Top news of the week: 01.02.2022.
Food And Agriculture
China pushes ahead with GMO crops to safeguard food security
As China moves to expand production of genetically modified crops, it’s taking steps to counter pockets of GMO opposition that have stymied adoption of the
Viewpoint: Canada poised to join expanding number of countries endorsing crop gene editing. That’s encouraging — but global reform remains elusive
Gene editing, which allows precise edits to the genome, has been widely used for a variety of applications in laboratories worldwide since its discovery a decade ago. It has tremendous ...
‘Eating is believing’: How Nigerian consumers are taking to new GMO cowpeas
"I've tasted the akara GMO," All Farmers Association of Nigeria Chairman Otunba Oke Babafemi exclaimed at the inaugural Eating is Believing event held
World Tour: ACSH Makes The Case For GMOs In The UK
It's time for the UK to embrace the benefits of crop biotechnology to boost its farm sector. I make the case in a recent report for the Adam Smith Institute.
Viewpoint: How European activists’ opposition to cutting edge crop technologies undermines global sustainability efforts
Well-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) — both in the EU and the U.S. — regularly pour millions of dollars into lobbying African nations into
Industrial Biotech Start-up Cemvita Factory Opens Biofoundry in Denver Focused on Sustainable Mining, adding Scientists, Engineers, and Innovators.
DENVER, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cemvita Factory ("Cemvita"), the leading provider of low-carbon biotech and synthetic biology solutions for energy and mining industries, …
Post-doc in multiplex genome engineering of the maize yield related genes
Description Feeding the growing world population under changing climate conditions poses an unprecedented challenge on global agriculture and our current pace to breed new high-yielding ...
Biotechnology is boosting yields of high-protein African yam bean
African scientists are using the tools of biotechnology to boost the climate-resiliency and yields of the high-protein African yam bean. Scientists at the International Institute of ...