Top news of the week: 19.10.2021.
Food And Agriculture
Viewpoint: After years of misreporting, NY Times embraces safety and efficacy of GMOs — but still stumbles on nuance and key facts
Genetically engineered (GE) crops, which have been commercially available for 25 years, have been widely misunderstood and
Mexico’s farm sector is already lagging as GM crop ban looms
Banning genetically modified crops and glyphosate will harm 40 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP), warned economist Fernando Cruz Morales in a recent AfS Live! webinar. ...
Good Day BIO: World Food Day
Ending the week with World Food Day (tomorrow) and the role for biotech in agri-food systems, recent COVID vaccine news, and a high school student who might inspire you to do something good ...
Biotechnological development of plants for space agriculture
The logistical and practical challenges of supplying food for long-term space missions are substantial. In this comment, the authors discuss potential biotechnological approaches that could ...
Risk, hazard and the precautionary principle: Why Europe gets crop biotechnology and chemical regulation so wrong
David Zaruk, Founder of GreenFacts, Environmental-Health Risk Governance Analyst, Professor at Odisee University College | July 24, 2018 Highlights: European regulators that set rules ...
Will the Biden Administration ‘follow the science’ on agricultural biotechnology regulatory reform?
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the US Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology, a blueprint for federal agencies’ oversight of
“Golden Rice” tastes, smells like regular rice, but more nutritious
Stakeholders favor “Golden Rice” over ordinary white rice in terms of its health benefits during...Read More
Oct. 14, 2021
U.S. Corn and Soybean Production Up from September Scott Gerlt, ASA Economist USDA released its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) on Tuesday of this …