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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: 05.10.2021.

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Food And Agriculture

@prometheusgreen shared
On Sep 30, 2021
RT @stuartsmyth66: EU-based eNGOs have delayed food security improvements in Africa for over 20 years, but now African researchers are taking control of innovative technologies capable of improving food security. https://t.co/eM8XvnlptX
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Viewpoint: African agricultural biotechnology advancing swifty in labs to address food security threats — but implementation slowed by European...

Viewpoint: African agricultural biotechnology advancing swifty in labs to address food security threats — but implementation slowed by European...

From the beginning, genetically engineered (GE) crops (also known as GMOs) have been controversial. Europe has always been at the center of anti-GE

@GeneticLiteracy shared
On Sep 29, 2021
Nigeria's GMO cowpea battle: “Developing countries don’t want to plant something European importers might refuse to buy.” @ElizabethFinkel #geneticliteracy https://t.co/KekQy5BpD8
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Part 2: How scientists beat back anti-biotechnology activists’ ‘insidious campaign’ to block Nigeria’s approval of pest-resistant GMO cowpea

Part 2: How scientists beat back anti-biotechnology activists’ ‘insidious campaign’ to block Nigeria’s approval of pest-resistant GMO cowpea

The standard for how to conduct a safely assessment is laid down by the Codex Alimentarius, a food code established by the United Nations Food and

@prometheusgreen shared
On Oct 1, 2021
End Eco-Colonialism – Let Africans decide for themselves! https://t.co/dWylWbfswK
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Eco-Colonialism – Let Africans decide for themselves!

Eco-Colonialism – Let Africans decide for themselves!

Well-fed activists from the west should stop telling African farmers what to grow on their farms.

@GeneticLiteracy shared
On Oct 1, 2021
"Rules will now largely be aligned with conventional breeding methods for research and development into plants although scientists will still be required to notify the government of any research trials." @Reuters #EU #geneediting https://t.co/rFUzAggiPB
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England breaks with the EU, plans to relax restrictions on gene-edited crops and open door to biotechnology-based climate solutions

England breaks with the EU, plans to relax restrictions on gene-edited crops and open door to biotechnology-based climate solutions

Britain's farming and environment minister George Eustice announced on that regulations related to gene editing in agricultural research would be eased in

@GMOAnswers shared
On Oct 4, 2021
Today’s environmental challenges increase the need to protect and preserve the world’s natural habitats. GMOs are one way we can keep our ecosystems beautiful. #WorldHabitatDay https://t.co/vvDl2wipgR https://t.co/GM1iBYmLw6
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Biodiversity and Land Conservation

Biodiversity and Land Conservation

The importance of agricultural lands and soil health for food production as well as biodiversity can never be overstated. In order for land to be used for agriculture, it must first be ...

@CropLifeIntl shared
On Oct 4, 2021
RT @isaaa_org: We have a new Pocket K! ISAAA's latest #PocketK, Rust-resistant Wheat describes the disease and the strategies used to develop rust resistance. Developed with the @2blades Foundation, PK No. 60 is free to download on our website: https://t.co/fUqDZxQcbA https://t.co/gBB4WtGGgK
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Pocket K No. 60: Rust-resistant Wheat

Pocket K No. 60: Rust-resistant Wheat

In December 2019, Wuhan City in China became the epicenter of a respiratory disease outbreak with mysterious origins, that spread to many countries immediately. To investigate the matter ...

@jrkelly shared
On Sep 30, 2021
RT @AnnaMarieWagner: Come get to know @Ginkgo a bit better! 💊@jrkelly at the @CowenResearch MedTools conference 10/7 (virtual panel) ⚡️Yours truly at the @MorganStanley Spark Conference 10/13 (fireside chat in person in LA, yay!) 🧬 $DNA 🧬 https://t.co/eKo6O14zKp
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Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Participation in Upcoming Conferences

Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Participation in Upcoming Conferences

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) ( " Ginkgo"), which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, announced today that management is scheduled to participate ...

@NewHarvestOrg shared
On Sep 29, 2021
RT @KateAronoff: Psyched to share the product of my first IRL reporting trip from back in May. About cellular agriculture! I dove into what its development so far in the US tells us about the state of innovation policy & its in/ability to deliver much-needed climate tech https://t.co/XhKTJClUdI
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Lab to Table

Lab to Table

Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet? And if it can, what’s standing in our way?