Monsanto says yes but food and agriculture analyst Devinder Sharma begs to differ. […]
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There is an emerging consensus that the world need to move away from industrial agriculture and the use of transgenic crops to new approaches in to address the challenges posed by climate change and food insecurity. […] This report challenges Western-led plans for a GE revolution in African agriculture and includes perspectives from African farmers and environmentalists on their solutions to hunger and poverty in the continent. […] Parties to the UN Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in February 2009, have agreed that a legally-binding Supplementary Protocol will be developed on liability and redress for damage from GMOs. […] This UNCTAD Policy Brief examines the potential contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable agriculture and food security particularly in Africa. […] This article looks at how communities in different parts of the world that have experienced GM contamination are developing strategies to deal with it. […] Greenpeace calls for a binding international liability regime to ensure both compensation and redress for damage. […] This UNCTAD brief highlights research showing that organic agriculture is a good option for food security in Africa — equal or better than most conventional systems and more likely to be sustainable in the longer term. […] This study demonstrates that GM soybean intake can influence some liver features during ageing. […] A review of the results of toxicity studies on GM foods that are available in the literature and the significance of these findings on human and animal health. […] |
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