Biotech soybeans in Romania: Loss of benefits since EU accession
By Graham Brookes, PG Economics Ltd, UK When Romania joined the European Union (EU) in 2007 and adopted EU policies, its farmers were no …
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GM Crops Provide $150 Billion in Global Benefits
Feeding an additional 2-5 billion people over the coming 30 years is going to challenge every single aspect of agriculture and food production. While some …
Starvation or GMO Food Aid, Which Would You Prefer?
Playing politics over reducing chronic malnutrition & food insecurity, it’s time this ends! Every year, somewhere in the world, drought is an agricultural problem. Some …
Withdraw Could be a Winning Solution for Developing Countries
In 2000, negotiators adopted the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The CPB was a supplementary agreement to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity coming …
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New Research Collection on Innovations in Agriculture and Food Genetically modified (GM) crops were first commercially available 18 years ago. Over this time, the technology …
Time for Environmental NGOs to Support Biotech
Environmental awareness is a growing issue for societies. The 2015 Paris Climate Conference highlighted the importance for national governments to take action on carbon and …
Seeking Plant Breeding Experts
Since the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2009 challenge on how to feed the world in 2050, there have been many forms of responses. There have …
Putting the Orange back in Orange Production: Citrus Greening
Novel biotechnologies might help stop plant bacteria from exterminating orange and other citrus production All around the globe orange production is being affected by Huanglongbing …
Improving Plant Variety Regulations
Can America and Canada’s Plant Regulatory Systems Become One System? Canada and the United States are each other’s largest trading partners. Of all the …
How GM papaya saved Hawaii’s papaya industry
The lush tropical islands of the Hawaiian chain are an ideal place to grow fruit. Climate conditions that provide in excess of 100 inches of …