The largest meta-analysis to date on organic vs. conventional farming has found a smaller yield gap, and in some cases, none at all between the two, compared to previous findings.Thus, organic farming with agroecological practices can deliver high yields. […]
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The EU Parliament and Council have agreed on new legislation that will allow EU member states to restrict or ban GM crops on their own territory. The move has however been described as failing to provide legal certainty for member states. […] The Mexican Chapter of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal has called on the Mexican government to ban the planting of GM maize in the country. […] This commentary argues that the enforcement of a strict divide between nature and culture or social and ecological systems in Europe’s risk assessment of GMOs is counter-productive, for both robust science and considered ethical action. […] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180091400295X Environmental prot […] In an important contribution to the discussion on socio-economic considerations in GMO decision-making, the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board has published a report on how to assess the sustainability of herbicide-resistant GM plants. […]
HERBICIDE-RESISTANT GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Norwegian Bio-technology Advisory Board
Genome editing is an advanced GE technology that carries new characteristics and risks which current regulations on GMOs may not cover. A paper on this issue calls for scientific caution and appropriate regulations to govern the technology. […] |
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