The article from the Institute of Science in Society, UK examines the potential of organic agriculture in mitigating climate change. […]
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This paper identifies some of the potential socio-economic impacts of GMOs and calls for the use of socio-economic impact assessment as a tool to guide decision-making. […] The book provides an overview of the current status (2007) of the use of genetic engineering in Africa’s agriculture and food systems. […] African Centre for Biosafety’s objection to an application for commercialisation of a GM vaccine for chickens. […] Early results of EU-funded research have indicated that organic fruit and vegetables contain 40% more antioxidants compared to non-organic foodstuffs. […] Nearly all the milk, dairy products and pork in UK supermarkets are being produced from animals fed on GM crops, and none of this is labelled, according to a Soil Association investigation […] The financial fallout from the 2006 discovery of contamination of US rice supplies with LL601 (“Liberty Link”) could amount to between US$741,000 to US$1.2 billion. […] The financial fallout from the 2006 discovery of contamination of US rice supplies with LL601 (“Liberty Link”) could amount to between US$741,000 to US$1.2 billion […] The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, has called for a 5-year moratorium on biofuel production using current methods. […] This paper is written in light of the coming into effect of the Genetically Modified Organisms Amendment Act (No. 23 of 2006).(ii), 10 years after the ‘GMO Act’ became part of the body of post-apartheid statutes in South Africa. […] |
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