Review Finds GM Herbicide-Resistant Crops Will Bring About Further Loss of Biodiversity

AGRONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE CULTIVATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED HERBICIDE-RESISTANT PLANTS

Review Finds GM Herbicide-Resistant Crops Will Bring About Further Loss of Biodiversity

A review of studies on GM herbicide-resistant crops by three European government agencies finds that instead of being the solution, these GM crops are part of the problem and that their continued use will result in biodiversity loss. […]

Insect Pollinators a Significant Factor in Transgene Flow in Rice

A Chinese study has found that insect pollination can significantly increase transgene flow in rice, a risk previously underestimated and which the researchers say must now form part of risk assessments of GM rice and other GM crops. […]

Insect Pollinators a Significant Factor in Transgene Flow in Rice

 

FLOWER-VISITING INSECTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON TRANSGENE FLOW IN RICE

Study Finds that Monsanto’s GM Soybean May Increase Insect Pest

A scientific study warns that Monsanto’s Intacta GM soybean could result in an increase in a non-target insect pest. […]

Study Finds that Monsanto’s GM Soybean May Increase Insect Pest

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DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTION OF SPODOPTERA ERIDANIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) AND ITS EGG PARASITOID TELENOMUS REMUS ( […]

Syngenta Sued for $1 Billion Over China’s Rejection of GM Corn

Second Discovery of Unapproved GM Wheat in the U.S.

Unapproved GM wheat has been discovered growing in Montana following a similar discovery last year in Oregon. The GM wheat was only authorized for field trials between 2000-2003, and no GM wheat has ever been commercialized. […]

Perspectives on FAO International Agroecology Symposium

The FAO’s recent symposium on agroecology has opened the door for what many groups hope will be a transformational change in the agri-food system. However, there is a need to safeguard agrecology from being coopted into the industrial model of agriculture […]

Socio-economic Considerations in GMO Decision-Making: International Agreements in Context

New Book Release

Socio-economic Considerations in GMO
Decision-Making: International Agreements in Context

Publisher: TWN
ISBN: 978-967-0747-02-6
Year: 2014 No. o […]