ACB’s Objection to GE Vaccines for Chickens

African Centre for Biosafety’s objection to an application for commercialisation of a GM vaccine for chickens. […]

Organic Food is More Nutritious

Early results of EU-funded research have indicated that organic fruit and vegetables contain 40% more antioxidants compared to non-organic foodstuffs. […]

Silent Invasion

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 […]

Risky Business – Briefing

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. […]

Risky Business – Briefing

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 […]

UN rapporteur urges 5-year biofuel moratorium

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, has called for a 5-year moratorium on biofuel production using current methods. […]

Regulation of GMOs in South Africa

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. […]

Explanatory Documents on the Biosafety Liability and Redress Negotiations

A Greenpeace backgrounder on the biosafety liability and redress discussions in preparation for 4th meeting of the Working Group on Liability and Redress of the Cartagena Protocol […]

Monsanto vs. Argentina dispute on GMO soybean

Monsanto has filed lawsuits against soy importers in several European countries which buy soya from Argentina. This article explains the reasons for the lawsuits and the possible consequences on transnational litigation. […]

Organic agriculture and the global food supply

This study has found that organic agriculture has the potential to contribute substantially to the global food supply […]