This TWN Biosafety Briefing evaluates the impact of genetic engineering in the US on three important challenges to agriculture: increasing food productivity, increasing nitrogen use efficiency, and increasing drought tolerance. […]
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A Philippines study on the socio-economic impacts of GM corn cultivation has found evidence of increased farmer debt and impoverishment, highlighting the urgent need for socio-economic considerations to play an integral role in proper biosafety assessment […] Item 1
October 23rd, 2013 | Category: Assessment & Impacts 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. […] 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. […] |
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