Top news of the week: 22.12.2020.
Food And Agriculture
Viewpoint: Depopulation conspiracy debunked. Western billionaires aren’t using GMOs to control Africa’s food supply
The truth is that African farmers need biotech crops as climate change makes farming an increasingly difficult profession.
Calyxt gene-edited, heart-healthy soybeans help alleviate America’s biggest soy shortage in years
Calyxt Inc has agreed to sell all the gene-edited soybean grains it produced in 2020 to agricultural merchant Archer Daniels Midland Co amid a supply
USDA Oversight of Gene-Edited Livestock: A Seismic Shift for Agriculture
USDA announced its intent to have primary oversight over gene-edited livestock. Secretary Perdue said this would be a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals ...
AgFunder: Transforming the Agri-Food Ecosystem
AgFunder is a digital venture capital platform with a mission to invest in technologies to rapidly transform our food and agriculture system. New plant-based alternative protein …
Proposal to Transfer Agricultural Animal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework to USDA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering.
Why a New Potato Variety Could Be a Game-Changer for Farmers in East Africa
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Imagine being a potato farmer in Ethiopia, Kenya or Nigeria. On a small piece ...
Will Rising Temperatures Make Superweeds Even Stronger?
Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem.
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Under this contemplated regulatory framework, USDA would in most instances provide end-to-end regulatory oversight from pre-market reviews through post-market food safety …