Inter Press Service
‘This seed is ours’: Cuba poised to grow locally developed, insect-resistant GM corn to mitigate effects of climate change
Between 2014 and 2018, Cuba imported 700,000 tons of corn per year, more than 1,500 million dollars in imported food, ...
Viewpoint: Drought-tolerant crops could help Africa prevent $372 billion in lost crop yields
Drought, a period of inadequate rain or no rainfall, is the main cause of crop yield loss in Africa, ultimately ...
CRISPR crops focused on sustainable farming could soften African resistance to genetic engineering
[Nteranya Sanginga is director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.] The role of genetic engineering in agriculture and ...
Filipino farmers petition government to deny golden rice approval
Jon Sarmiento, a farmer in the Cavite province in southern Manila, plants a variety of fruits and vegetables, but his ...
Synthetic biology may place huge burden on small farmers, environment
The global value of the synthetic biology market reached 1.6 billion dollars in 2011and it will further grow to 10.8 ...
US and Brazil move into ‘final stages’ of approving GE trees for commercial growing
The U.S. and Brazilian governments are moving into the final stages of weighing approval for the commercialisation of genetically engineered ...
Anti-GMO activist campaign slams biofortified GM crops, claims biodiversity ‘far better’
Attempts to genetically modify food staples, such as crops and cattle, to increase their nutritional value and overall performance have ...
Mexican farmers reject GM beans
Bean grower Manuel Alvarado is part of the majority of producers in Mexico who consider it unnecessary to introduce genetically ...