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Kenyan farmer ‘confused and disappointed’ by anti-science agenda at International Conference on Agroecology
The three-day first International Conference on Agroecology Transforming Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa, held recently at the Safari Park ...
Scientists recruit drones, GMOs and weed-killing robots to help farmers thrive as climate changes
In decades to come, African farmers may pool their money to buy small robot vehicles to weed their fields or ...
EU green lights imports of 10 GMO crops following comprehensive safety assessment
On [July 26], the Commission authorized ten genetically modified organisms (GMOs): seven for food and feed uses .... two renewed ...
Bayer faces expensive lawsuit in Brazil as more farmers challenge firm’s GMO soy patent
Germany’s Bayer AG, which completed the takeover of U.S.-based Monsanto [in 2018], has been dealt a legal blow in Brazil ...
Bipartisan congressional group urges FDA to develop ‘workable’ GMO, CRISPR-edited animal rules
More than 20 House Energy & Commerce Committee members sent a letter to acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless on [July 26] ...
UK may reject strict EU GMO rules, but nation’s farmers can’t grow biotech crops yet
British farmers could get the chance to plant genetically modified crops as part of Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans. The new ...
Nutritionist: You can’t buy GMO wheat—so don’t blame it for celiac disease
Amber Pankonin, a registered dietitian and an adjunct instructor in the science department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, places trust ...
New breeding techniques can boost food security in Africa, report finds
New breeding techniques can help Africa meet its food security and industrial needs while improving farmer livelihoods, according to a ...
Quest to reduce greenhouse gases needs modern farming techniques, including use of GMOs, not organics, research shows
Modern farming has "uncoupled" itself from greenhouse gas output -- using new technologies, including genetic engineering, to boost crop yields ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Time to ‘liberate’ UK farming from EU’s anti-GMO rules
In his first prime ministerial speech [July 24], Boris Johnson called for a “liberation” of the U.K.’s bioscience sector after ...
GMO Bt corn has ‘no impact’ on health of soil animals, two-year study finds
Scientists from Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences conducted a 2-year field trial and found that genetically engineered maize producing insecticidal ...
One year after EU decision to regulate CRISPR crops as GMOs, 120 research institutions call for updated plant breeding rules
Scientists from 120 European research institutions support an open statement [arguing] that crops created using gene-editing techniques should not be ...
Virus-resistant gene-edited tomato won’t be regulated as GMOs, USDA says
Gene-edited tomatoes that are resistant to common viruses can be introduced into the U.S. without coming under federal regulations for ...
Viewpoint: There will be no crop biotech revolution unless scientists, consumers learn to talk to each other
It is imperative that scientists bridge the gap and enable an open, global dialogue so that all are informed ...
Ugandan farmers clamor for access to GMO crops—a year after parliament passes biosafety bill
Almost a year since the passing of the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Act (GERA), farmers are still waiting on the commercialization ...
Short on time, US regulators scramble to streamline CRISPR-edited plant, animal rules
All three of the federal agencies charged with regulating bioengineered plants and animals are looking at ways of streamlining regulations ...
Kenyan scientists lobby for GMO Bt cotton approval to cut pesticide use
Mwea cotton farmers in Kirinyaga have expressed concern over the high cost of pesticides. They say they have to dig ...
Viewpoint: ‘Bombarding’ public with facts won’t end opposition to GMO crops
In a paper published early this year in Nature Human Behavior, scientists asked 500 Americans what they thought about foods ...
Natural GMOs: Parasitic plants steal host DNA to siphon off needed resources
Some parasitic plants steal genetic material from their host plants and use the stolen genes to more effectively siphon off ...
Kenya field trial shows Bt cotton boosts yields four-fold
“The results from the biotech cotton have demonstrated the potential that it has in transforming the textile industry in the ...
EU food-testing labs must track unapproved CRISPR crop imports—but there’s no easy way to do it
A landmark European court ruling that made gene-edited crops subject to the same stringent regulations as other genetically modified organisms ...
‘GMO is too simplistic’: Why industrial microbes need their own classification system
ASTM International is the global leader in voluntary technical standards. If you’ve ever worn a bicycle helmet, for example, you’ve ...
Why 3 countries planted GMO Bt cotton and got ‘wildly different results’
Three countries used the same tactic to fight the same pest on the same crop, but they had wildly different ...
African media urged to consider ‘national interest’ in reporting on GMOs
Journalists and scientists are urging African media to consider the “national interest” when reporting on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to ...
India’s anti-GMO activists claim biotech eggplant contains ‘poison’ in bid to end illegal crop cultivation
There is no scientific evidence to prove that genetically modified crops are unsafe, the Union Environment Ministry told [parliament on ...
Viewpoint: Non-browning Arctic apple rollout offers ‘template’ for ending GMO debate
“Everybody thinks, 'GMOs … consumers are all against that,' ” Neal Carter, president of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, was quoted on ...
Some farmers earn more money defending GMOs on YouTube than they do growing food
It’s a sign of the times when farmers make more money advocating for the industry on social media than actually ...
