Top news of the week: 15.05.2022.
Food And Agriculture
Public trust, safety, and genetic engineering
Although the public is almost completely unaware, today, more than three-quarters of all food crops have been directly and dramatically altered by humans
Ukraine, Food Security, and Biotechnology
Russian aggression in Ukraine means “hunger will haunt the world.” Recent increases in our understanding of biology have given us the most powerful tools we’ve ever had to address the ...
Was GMO critic Sheldon Krimsky ‘rigorous’ and ‘courageous’ as Ralph Nader and the NY Times claim? Or was the recently-deceased Tufts professor an anti-science crank?
Was Sheldon Krimsky a seer who appropriately warned about a lack of oversight of the biotechnology revolution, including the inherent dangers of
Genome Editing for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
Sustainable intensification of agriculture in Africa is essential for accomplishing food and nutritional security and addressing the rising concerns of climate change. There is an urgent ...
A nutritionist reflects on the sad state of health education about GMOs and farming at schools and universities
Ruth MacDonald, PhD, Author, Professor and Chair, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, and Interim Senior Associate Dean for the College of Agriculture and ...
With the US honeybee population stable, what are the challenges going forward?
There is a common phrase that appears in the popular press, in grant proposals and as a fund raising theme for several environmental groups: “the decline of the honey bee.”
Role of Promising Secondary Metabolites to Confer Resistance Against Environmental Stresses in Crop Plants: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives
Plants often face incompatible growing environments like drought, salinity, cold, frost, and elevated temperatures that affect plant growth and development leading to low yield and, in ...
Evo Foods and Ginkgo Bioworks Announce Partnership to Develop Animal-Free Egg Products
Evo started in 2020 with the mission to end animal agriculture by creating superior substitutes for animal-derived products by leveraging India's crop biodiversity, starting with …