Colombia: Climate Science Reaching Out for Traditional Farmers’ Wisdom

The wide-ranging knowledge about climate variation possessed by native people and other small farmers has been shown to match scientific measurements recorded on high-tech instruments. […]

Agriculture is Not a Carbon Commodity

Agriculture is the most important sector in many developing countries. It should not be treated as a commodity in the search for solutions to address climate change problems. […]

Guaranteeing Food Security in a Changing Global Climate

Experts at a meeting made a strong call for a rapid and significant shift from conventional, monoculture-based and high-external-input-dependent agricultural production towards sustainable production systems. […]

Conference Proceedings on Understanding of Biosafety

Conference Proceedings on Understanding of Biosafety

Report on a biosafety conference held on 7-9 Nov 2010 in Nagoya, Japan […]

Bt Cotton Falls Short of Expectations in Kartanaka, India

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1. Claims made in support of Bt Cotton either in terms of pesticide usage or yields or economics do not hold as the data presented in this […]

The New Biomassters

Under the pretext of addressing environmental degradation, climate change and the energy and food crises, industry is portending a “New Bioeconomy” and the replacement of fossil carbon with living matter, now labeled “biomass.” […]

An Overview of Bt Cotton Experience in Karnataka: 2002 to 2009

Bt Cotton has not been too positive in Karnataka where pests are emerging and pesticides use has increased. […]

Biosafety Protocol: A South African Perspective

Mixed Reactions on New Access and Benefit Sharing Treaty