Top news of the week: 10.07.2022.
Italian MEPs back genetically modified crops in response to climate crisis
Italian lawmakers have expressed support for the use of genetic modification techniques in agriculture to achieve more resilient crop varieties in light of the heat waves and droughts that ...
Study Asks Farmers: Is Implementing a Biotech Ban Correct or Not?
In a study published in the journal Sustainability, biotech corn farmers from the Philippines were asked about their perceptions and attitudes about the Supreme Court's bans on biotech ...
CropLife Asia Supports UN Call for Food & Agriculture Policies Enabling Affordable Healthy Diets for all
CropLife Asia and its members are commemorating the day by raising the necessity of a biologically-diverse planet in ensuring our sustainable future and highlighting that plant science ...
Climate Action Farming: What farmers need to do to adapt as our planet heats up—and why organic and ‘regenerative agriculture’ cannot meet the challenge
There are a number of practices that farmers could use to manage their land in ways that would optimally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it underground in stable forms ...
CRISPR is already transforming medicine. Next up? Addressing climate change challenges
Coming from a long line of Iowa farmers, David Savage always thought he would do research to improve crops. That dream died in college, when it became clear that any genetic tweak to a crop ...
Biotech food colorant startup Phytolon seals $14.5M in funding
Phytolon, a developer of fermentation-based natural food colors, has secured $14.5M to progress its technology towards commercialization.
Fungal Endophytes to Combat Biotic and Abiotic Stresses for Climate-Smart and Sustainable Agriculture
The agricultural sustainability concept considers higher food production combating biotic and abiotic stresses, socio-economic well-being, and environmental conservation. On the contrary, ...
International science denial: Top-5 activist groups spreading anti-GMO myths in Latin America
The United States and Europe are home to some of the most influential anti-GMO advocacy groups in the world. They are well funded and committed to