Small farms and agroecology are the future of agriculture

The author proposes food sovereignty and ecologically integrated production systems to be key concepts in dealing with the pressing issues facing the agricultural sector, […]

Patents, Climate Change and African Agriculture

This report exposes the patents and players involved in appropriating key African food crops to produce GM climate crops. […]

GE is not an Alternative to Sustainable Agriculture to Feed the World

This is a collection of various developing countries’ experiences looking at whether or not genetic engineering is necessary in agriculture to fight poverty and hunger. […]

GMO Assessment – Sustainable Development and Societal Utility

Summary

The report assesses how applications for marketing of GMOs fulfil the criteria of sustainable developme […]

Trend in Biotechnology, Seed and Agrochemicals Industries

Executive Summary

Global context

The commercial introduction of agro-biotechnology demands that corporations have three ass […]

Benefits of organic rice production

Research conducted by the University of Philippines Los Banos, provides evidence that sustainable organic practices are feasible and will benefit small farmers. […]

GMO Assessment in Norway as Compared to EU Procedures: Societal Utility and Sustainable Development

The study assesses how and to what extent marketing applications for GMOs fulfil the criteria of sustainable development and societal utility in the Norwegian Gene Technology Act. […]

New Multi-Trait GE Corn Raises Concerns

Monsanto, Dow stack up the genes

By Stephen Leahy

Inter Press Service, 

Contaminated Crops, Threatened Cultures

A report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples and the threat posed by the Colombian government’s policies and practices concerning GMOs. […]

A Critique of the European Food Safety Authority’s Opinion on GM Maize MON810

An opinion by Europe’s food agency advocating the safety of the only GM crop grown in Europe is fundamentally flawed, according to a Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe report. […]