Top news of the week: 22.02.2022.
Food And Agriculture
How biotech aids biodiversity
As the basis for food, housing, clothing, medicine, industrial raw material and potentially many more benefits to human well-being, biodiversity is crucial to our survival and economic ...
Press release: Launch of the Feed India movement and release of the Feed India paper
17 February 2022 PRESS RELEASE [Word | PDF] [In Marathi] Feed India Paper [Word | PDF] Mr Anil Ghanwat, President of Swatantra Bharat Party and senior leader of Shetkari Sanghatana launched ...
‘Gene revolution’: Africa could benefit greatly from embracing genetically engineered crops — but overcoming public and policymaker skepticism is key, concludes Russian researchers
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the least food-secure region, and solutions are constantly being sought to alleviate the problem. The region’s exponentially
Viewpoint — Prince Charles’ ongoing rejection of GM, biotechnology-inspired crop advances is the latest example of celebrity disinformation on science
There are relatively few people in the world who possess sufficient gravitas that the media are prepared to publicize their views on almost anything and
Resetting the table: Straight talk about the food we grow and eat
Discussions about the future of our food system have never been more polarized and grounded in ideology. Scholar and author Robert Paarlberg offers a bold, science-based corrective to the ...
Japan's Food Safety and Security Expert Says GM and Genome-Edited Crops Safer than Conventional Varieties
A food safety and security expert in Japan has recently written about genome editing and genetically modified (GM) crops in an effort to explain risk communication. Takeshi Yamazaki, ...
How ‘Organic’ Food Could Doom the Future of Agriculture
The term has become a barrier against innovation in farming, which could spell disaster as we head into a food crisis this century.
I am launching a civil disobedience movement against moratorium on GM crops. Here’s why
I respect the rule of law but today, I will plant Bt brinjal on my farm to launch the ‘Feed India civil disobedience movement’. GM crops need revival.