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Biotech Food & Agriculture Essentials publishes only the best Biotech news and links, carefully hand-picked and curated by top biotech experts.

Top news of the week: 05.02.2023.

2022 Year in Review

2022 Year in Review

CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.

How CRISPR could help save crops from devastation caused by pests

How CRISPR could help save crops from devastation caused by pests

Gene editing insects could help reduce reliance on pesticides—and help protect billion-dollar industries.

Black History Month 2023: Black trailblazers in science and society you should know

Black History Month 2023: Black trailblazers in science and society you should know

This Black History Month 2023, we honor Black and African American scientists who have made important contributions to science history.

Note to Correspondents: Stage set in Italy to take stock on progress towards the transformation of food systems across world at critical half-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030

Note to Correspondents: Stage set in Italy to take stock on progress towards the transformation of food systems across world at critical half-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030

The high-level meeting will serve as the first global follow-up to the 2021 Food Systems Summit, where more than 50,000 people, including 77 Heads of State and Government, from …

After a decade, CRISPR gene editing is a 'revolution in progress.' What does the future hold?

After a decade, CRISPR gene editing is a 'revolution in progress.' What does the future hold?

Over the next decade, scientists predict CRISPR will yield multiple medical treatments and be used to modify crops.

Cow Burps Have a Big Climate Impact. Solving That is Harder than You'd Think

Cow Burps Have a Big Climate Impact. Solving That is Harder than You'd Think

There's so much we don't know about cutting methane emissions from cows, writes Joseph W. McFadden.

Origin of crops

Origin of crops

Where our food crops come from

Food giants at risk of ‘greenwashing’ over regenerative agricultural practices: report warns

Food giants at risk of ‘greenwashing’ over regenerative agricultural practices: report warns

The lack of definition as to what constitutes regenerative agriculture can create a risk of misleading claims about their environmental credentials.