Top news of the week: 30.10.2022.
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO players, from Organic Consumers Association to Joe Mercola to Vandana Shiva, have formed an alliance to target GM crops....
Alliances and networks is the new game plan among anti-GM activists. Recently, Organic Consumers Association [read GLP profile head Ronnie Cummins announced that his organization was ...
Viewpoint: Chronicling anti-biotechnology activist Vandana Shiva’s green organic farming delusions that helped drive economic collapse in Sri Lanka
Organic farming was not the singular cause for the crisis which Sri Lanka is currently facing, but the sudden agro-chemical ban poured more fuel on the fire and demonstrated just how ...
Philippine govt approves Bt Eggplant for commercial cultivation
Philippine govt approves Bt Eggplant for commercial cultivation By: John Albert Caraan 25 October 2022. Manila, Philippines – The long wait has finally ended with the approval of ...
Australia has allowed GM mustard; will India clear Delhi University variety?
As high-yielding GM mustard hybrid developed by Delhi University team awaits approval, Australia allows similar hybrid with 'negligible risk'
Farmer from Antique Harvests Golden Rice for the First Time
A farmer from Antique, Philippines, harvested an estimated four to five tonnes of Vitamin A enriched Golden Rice on October 7, 2022, and shared his satisfaction with the variety.
‘Africa should speak for itself on GMOs’
Kenya recently lifted a 10-year-old ban on the cultivation and importation of genetically modified food. We caught up with Patricia Nanteza, of Science Stories Africa, to hear more about ...
GEAC clears GM mustard, ball now in govt court
First GM approval in 16 years after Bollgard II cotton was cleared in 2006; other crops too get the nod for field trails.
