Mushrooms that don’t brown. Wheat that fights off disease. Tomatoes with a longer growing season. All of these crops are made possible by a gene-editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9. But now its ...
Hunger and undernourishment are two elements of food insecurity that have plagued Africa for years. And the menace is growing. In 2022, the African region accounted for the highest level of hunger as ...
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Meetings planned in four states will ask people what they think about using genetically modified crops on refuges to provide food for migrating waterfowl. The U.S. Fish and ...
German life sciences giant Bayer believes a change to EU policy on gene-edited crops has the potential to reshape Europe’s ...
According to data available, approximately 90% of the canola consumed in the United States is produced by the process of genetic modification. Canola is primarily used for the purpose of cooking and ...
One of the nation’s premier scientific bodies says it has found no evidence that genetically modified crops are bad for human health. • No evidence that the consumption of genetically modified foods ...
Grass may transfer genes from their neighbors in the same way genetically modified crops are made, a new study has revealed. Grass may transfer genes from their neighbours in the same way genetically ...
Genetically modified (GM) crops are widely used around the world, but their effects on the environment need to be explored more. New research, published in Science on August 30, 2024, takes a look at ...
Kenyan farmers like Gilbert arap Bor are losing money every day and food security for all is challenged because farmers have not been allowed to plant biotech crops. Kenyan farmers like me are losing ...
By Henry A. Onwubiko“A nation that cannot control its own seeds cannot decide its destiny.” –Captain Ibrahim Troure Genetic engineering, the manipulation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the hereditary ...