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. […]

Biodiverse agriculture for a changing climate

This paper by Practical Action focuses on the advantages of biodiverse agriculture for climate change adaptation and mitigation. […]

Influence of GM Soya on Reproductive Functions of Rats

This study examines the influence of a diet containing GM soy with the gene EPSPS CP4 (RR, line 40.3.2) on the physiological state and reproductive functions of Wistar rats. […]

Africa is Heading for an Ecological Disaster

The green and gene revolutions are threatening the richness of traditional agriculture […]