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July 6, 2016
Don’t narrow the field - The goal of low-input, high-output agriculture calls for crop improvement, use of GE technologies (The Indian Express)
OECD and FAO see likely end to period of high agricultural prices but urge vigilance - Food demand to rise strongly in coming decade; production gains alone will not suffice to eradicate hunger - action needed
June 30, 2016
Laureates letter supporting precision agriculture (GMOs)
June 22, 2016
BBC debate with Edward Mabaya, Jack Kloppenburg and Jon Entine - Are Monsanto and Big Ag taking over the world’s seed supply? (Genetic Literacy Project)
June 21, 2016
Are donors pulling back on agriculture research funding? (Devex)
June 20, 2016
Crop breeding is not keeping pace with climate change
June 15, 2016
Study reveals experts' attitudes towards governance of gene editing
2016 Global Nutrition Report - Malnutrition is becoming the “new normal” across the globe
June 14, 2016
A wap of where your food originated may surprise you (KQED)
June 12, 2016
The future of agriculture (The Economist, Technology Quarterly)
June 9, 2016
'Foreign' crops dominate national food consumption and farming practices worldwide - Nearly 70 percent of the crops contributing calories, fat, and protein in a country's diet historically originate elsewhere, new study shows
June 2, 2016
Experts: GMOs are an important weapon in fight against global hunger
May 26, 2016
Royal Society president: GM crops feed much of the world today – why not tomorrow’s generations? (The Conversation)
May 25, 2016
In the wake of THe National Academies’ GMO report, is public skepticism of biotech waning? (Genetic Literacy Project)
GM should not be the monopoly of a few multinational corporations (New Statesman)
May 24, 2016
Scientific consensus: GMOs are as safe as conventional crops, and provide multiple benefits
May 23, 2016
New EuropaBio factsheet highlights the importance of intellectual property protection for innovation in agriculture
May 20, 2016
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The race to create super-crops - Old-fashioned breeding techniques are bearing more fruit than genetic engineering in developing hyper-efficient plants (Nature)
May 17, 2016
What's behind the frenzy of M&A deals in the chemical industry? (Chem.Info)
Glyphosate in Roundup unlikely to cause cancer in people from food, says UN
May 12, 2016
Invasive species threaten plant biodiversity and food security, year-long study shows
May 11, 2016
State of the World's Plants report released by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
May 4, 2016
Digital farming could spell shake-up for crop chemicals sector (Reuters)
May 1, 2016
Paris agreement is a strong signal that 'we will solve climate crisis', Al Gore says (The Guardian)
April 28, 2016
WORLD IP DAY 2016, ensuring that innovators can keep innovating
April 26, 2016
Plant breeders are creators
April 22, 2016
Seed industry calls for global coalition to strengthen food security
April 20, 2016
Semillas transgénicas: ¿Qué consecuencias tiene restringir su uso? (PR Noticias)
Freeing crop genetics through the Open Source Seed Initiative (PLOS)
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