Swiss Government Plans to Extend GMO Moratorium to 2021

The Swiss Cabinet has approved a plan to extend the current moratorium on genetically modified organisms in agriculture to 2021. […]

Unapproved GM Wheat Discovered Again in the U.S.

GM wheat that has not been approved for sale or commercial production in the U.S has been found growing in a field in Washington state. […]

Lack of Scientific Studies on the Long-term Health Impacts of GM Food/Plants

A scientific review on the adverse impacts of GM food/plants finds a clear need for long-term studies on health effects, before we can conclude that the consumption of GM plants does not pose health risks to consumers. […]

Strengthening Interlinkages Between Agriculture and Biodiversity Critical to Global Food Security

The 8th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity underscored the critical importance of understanding and strengthening the interlinkages between agriculture and biodiversity in order to establish food systems for a sustainable future. […]

Overwhelming Opposition to Field Trials of GM Maize in South Africa

25,000 South Africans have signed a petition opposing Monsanto’s extended field trials of stacked GM drought-tolerant maize in the country. […]

Gene-edited Crops in the USA Slipping through the Regulatory Net

In the USA, the first CRISPR-edited crops may now be cultivated and sold without oversight by the regulatory agency, despite concerns persisting about their health and environmental risks. […]

EU Risk Assessments of GM Food and Feed Found Inadequate

Testbiotech has analysed current EU standards for the risk assessment of genetically engineered plants for use in food and feed and found them to be inadequate. […]

Agroecology: A Sure Recipe to Feed the World Sustainably

A new report shows how transitioning from industrial to diversified organic and agroecological food and farming systems can produce enough food, reduce poverty and restore essential natural resources to feed the planet for generations to come. […]

Refuge-in-a-Bag Strategy for Bt Corn Increases Risk of Insect Resistance

A growing body of academic research shows that the practice of “refuge-in-a-bag” may actually increase the risk of Bt resistance in above-ground insect pests. […]

Conventional Breeding Outpaces Biotech Efforts to Produce Nutrient-Efficient Crops

Conventional crop-breeding techniques are outpacing high-biotech efforts in a global race to develop crops that grow well in soils depleted of nutrients. […]