A look into Oxitec, a UKcompany pushing its GM mosquitoes as the solution to curbing dengue disease. […]
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This report attempts to explicitly and systematically assess socioeconomic impacts of GMOs beyond the health and environmental risks. […] Preparations are underway in Malaysia to field test GM mosquitoes as part of a plan to control the dengue disease. […] A study by Duke University critically assessing the process used by the US FDA in its review of GM salmon. […] The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food called for a global transition from unsustainable industrial agriculture to low-carbon ways of producing food. […] Research has linked a controversial herbicide used on GM crops with birth defects in Argentina. This has led to violence and intimidation for those behind the study. […] This report shows how sustainable agriculture can help India’s farmers – especially those in poor, remote areas – pull themselves out of poverty. […] The wide-ranging knowledge about climate variation possessed by native people and other small farmers has been shown to match scientific measurements recorded on high-tech instruments. […] Agriculture is the most important sector in many developing countries. It should not be treated as a commodity in the search for solutions to address climate change problems. […] Experts at a meeting made a strong call for a rapid and significant shift from conventional, monoculture-based and high-external-input-dependent agricultural production towards sustainable production systems. […] |
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