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Golden Rice faces ideological and technical hurdles
In south and southeast Asian nations such as India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, rice is the primary food source, ...
3 billion malnourished Asians ask Greenpeace: Why deny us vitamin enhanced rice?
Many GMO opponents are targeting the development of Golden Rice--a variation on the Asian staple enhanced with Vitamin A that ...
Two-faced anti-GMO groups: Block crop and food innovations then claim Big Ag prevents GMO innovations
Thailand appears poised to move ahead with growing test plots of a genetically modified papaya, modeled after the GMO Hawaiian papaya, ...
Agricultural science is back in fashion for college students: Here’s why
Michigan State University is reporting something this fall that hasn't been the case for 40 years: Agriculture is back, and ...
GLP interactive infographic: Which GMO experts should you trust?
Who are the most experienced, trained, independent and trustworthy scientists and commentators on the GMO debate? Anti-GMO advocacy groups promote ...
Greenpeace claims GM technology eclipsed by ‘safer’ genetic techniques, renews Golden Rice attack
Greenpeace is launching another offensive against Golden Rice, promoting organic-based agriculture as an alternative model and promoting alternative forms of ...
Apple commission worries about GMOs and export market as Greenpeace promises fight
Genetically-modified apples will be a “Pandora’s box” in marketing U.S. apples overseas, foreign representatives of the Washington Apple Commission say ...
Mutagenesis: One way Europeans wish it was 1936 again
Want to use ionizing radiation and mutagenic chemicals to create herbicide-resistant crops without the messy GMO protests? Mutagenesis is the ...
Bt brinjal poised to help farmers in Bengladesh, fears of critics fail to materialize
Any day now, a hundred Bangladeshi smallholder farmers will be planting their annual aubergine crop. But this year this select ...
In rejecting GMO shipments, is China more protective of health of its citizens than US?
Despite the exultation by some over seemingly anti-GMO policies coming from China, actions of Beijing are better understood as hardball ...
National Academy of Sciences releases videos of GMO panel presentations, schedules public webinar
The National Academy of Sciences' has posted videos of the presentations and discussions from the September 15-16 genetically engineered crop ...
Viewpoint: The dreaded ‘green blob’ is the most dire threat to bees
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. If neonicotinoid pesticides were ...
Anti-GMO critics dominate National Academy of Sciences crop biotech evaluation
The first two days of hearings on the latest round of scientific review for biotech crops and genetically engineered foods ...
GLP’s Jon Entine cautions National Academy of Sciences about views of anti-science NGOs
The GLP's executive director speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, which embarks on a comprehensive study of the “purported” ...
Greenpeace’s ‘crimes against humanity’ preventing release of biofortified GM foods
Vitamin A deficiency, according to the World Health Organisation, is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and is ...
Who is Vandana Shiva and why is she saying such awful things about GMOs?
Vandana Shiva's status as a celebrity anti-GMO activist is not in question, but virtually everything else about her, from her ...
China decides against renewing GM permits, raises questions about future for research
China’s Ministry of Agriculture has decided not to renew biosafety certificates that allowed research groups to grow genetically modified (GM) ...
Attack on European Commission chief scientific adviser’s position cause for alarm
Political ecologists like science… when it confirms their views. When it contradicts them, rather than changing their minds they often ...
Unapproved GM rice for sale discovered in Chinese supermarkets
An investigative report by China's state broadcaster Central China Television recently exposed the illegal sales of unapproved genetically modified rice ...
European ‘green groups’ block science reform over independent advisor backing of GE research
It is, perhaps, not the best of times for Greenpeace. Many of its supporters are angered at the revelation that ...
Reflecting internal rift, Indian government puts field trials for 15 GM crops on hold
The battle over testing of genetically modified crops in India took a new turn this week with the Bharatiya Janata ...
Anti-GMO groups seek to remove Europe’s chief scientific adviser
If you can't change the science, change the scientists. This is what nine groups opposed to genetically modified organisms want ...
Scientist sues publishing group and university over threat to retract Golden Rice study
A scientist claims in court that the American Society for Nutrition will defame her if it follows through on its ...
Wealthy foreign NGOs block GMOs in India, hinder progress to food security
Six foreign NGOs based in wealthy countries, many of which themselves permit such innovations, have thus far succeeded in blocking ...
Western Australian farmer hailed hero for resisting ‘bullying’ over GM ‘contamination’
Western Australian farmer Michael Baxter has been described as a modern day hero who should be hailed for resisting “the ...
Future of biofortified foods: Protests block advancement of super bananas and Golden Rice
Can biofortified crops really do any good in the world? Only if both sides of the biotech debate work together ...
India condemns Greenpeace, Vandana Shiva as ‘national security threats’
India's intelligence agency has targeted an adviser to Prince Charles and British activists in a campaign against Greenpeace and other ...
