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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


Monsanto launches #RootedInScience campaign
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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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