Top news of the week: 13.07.2021.
Food And Agriculture
Organic vs. conventional farming: Which has lower environmental impacts?
The Swedish Food Agency (Svenska Livsmedelsverket SLV) recently published a report on a many-faceted breakdown of environmental effects in farming per one kilogram of farming product. ...
Agricultural sustainability means different things from country to country. What role is there for technology and gene editing?
A much-anticipated study displays a welcome sense by the European Commission of the reality facing the global drive to sustainable food production. It
Ease global regulatory burden to support ‘new revolution’ in crop breeding, researchers urge
It’s imperative to ease the regulatory burden on new crop breeding technologies that could feed a warmer, hungrier world, a new study urged. The safety
Bt cotton drives socio-economic transformation among Indian farmers
Despite the challenges of misinformation, the technology has enjoyed the confidence of farmers, researchers and policymakers, due to the attributes of genetically engineered hybrid seeds ...
Improving Food Systems: The Case of the Banana
When you think about the banana, what comes to mind? Banana pudding? Banana peel jokes? A banana split? Well, the history and journey of today’s banana and how it gets to our stores is ...
Bill Gates Should Stop Telling Africans What Kind of Agriculture Africans Need
Among other things, we might simply not agree
How Farmers Fight Pests to Provide Safe and Nutritious Food for a Growing Population
CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.
Rajendra Paroda
Throughout his entire career, Raj Paroda has been a biotech food hero for his home country of India and beyond.