Top news of the week: 20.11.2022.
Viewpoint: Britain faces decision of whether to break from Europe’s innovation-killing regulations on CRISPR new plant and animal breeding
MPs and Lords are preparing to debate the remaining stages of the Precision Breeding Bill at Westminster. While a handful of environmental and organic NGOs maintain their opposition to the ...
One-fifth of media stories on GMOs published in Africa contain misinformation, study finds
17 NOVEMBER 2022, ITHACA, NEW YORK: One-fifth of African media coverage of genetically modified foods contains misinformation, a new scientific study published by the Alliance for Science ...
UN World Food Program Director: If we want to beat world hunger by 2030, we need ‘Big Ag’ and biotechnology
Ertharin Cousin has spent her entire life providing people with food: as a child of a restaurant owner couple in Chicago, later as head of the World Food
Will India miss out on the emerging agricultural biotechnology revolution?
As soon as the government took the decision to release India’s first genetically-modified (GM) food crop — Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11) — for “environment release”, some activists ...
Are biotechnology and sustainability compatible in Africa?
Advancements in digital technology are beginning to reshape agriculture. The right combination of technology and processes allow farmers to apply only the water or fertilizer needed as its ...
Genetically modified crops and sustainability: 25 years since their widespread introduction, yields are higher and the environmental footprint is smaller
Genetically modified (GM) crops have increased global food, feed and fiber production by nearly 1 billion tonnes (1 tonne equals 1.10231 tons) since their introduction in 1996. Farmers who ...
Taking as many as 209 million cars off the road: How genetically modified (GM) crops have reduced global agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions
rop biotechnology has significantly reduced agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by helping farmers adopt more sustainable practices such as
Taylor Sawyer
CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.