New, green thinking for agriculture needed

There is an emerging consensus that the world need to move away from industrial agriculture and the use of transgenic crops to new approaches in to address the challenges posed by climate change and food insecurity. […]

Voices from Africa

This report challenges Western-led plans for a GE revolution in African agriculture and includes perspectives from African farmers and environmentalists on their solutions to hunger and poverty in the continent. […]

GM Sites Must Be Disclosed

 

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European Court of Justice, Netherlands
Press Release
(March 10th, 2009 | Category: Policy and Regulation

Scientists Denounce ‘Unethical’ Use Of Children in GM Feeding Trials

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OPEN LETTER

Professor Robert Russell,
Professor Emeritus, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University School of Medicine
711 Washington Street

Some Progress in Meeting on Liability and Redress for GMOs

Parties to the UN Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in February 2009, have agreed that a legally-binding Supplementary Protocol will be developed on liability and redress for damage from GMOs. […]

Some Progress in Meeting on Liability and Redress for GMOs

Environment: Talks on liability and redress for GMOs make some progress

Mexico City, 5 Mar (Lim Li Lin) — Parties to the UN Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, at a meeting in Me […]

EU Ministers Uphold Rights to Ban GM Maize


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EU Refuses To Force Members To Farm GM Maize

Agence France Presse, France, 2 March 2009
(March 5th, 2009 | Category: Policy and Regulation

Scientists: Biotech Industry Thwarting Research

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Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwarting Research


By Andrew Pollack
March 2nd, 2009 | Category: Trends in Industry

Sustaining African Agriculture

This UNCTAD Policy Brief examines the potential contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable agriculture and food security particularly in Africa. […]

Fighting GMO Contamination Around the World

This article looks at how communities in different parts of the world that have experienced GM contamination are developing strategies to deal with it. […]