Genetic Engineering and the Big Challenges for Agriculture – Lessons from the United States

 THIRD WORLD NETWORK BIOSAFETY INFORMATION SERVICE

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Re: GE and the Big Challenges for Agriculture – Lessons from the US

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Field-resistance of the African maize stem borer to Bt maize: What did we learn?

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Re: October 29th, 2013 | Category: Biosafety Briefings

Reports Show Corporate Control Entrenched in Global Food Chain

Two reports illustrate the overwhelming extent of corporate control over food and agriculture and provide evidence to show the inability of this dominant industrial model to feed a world in (climate) crisis. […]

Reports Show Corporate Control Entrenched in Global Food Chain

October 28th, 2013 | Category: Trends in Industry

Agroecology is a Solution to the Food Systems and Climate Change Crises

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food explores how agroecology can result in modes of production that are more resilient, highly productive and sustainable, contributing to poverty alleviation and the realization of the right to food. […]

GE and the Big Challenges for Agriculture – Lessons from the US

GE and the Big Challenges for Agriculture – Lessons from the US

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. […]

Socio-Economic Impact of GM Corn in the Philippines

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 […]

Socio-Economic Impact of GM Corn in the Philippines

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October 23rd, 2013 | Category: Assessment & Impacts

Field-Resistance of the African Maize Stem Borer to Bt Maize