This TWN Biosafety Briefing discusses the rapid development in South Africa, of field-resistance of the African maize stem borer to Bt maize, and the lessons that should be learnt. […]
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Food and nutrition security must be developed in a sustainable way, and the status quo as exemplified by conventional forms of agriculture is no longer viable. […] Two recently published papers look at the co-existence challenges in small-scale farming when farmers share and save seed, and the implications of GM crops in subsistence-based agricultural systems in Africa. […] This article provides a developing country perspective on the issue of Golden Rice, which is genetically engineered to produce betacarotene, a precursor to vitamin A. […] This opinion piece argues that if we are going to feed the world, then we need to shift focus away from industrial agriculture, towards other, better options, such as agroecology. […] Statement of concern from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) on the approval of the COMESA ‘Draft Policy Statements and Guidelines for commercial planting of GMOs, Trade in GMOs and Emergency Food aid with GMO content’. […] Environmental and civil society groups on five continents have warned that plans to release non-native strains of GM flies in olive fields in Spain and fruit orchards in Brazil pose major risks to crops and the environment. […] This paper traces the development of resistance of the African maize stem borer to Bt maize containing the toxin Cry1Ab, in South Africa. […] The USDA has approved the first of a new generation of GE crops resistant to more toxic herbicides, a move that raises serious health and environmental concerns. […] UNCTAD’s Trade and Environment Review 2013 recommends a rapid and significant shift away from conventional, monoculture-based, input-dependent agriculture, towards mosaics of sustainable regenerative production systems. […] |
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