Organic Farming Benefits Outweigh Agrochemical-based Agriculture

A comprehensive study of the sustainability benefits of organic farming systems could have far-reaching implications on global agricultural practices. […]

Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety: Extended Abstracts

The foremost aim of this Scientific Conference is to advance the current understanding of biosafety in terms of the ecological, human health and socio-economic implications of GMOs. […]

GM Corn in US Streams, Raises Questions About Health, Environmental Effects

A study published in a scientific journal found that insecticidal protein from GM corn in the US has comtaminated streams in the American Mid-west. […]

Does DuPont’s Sorghum Seed Include a Biopirated Bolivian Gene?

This report reveals a potential case of biopiracy involving DuPont which plans to sell Sorghum seeds that contain a gene that was illegally taken from a Bolivian plant. […]

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. […]

Indigenous Crops to Solve Food Crises amid Climate Change

African scientists cautioned that agricultural development in rural areas based on Western-style methods could lead to increased loss of indigenous plants that are important as reliable and nutritious food sources. […]

Access and Benefit-sharing Protocol Negotiations Resume in September

The Convention on Biological Diversity will discuss the issue of biopiracy and equitable benefit sharing when it resumes for another meeting on 18-21 September in Montreal. […]

Ecological farming: Drought-Resistant Agriculture

This Greenpeace report examines strategies to withstand drought in agriculture using ecological farming based on biodiversity. […]

Scientific Opinion in Support of Hungary’s Moratorium on GM Potato

An opinion of Hungarian scientific experts in support of the Hungarian moratorium on GM Amflora potato. […]

GM In the Dock: US Courts Step In Where Safety Regulators Fail

A series of briefings examining a number of US court cases on the legality of the authorisation of GM crops, while exposing how regulators have disregard the law and the precautionary principle. […]