Published on July 23, 2021 | Agence France-Presse, Inquirer MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines became the world’s first country Friday to approve the commercial production of genetically modified “golden rice”…
Published on July 23, 2021 | Christopher Gonzales, DA-PhilRice With DA-BPI’s release of the final biosafety approval, Golden Rice is now cleared for commercial propagation. Science City of Muñoz, Philippines…
Published on July 23, 2021 | Russell Reinke, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Los Baños, PHILIPPINES – Filipino farmers will become the first in the world to be able to…
Photo Credit: Creative Commons Based on 2019 data from The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), an estimated 6 to 7 billion male chicks are culled worldwide each year.…
Around 116 million tons of dairy products are lost or discarded globally each year, according to 2018 study by Professor Peter Alexander, a member of the Global Academy of Agriculture…
A GM salmon and a non-GM salmon that are of same age. (Photo credit: AquaBounty) By the year 2050, the United Nations (UN) and independent research institutions project that our…
In the looming crisis brought about by the drastic and potentially irreversible effects of climate change, humanity faces its most challenging task. Decades of rapid industrial growth have led to…
Published on June 24, 2021 | Joseph Gakpo | Cornell Alliance for Science | Genetic Literacy Project A South African scientist says it’s about time African governments prioritized the interests…
Published on June 23, 2021 | Joseph Maina, Cornell Alliance for Science In yet another big win for its smallholder farmers, Kenya has become the first country globally to approve…