This paper outlines the proposed Bayer-Monsanto merger in the context of other related mega-mergers in the seed and agro-chemicals sectors, and the problems for the food system in South Africa, particularly for smallholder farmers and ag-biodiversity. […]
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A study has examined the potential intended and unintended impacts of the mass release of GM insects on organic farmers, finding that this is likely to impose uncertainty on individual farmers and the agricultural industry as a whole. […] Industrial agriculture is vulnerable and unsustainable, and only a wholesale shift to diversified agroecological systems can bring food security, environmental and livelihood resilience, nutritional adequacy and social equity. […] The USDA is in the process of introducing new GMO disclosure laws and instituting fundamental changes to how it assesses and regulates GM plants as pests/noxious weeds. […] His first days in office indicate that President Trump intends to implement what he promised, with serious consequences for the future of the UN, trade, the environment and international cooperation, and developing countries will be most affected. […] This paper makes a compelling case that it is an Agroecological Revolution, with small-scale farmers at the centre, that will feed Africa rather than a corporate-driven Green Revolution with GM crops. […] This review discusses the factors that should be considered in the assessment of the risks of GM plants to soil microorganisms, the limitations of current research methods, and the prospects for better biosafety assessment. […] Call for a review of risk assessment methods for GM crops and glyphosate-based herbicides based on new studies which employed the latest ‘omics’ techniques to disprove earlier claims of safety. […] Cutting-edge molecular profiling analyses reveal that the herbicide Roundup (glyphosate) caused non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in rats at doses thousands of times below what is permitted by regulators worldwide. […] A new study disproves claims that a GM Roundup-tolerant maize is ‘substantially equivalent’ to its non-GM counterpart, highlighting the need for a more thorough evaluation of the safety of consuming products derived from this GM maize on a long-term basis […] |
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