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…
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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…
Published on June 22, 2021 | V Sajeev Kumar & Kochi | The Hindu This is the first time any GM crop is developed exclusively for the North-East. Terming it…
Published on June 18, 2021 | Staff, Reuters SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s government published a new regulation on Thursday to align rules for genetically modified (GMO) crops with global…
Published on June 07, 2021 | In School Team, The Hindu More than 10% of the world’s crop land grow Genetically Modified crops or GM crops. Scientists around the world…