR’s uncertain future in EU
Despite the ongoing legal uncertainty over the future of new plant breeding innovation in Europe, US agricultural company Corteva Agriscience ...
Opportunity to develop disease-resistant crops ‘has never been greater,’ plant pathologists say
Approaches to manipulating disease resistance in plants is expanding exponentially due to advances in our understanding of plant defense mechanisms ...
‘Natural health’ and conspiracy sites exploit social media to fester opposition to GMO crops. Here’s a study about what can be done to stop it
The unsatisfactory answer to 'How do we control the spread of disinformation?" may be, "We don't know yet." ...
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 ...
Millennials turn to tech to solve African farming challenges
For generations our farmers were told that they will be the next richest people of the world, due to a ...
EU CRISPR-edited crop rules still unclear, a year after landmark court ruling
After the controversial European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in 2018 that organisms obtained by new plant breeding techniques (NBTs) ...
Viewpoint: USDA bioengineered food labels could clear up GMO confusion—if consumers educate themselves
In this day of ready-to-eat, highly processed food, it is understandable that consumers want to know what is in their ...
Viewpoint: Pest resistance to GMO crops is a real threat, but no reason to avoid biotechnology
Central to the criticism of genetically modified crops is the fear that weeds and pests may develop resistance .... The ...
European Union green lights imports of eight GMO crops
[Nov. 28], the [European] Commission authorized eight Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), all for food/feed uses (maize MZHG0JG, maize MON 89034 ...
South Australia’s leadership split over decision to lift GMO crop ban
The Opposition [Dec. 3] voted against Primary Industries Minister Tim Whetstone’s legislative bid to scrap the GM ban passed by ...
Blight-resistant GMO potatoes show promise in field trials
A genetically modified potato with improved tuber quality and resistance to the devastating disease late blight has progressed successfully through ...
3 German science institutes say CRISPR-edited plants not GMOs, call for new EU biotech crop rules
The EU science community continues to put pressure on regulators to reform Europe's genetic engineering law. On [Dece. 4] ...
Podcast: How activists and politicians derailed South Australia’s attempt to embrace GMO crops
Activists in Australia are manipulating politicians with fear and doubt to restrict farmer choice ...
