Experts discuss how agroecology can transform the current unsustainable agro-food system and nourish the whole world, and what should be done to effect this transition. […]
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Two studies which have examined the combinatorial effects of Bt toxins in stacked GM crops and the biosafety and biological effects of Bt toxins on mammals have found a serious gap in knowledge about these effects. […] A new report identifies the scientific uncertainties, knowledge gaps and research needs related to the introduction, use and environmental assessment of GMOs. […] These case studies demonstrate the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture in Africa in the face of climate change, hunger and poverty. […] This report uncovers plans to use synthetic biology to move forward an industrial agenda that continues to tie farmers to pesticide-intensive production, using the rhetoric of ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture’ as a justification. […] This report predicts that as the synthetic biology industry and the extreme extraction industry move towards deeper collaboration, the biosafety risks and climate threats emanating from them will become ever more entangled. […] AFSA is making an evidence-based, coherent case for agroecology as the sustainable long-term solution for farming in Africa, through a collection of case studies. […] Producers and policy makers committed to an agenda for agroecology in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Regional Meeting on Agroecology for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa from 5-6 November 2015 in Dakar, Senegal. […] Increased species diversity within a biological network correlates with significantly reduced pest populations and vice versa, providing justification for the diversification of agroecosystems to improve the sustainability of food production systems. […] US biotech firm Inovio Pharmaceuticals and its partner the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”) have laid patent claim to a key vaccine-making piece of H7N9 influenza virus, an emerging kind of influenza that is thought to be deadly in about 20% of cases, and which is considered to be a pandemic threat. […] |
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