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‘Agriculture catches blame for climate change’: Here’s 3 ways innovation can transform farming challenges into solutions
As climate change intensifies, the conversation around two of the most significant contributors — energy and transportation — has shifted ...
Flipping the script: Gates Foundation funds ‘farmer-centric’ approach to developing next-generation agricultural technologies in the developing world
Across the world, agricultural scientists are starting to work backward. For years, they’ve seen how improved crop varieties — which ...
Viewpoint: Optimizing seeds — Hybrid and CRISPR gene editing technology key to addressing climate-induced food insecurity
In recent years, public investment into developing hardier crops that can withstand higher temperatures, water stress, and pests has flatlined. In countries ...
Viewpoint: With Africa embracing genetically modified crops, efforts should expand to include small-scale farmers
How can next-generation GM projects produce crops that work better for smallholder farmers? One immediate change is greater transparency. Most ...
How gene editing livestock protects farmers from climate change
In temperate regions such as Europe, cows are able to lose excess heat to the environment, as certain cattle breeds ...
Why worldwide HIV funding is taking a nosedive
As the novel coronavirus continues to squeeze government budgets, experts note there are more questions and uncertainties on the future ...
What the ‘Big Six’ agricultural biotech companies think about the GMO debate
Smack at the center of the debate over genetically modified organisms and their role in developing countries are large corporations. Bayer, BASF, Dow ...
Developing countries slowly embrace GMO crops to fight food insecurity, climate change
Developing countries are slowly increasing approved legislation and opening the door to research and commercialization of GMO crops. As these countries ...
Gates Foundation, other development donors turn to GMO crops for humanitarian projects
Despite ongoing opposition from some activists to genetically modified organisms, a number of development donors are investigating and funding research ...
Why Greenpeace opposes GMOs: It’s a ‘corporate takeover of our food system’
Large corporations producing genetically modified seeds dominate the debate, with activists questioning their motives and whether they have the ability ...
Can ‘public good’ GMOs change the conversation?
Today, as technology is becoming more accessible and less expensive, smaller labs and researchers are able to produce GMOs at ...
Insect-resistant Bt GMO eggplant helps Bangladesh farmers increase income, reduce pesticide use
[Editor's note: Deb Carstoiu is managing director of plant biotech communications at CropLife International.] The eggplant, known in Asia as brinjal, ...
African scientists developing GMO sorghum with higher levels of vitamin A to tackle childhood blindness
Up to half a million children around the world are going blind every year due to a lack of Vitamin ...
How will agriculture industry mergers, China’s GMO policies affect small farms?
How will the mega-mergers of Dow Chemicals and Dupont, Bayer and Monsanto and Syngenta and China National Chemical Corp. — ...
Biofortifying crops for better nutrition helps improve health of poorest
When I started my career as an economist 30 years ago, I had no idea that I would eventually work ...
