This report examines the evidence for claims that GM crops can combat climate change and finds that GM crops could actually increase carbon emissions. […]
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GE crops have repeatedly failed to perform as intended in the field and have given rise to new agronomic problems. This report discusses the issues. […] The Friends of the Co-Chairs Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held its second meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 8-12 February 2010. This is a TWN report of the meeting. […] A briefing from ActionAid UK’s Hunger Free Campaign highlights how sustainable smallholder agriculture offers a key solution to tackling hunger, while addressing poverty and climate change issues. […] Weeds in GM cotton fields in the US have developed resistance to the herbicide glyphosate to such an extent that this could threaten the sustainable use of glyphosate-resistant crop technology. […] Research from the Soil Association in the UK underlines the importance of organic farming for carbon sequestration, hence mitigating agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions. […] This paper provides an overview of the current status with regards to the South African government’s efforts to implement a monitoring framework for assessing the impact of GMOs in South Africa. […] Letter from the Organic Farming Association of India to the Minister of Environment objecting to the introduction of GE Bt Brinjal in India. […] This briefing examines the development of GM herbicide tolerant crops and how early predictions that weeds would become resistant to the herbicides have turned out to be correct. […] American farmers are feeling the effects of a concentrated seed industry. Seed options are diminishing while prices increase at historic rates. This report examines these troubling trends. […] |
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