Combinatorial Effects of Stacked GM Plants Deserve Proper Assessment

New peer-reviewed data has shown how two Cry-toxins acted in combination and that the same Cry-toxins showed combinatorial effects when co-exposed with Roundup. EFSA dismissal of such research exposes the weaknesses in their risk assessment processes. […]

Mainstreaming Agrobiodiversity in Sustainable Food Systems

There is ample evidence on the contribution of agricultural biodiversity to diverse, healthy diets; sustainability in agriculture; seed systems delivering crop diversity; and conserving agricultural biodiversity for use in sustainable food systems. […]

Empirical Research on the Socio-Economic Impacts of GM Crops Seriously Inadequate

There is a lack of empirical and comprehensive research on the socio-economic impacts of GM crops. The majority of published research has mainly focused on a restricted set of monetary economic parameters with serious shortcomings in the methodologies. […]

Organic Farming Can Feed the World, But Only If We Cut Meat Consumption and Food Waste

By combining organic agriculture with eating less meat, cutting food waste by half, and fixing nitrogen in the soil instead of using fertilizer, the world could be fed sustainably without vastly increasing the amount of land under agricultural production. […]

Health Impacts of Glyphosate May Include Driving Antibiotic Resistance

The herbicide glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine, has been used extensively in the past 40 years, under the assumption that side effects were minimal. However, in recent years, concerns have increased worldwide about the potential wide ranging direct and indirect health effects of the large scale use of glyphosate. […]

Investments in Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture Best Way to Reduce Hunger and Poverty

This report makes a strong case for more investments in and support for small-scale sustainable agriculture in developing countries, which is recognised as the most efficient way to tackle hunger and poverty. […]

FDA’s Approval of GE AquAdvantage Salmon Disregards Precautionary Principle

FDA’s Approval of GE AquAdvantage Salmon Disregards Precautionary Principle

This legal Note critiques the US FDA’s approval of AquAdvantage salmon for consumption, arguing that it did not properly vet the GE salmon, and had relied on inappropriate criteria in its approval. […]

Declaration on “The Role of Agroecology on the Future of Agriculture and the Food System”

This declaration on the role of agroecology on the future of agriculture and the food system calls for the scaling up and scaling out of agroecology, as a countermovement based on food sovereignty, for the transformative reform of our food systems. […]

Cases of Pest Resistance to Bt Crops Increased Five-fold From 2005-2016

A study analyzing global patterns of field-evolved resistance to Bt crops over the last two decades has found that the number of cases of pest resistance to Bt proteins increased from 3 in 2005 to 16 in 2016. […]