Pesticides in Bt Cotton Cultivation Still A Health Hazard to Farm Workers

While Bt cotton cultivation may have educed the quantity of highly toxic pesticides used in India, the continued use of pesticides on Bt cotton farms still poses significant health risks to farm workers. […]

Assessment of Stacked Bt Soybean Overlooks Potential Health Risks

A review of the health impacts of GE stacked soybean MON87701× MON89788 and EFSA’s approval of it for food and feed in the EU highlights potential risks which were overlooked in the assessment process. […]

Bayer-Monsanto Merger: An Existential Threat to South Africa’s Food System

This paper outlines the proposed Bayer-Monsanto merger in the context of other related mega-mergers in the seed and agro-chemicals sectors, and the problems for the food system in South Africa, particularly for smallholder farmers and ag-biodiversity. […]

The Risks GM Insects Will Impose on Organic Farmers

A study has examined the potential intended and unintended impacts of the mass release of GM insects on organic farmers, finding that this is likely to impose uncertainty on individual farmers and the agricultural industry as a whole. […]

Agroecological Systems Are Resilient – Industrial Monocultures Are Not

Industrial agriculture is vulnerable and unsustainable, and only a wholesale shift to diversified agroecological systems can bring food security, environmental and livelihood resilience, nutritional adequacy and social equity. […]

Major Upcoming Developments in the USDA’s Regulatory System on GMOs

The USDA is in the process of introducing new GMO disclosure laws and instituting fundamental changes to how it assesses and regulates GM plants as pests/noxious weeds. […]

Shocks for Developing Countries from President Trump’s First Days

His first days in office indicate that President Trump intends to implement what he promised, with serious consequences for the future of the UN, trade, the environment and international cooperation, and developing countries will be most affected. […]

An Agroecological Revolution Not a Green Revolution Will Feed Africa

This paper makes a compelling case that it is an Agroecological Revolution, with small-scale farmers at the centre, that will feed Africa rather than a corporate-driven Green Revolution with GM crops. […]

Assessing the Risks of GM Crops to Soil Microorganisms

This review discusses the factors that should be considered in the assessment of the risks of GM plants to soil microorganisms, the limitations of current research methods, and the prospects for better biosafety assessment. […]

Time to Reassess Risk Assessment Methods for GM Crops and Herbicides

Call for a review of risk assessment methods for GM crops and glyphosate-based herbicides based on new studies which employed the latest ‘omics’ techniques to disprove earlier claims of safety. […]