This report looks at the critical role African rural women play in maintaining the continent’s diverse and resilient agricultural systems. […]
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The US EPA has revoked its approval of Dow’s “Enlist Duo” herbicide cocktail of glyphosate and 2,4-D on receiving new information that there are likely to be synergistic effects, i.e, greater than expected toxicity of the two ingredients combined. […] Canada has approved the commercialisation of GMOs for 20 years now. This report examines and critiques Canada’s biosafety regulatory system. […] An international group of scientists have called for a moratorium on inheritable human genome editing until the risks can be better assessed and there is broad societal consensus about the appropriateness of the technology. […] Experts discuss how agroecology can transform the current unsustainable agro-food system and nourish the whole world, and what should be done to effect this transition. […] Two studies which have examined the combinatorial effects of Bt toxins in stacked GM crops and the biosafety and biological effects of Bt toxins on mammals have found a serious gap in knowledge about these effects. […] A new report identifies the scientific uncertainties, knowledge gaps and research needs related to the introduction, use and environmental assessment of GMOs. […] These case studies demonstrate the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture in Africa in the face of climate change, hunger and poverty. […] This report uncovers plans to use synthetic biology to move forward an industrial agenda that continues to tie farmers to pesticide-intensive production, using the rhetoric of ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture’ as a justification. […] This report predicts that as the synthetic biology industry and the extreme extraction industry move towards deeper collaboration, the biosafety risks and climate threats emanating from them will become ever more entangled. […] |
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