A crowd breaking through a fence to destroy an experimental field of genetically modified golden rice in the Philippines, Aug. 9. By Mark Lynas,…
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By DR. MICHAEL PURUGGANAN, New York University August 12, 2013 It all started in 1984 in Los Baños, Laguna. Scientists had begun to…
Workers and scientists measuring the progress of the rice and collecting samples and data to help assess its performance. The International Rice Research Institute…
Golden Rice could complement other beta carotene-rich foods such as squash, carrot, and green leafy vegetables – that all provide vitamin A. Written by Bruce…
2013 World Food Prize Laureates Van Montagu, Chilton and Fraley Washington, D.C. (June 19, 2013) – Three distinguished scientists — Marc Van Montagu of Belgium,…
By ROUCHELLE R. DINGLASAN, June 19, 2013 Filipinos will soon get to know the country’s national hero like never before as the Philippine…
[Marvyn N. Benaning, 14 July 2013] SCIENTISTS are turning the tables on Greenpeace and other advocates of the ban on field trials of…
Prof. Edward Cocking, developer of the N-Fix system [Jul 25, 2013] A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham,…
[Medan, Indonesia, 4 July 2013] Issued by the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology—Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group Joint Meeting APEC…