Top news of the week: 05.05.2020.
Biotechnology, Genetically modified food, World population, Food and Agriculture Organization, Agriculture, Bacillus thuringiensis
Food And Agriculture
Activist-inspired GMO cotton bans push Mexican farmers toward bankruptcy https://t.co/VtUITBWU0L
OpenViewpoint: Activist-inspired GMO cotton bans push Mexican farmers toward bankruptcy
exico has a long record of safely cultivating genetically modified (GM) cotton. For more than 20 years, cotton has been the most widely sown GM crop in
Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut?
The tree helped build industrial America before disease wiped out an estimated three billion or more of them. To revive their lost glory, we may need to embrace tinkering with nature.
RT @Camjenglish: Did Norman Borlaug do more bad than good? #CRISPR belongs in agroecology. And what about #coronavirus herd immunity? @kevinfolta and I break it all down. https://t.co/kTpKBBrxmt
OpenPodcast: Norman Borlaug a hero? Spread coronavirus for herd immunity? CRISPR v. agroecology
Norman Borlaug's Green Revolution saved an estimated billion people from starvation, but critics contend his work brought severe environmental and
Viewpoint: COVID-19 food shortages—Why the pandemic is a warning to embrace agricultural technology Maria Mercedes Roca is a Latin-American/British virologist and biotechnologist https://t.co/tOxyjcntZQ
OpenViewpoint: COVID-19 food shortages—Why the pandemic is a warning to embrace agricultural technology
The question worth asking is this: will we learn from this trying experience and embrace agricultural technology to build a more thoughtful, just and sustainable world?
Coronavirus is disrupting global food supply. Could this encourage Africa’s agricultural self-sufficiency? https://t.co/g5SwL341gg @ScienceAlly
OpenAfrica looks to build food self-sufficiency as COVID disrupts global supply chain
As Africa grapples with disruptions in the global supply chain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some see it as an opportunity for the continent to become
Why do so many farmers grow GM crops? Because it is sustainable agriculture. Learn some of the sustainable #ag practices used to grow GMOs: https://t.co/oFUHt8IdwE https://t.co/fjJblZyVE4
OpenGet To Know GMOs Month: Sustainable Farming Practices You Didn’t Know are Used with GMO Crops
During Get to Know GMOs month, GMO Answers is providing information about GMO basics, clarifying common misconceptions, and digging deeper into the role of GMOs in sustainable agriculture, ...
RT @soroushjp: I wanted to share my story about why I left fintech in San Francisco to tackle food’s most exciting challenges alongside the @vowfood team. Let me know what you think! --
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OpenLeaving fintech to tackle food sustainability: Why I joined VOW
A trip home, and a huge realisation
Climate change is a rapidly impending crisis. Is coronavirus the push we needed to take threats to human existence seriously? https://t.co/AOeFmZGAYS @ScienceAlly
OpenCOVID-19 nudges us to rethink our approach to the existential threats of our time
The world as we knew it ended a few months ago. What we have now is a seemingly alien muddle that we are all trying to make sense of. Aside from