Pesticide Use and Glyphosate Resistant Weeds – a Case Study of Brazilian Soybean Production

This study investigates how the use of pesticides in Brazilian soybeans has changed since the cultivation of Roundup Ready soybeans and the growing problem of glyphosate-resistant weeds. […]

Role of EFSA and Industry in ‘SmartStax’

This report analyses confidential dossiers from Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences concerning SmartStax maize. […]

Ground-breaking Research Results on GM Maize in South Africa

A joint report by SANBI and the Norwegian government on the results of a 3-year monitoring exercise on the impact of GM maize in South Africa. […]

Spliced Bread – The Threat of Genetically Engineered Wheat in Australia

GE wheat will have significant impact on Australia’s consumers, farmers, the economy and the environment. […]

Gates Foundation and Cargill Pushing Soya in Africa

This report by ACB argues that the Gates Foundation project to develop a soya value chain in Africa will open the gates to the African soya market and eventually introduce GM soya into the continent. […]

Monsanto’s Drought Tolerant Maize

Monsanto has recently applied to extend field trials of its drought tolerant maize in South Africa. This paper from the African Centre for Biosafety raises biosafety concerns. […]

A Critique of the European Food Safety Authority’s Opinion on GM Maize MON810

An opinion by Europe’s food agency advocating the safety of the only GM crop grown in Europe is fundamentally flawed, according to a Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe report. […]

Consequences of Growing GM Soya in Argentina

Since its introduction in Argentina in 1996, GM soya has spread across the country like wildfire. Argentina provides a unique opportunity to investigate the consequences for a country of intensive GMO cultivation. […]

GM Bt Maize Coming to Europe

Cultivation of GM Bt maize will harm European wildlife and jeopardise conventional and organic farming. Despite this, there is a threat that Bt maize could be grown in Europe on a large scale as companies are submitting new GM Bt maize varieties to the EU […]

The MON863 case

In 2002, the Monsanto company submits to the German authorities an application to import genetically engineered MON863 maize into the EU. This report chronicles the developments following this submission. […]