Sustaining African Agriculture

This UNCTAD Policy Brief examines the potential contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable agriculture and food security particularly in Africa. […]

Fighting GMO Contamination Around the World

This article looks at how communities in different parts of the world that have experienced GM contamination are developing strategies to deal with it. […]

Briefing for Liability and Redress Meeting under the Biosafety Protocol

Greenpeace calls for a binding international liability regime to ensure both compensation and redress for damage. […]

Organic Agriculture Good for Food Security in Africa

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. […]

A long-term study on female mice fed on a genetically modified soybean: effects on liver ageing

This study demonstrates that GM soybean intake can influence some liver features during ageing. […]

Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods – A Review

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. […]

Greenpeace Analysis of Industry’s Revised Proposed ‘Compact’

This is an analysis of Industry’s proposal of a contractual compensation agreement (a “Compact”), aimed as an alternative to the compensation funds and financial security requirements under discussion in the liability and redress negotiations. […]

False Industry Claims of GM Cultivation in Europe?

A European biotech lobby is said to have inflated the figures on GM crop cultivation. […]

Made by Monsanto: the Corporate Shaping of GM Crops as a Technology for the Poor

How GM technology which has marginal relevance to developing countries justified itself as the solution to the development of poor countries. […]

The New Techniques of Genetic Engineering

The biotech industry have developed two new techniques – artificial minichromosomes and transformed organelles. Are they safe? […]