Report on Animals Exposed to GM Ingredients in Animal Feed

This report was commissioned by the Commerce Commission of New Zealand to address the question of whether animals exposed to feed containing GM material (GM Feed) do in fact contain “no GM ingredients”. […]

Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years

The study found that pesticides use in the US has increased overall in the 13 years since the adoption of GE crops. […]

The Economics of Agriculture Under Natural Farming

An Indian organic farmer recounts how his bitter experience with expensive and impoverishing Green Revolution techniques led him on the road to natural, organic farming. […]

Organic Practitioners Celebrate Outstanding Agriculture Techniques

Organic farmers at a South Asian conference demonstrate how organic farming could be a viable alternative to current Green Revolution techniques. […]

On Going Concerns About Harmonisation of Biosafety Regulations in Africa

This briefing warns of the dangers lurking in the AU’s Biosafety Stategy with regard to proposed biosafety harmonisation processes that involve several players that raises concern. […]

Transgenic Seed Platforms: Competition Between a Rock and a Hard Place?

This paper analyzes the state of competition in the transgenic seed industry which is heavily dominated by biotechnology giant Monsanto. […]

Risk Reloaded

A report on the risk assessment procedure for genetically engineered plants in the EU. […]

Corporate seed and the right to food

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food warns that large biotechnology firms are not only depriving poor farmers of inputs essential for their livelihoods, but are also pushing up food prices. […]

New types of plant and animal patents pose threats

The ‘No Patents on Seeds’ coalition and supporting farmers’ organizations issued an alert on 21 October over a new class of patents covering plants and animals and endangering innovation and food security. […]

Outstanding organic agriculture techniques

400 farmers from the Indian sub-continent gathered at a meeting to share notes on the “outstanding organic agriculture techniques” that they use in their fields. […]