Top news of the week: 07.08.2022.
Viewpoint: Switching to organic food because it’s healthier, safer and better for the environment? Think again
Many consumers are committed to organic products for reasons that are more emotional than logical. They frequently define their purchasing choices in terms of what they consider to be ...
FDA Releases New “Feed Your Mind” Education Materials on GMOs for Consumers, Health Educators, and Health Care Providers
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new “Feed Your Mind” educational materials to provide science-based information on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to ...
Viewpoint: ‘It could have been avoided’ — The background story of Sri Lanka’s reckless experiment to go all organic and reject crop protection chemicals
The images of agitated Sri Lankans storming into their country’s presidential residence in reaction to the mishandling of farm policy by their government left me with a single thought: This ...
‘Solving Africa’s food challenges’: Will anti-GMO activists and other market obstacles block adoption?
“We're living on borrowed time,” says Wijnand Swart, a plant pathologist at the University of Free State (UFS) in South Africa. “We're only just discovering what can happen when ...
Science or Suspicion: Which Dictates Gene Editing’s Future?
On the run? LISTEN to our post! Rule Britannia This summer, the United Kingdom took the issue of biotechnology and genomics out of the shadows and back into the public limelight. ...
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONSCIOUS OF THE CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES
The Director General/CEO National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr. Rufus Ebegba has said that the federal government is conscious of the controversies surrounding modern …
Abigail Dankwah Akoto: Will the genetically modified PBR cowpea be a game changer?
Cowpea, popularly known in Ghana as beans, has been described by tertiary students as a “saviour”, not only due to its affordability, but also because of its great taste.
Ghana Approves the Environmental Release of the Country’s First GM Commodity
The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) of Ghana approved the environmental release of the country’s first genetically modified commodity, pod borer-resistant Cowpea. Mr. Eric …