Economic Challenges to Sustainable Agriculture

The current global economic framework poses challenges to agriculture, which need to be resolved if sustainable agriculture is to be taken seriously. […]

Sober Warning on Agrofuels

GRAIN warns that this rush into agrofuels is causing enormous environmental and social damage. Also, figures show that the contribution of agrofuels to combat climate change is not likely to be significant. […]

The theory and practice of European traceability regulations for genetically modified food and feed

Due to demand from the European people, the European Community has responded by providing a complex set of EC Regulations on GMO traceability, detection and labelling, to provide information to the public about the food they are eating […]

GM Food – A Health Concern?

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Genetically modified food and health – a cause for concer […]

Monsanto’s GM Drought-Tolerant Maize in South Africa

The African Centre for Biosafety’s assessment of Monsanto’s GM drought-tolerant maize which received the South African government’s approval to be field-tested in the country. […]

Organic and Diverse Non-Rice Food Systems

This is a summary report which provides an example of an organic and diverse food system in a village in Indonesia. It is a paper submitted to the FAO’s conference on organic agriculture and food security, […]

Organic Agroforestry Benefits Farming Families in Timor, Indonesia

A summary report by Yayasan Mitra Tani Mandiri (YMTM), Yayasan An Feot Ana (YAFA) and TWN on the results of an organic agroforestry programme in Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. […]

CRIIGEN Report on NK 603 GM Maize

A study on NK603 produced by Monsanto which provides warnings of toxicity of the GE maize. […]

Study on the Effects of Transgene Flow

r Executive Summary

Introduction

At its Ninth Session, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture "recognized the need to go ahead with the Draft Code of
Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates […]

A Typology of the Effects of (Trans)Gene Flow on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources

This paper gives an overview of current research regarding the possible effects of transgene flow on human health, the environment, the various stakeholders in the food and feed production chain and on the conservation of plant genetic resources. […]