With a few helpful tweaks to its regulations on crop biotechnology, the European Union could easily spawn an avalanche of...
Can agroecology coexist with modern agricultural technologies? What is the reason for the fight against genetically modified (GM) cowpea or...
Oxitec has begun taking its “Friendly” technology for controlling disease-transmitting mosquitoes without pesticides directly to the Brazilian public.
On a hypothetical culinary tour around the globe, sampling the classic dishes of the world, one would be hard pressed...
After demand for Nigeria’s genetically modified, pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea seed far outstripped supply, the public sector scientists who developed...
Scientists in Africa are calling on the continent’s leaders to enact policies and other laws that can facilitate adoption of...
In a win for smallholder farmers and public sector research, Brazil grocery stores are now selling a genetically modified bean...
Happy World CRISPR Day! Meet Nicholas Karavolias, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley in the Plant and...
The rains are long gone and the field is dry, but the sorghum crop is flush with luscious green leaves,...
After releasing coffee varieties resistant to wilt disease, Ugandan agricultural scientists have begun developing Robusta varieties that are drought-tolerant as...
Banning genetically modified crops and glyphosate will harm 40 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP), warned economist Fernando Cruz...
Nigeria continues to emerge as a leader in Africa’s adoption of crop biotechnology, approving insect-resistant and drought-tolerant TELA maize for...
Faced with weather extremes, food insecurity and a fast-growing population, there is growing acceptance in Uganda for adopting innovative biotechnologies...
More than 200,000 people have died of hunger since the much-heralded United Nations Food Systems Summit concluded nearly two weeks...
For decades, new technologies in agriculture have assisted farmers by making food production more efficient. Artificial fertilizers have raised productivity,...
Nigeria is witnessing a shortage of genetically modified cowpea seeds as farmer demand for the insect-resistant crop dramatically outstrips supply.
The United Nations Food Systems Summit’s Scientific Group has recognized gene editing as a key tool that can help transform...
Proposals to end world hunger that will emerge from today’s historic United Nations Food Systems Summit will only succeed if...
Gene editing continues to show great promise for developing more resilient and climate-smart crops to counter the mounting threat of...
Africa will be pushing for a rapid adoption of biotechnology as one tool to help transform the world’s food systems...
The World Food Program has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause one of the worst food crises since World...
Though the United Nations billed its Sept. 23 Food Systems Summit as an opportunity for “everyone …. to carve a...
Insect-resistant brinjal, or eggplant, is arguably the most impactful project to bring agricultural biotechnology to resource-poor farmers.
But to quantify the potential impact of such a shift, we saw a need for better tools to estimate emissions...
Growing up, my family spent summer weekends on the beaches of New York State. Riding in a car packed with...
Gene editing is a tool with unlimited potential to help reduce malnutrition globally, said Dr. Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the...
Call it protein on the fly, on the shuffle or on the crawl. Insects are the future of food, offering...
As farmer Ahiaba Sylvanus recalls, it never used to be necessary to spray maize, millet and guinea corn with pesticides...
Though several African countries, including Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia, are making tremendous strides in their quest to develop and commercialize
Ghana’s government says science — not fear mongering — will guide its decision on whether to approve its first genetically...
African scientists are using gene editing to improve major staple crops for increased productivity, enhanced nutrition and climate resilience.
South African scientists are urging governments across the continent to take concrete actions to enhance the acceptability and adoption of...
Western consumers tend to have a generally positive view about genome-edited foods, though their awareness of the technology remains low,...
Agricultural biotechnology is a crucial tool for transforming global food systems to meet the United Nation’s goal of ensuring zero...
As has been thoroughly reported, in early 2020 Mexico published a presidential decree to ban glyphosate and genetically modified (GM)...
Farmers in the Philippines have gotten the green light to grow Golden Rice, which has been genetically engineered to contain...
On Oct. 16, 2019, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres announced plans to organize an extraordinary global Food Systems Summit...
Zimbabwean farmer Sinikiwe Sibanda defines a successful harvest by how many bags of maize (corn) she gets from a hectare...
Still basking in the euphoria of commercializing sub-Saharan Africa’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop — insect-resistant cowpea —Nigeria has...
Filipino farmers, including low-income households, have benefitted economically from growing genetically modified (GM) corn, according to a new study.
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