Top news of the week: 05.10.2021.
Food And Agriculture
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
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
Eco-Colonialism – Let Africans decide for themselves!
Well-fed activists from the west should stop telling African farmers what to grow on their farms.
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lab to Table
Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet? And if it can, what’s standing in our way?