Scientists reopen debate over GM food Scientists have genetically engineered fruit and vegetables capable of providing most of a days nutrients in a single meal.Heading towards the market are potatoes with 33% more protein content, modified tomatoes that could be capable of...
Food for thought: GM scientists engineer the meal to make your day SCIENTISTS say they have genetically engineered fruit and vegetables capable of providing most of a day's nutrients in a single meal Heading towards the market are potatoes with 33 per cent more protein content, modified tomatoes that could...
GM crops are part of the answer to food crisis €' Monsanto GENETICALLY modified crops can help the world meet burgeoning food demand and tackle issues such as climate change and water shortage, Monsanto has declared.Dr Colin Merritt, Monsantos biotechnology manager, said that GM ...
GM crops are part of the answer to food crisis ' Monsanto GENETICALLY modified crops can help the world meet burgeoning food demand and tackle issues such as climate change and water shortage, Monsanto has declared.Dr Colin Merritt, Monsantos biotechnology manager, said that GM ...
Scientists reopen debate over GM food Scientists have genetically engineered fruit and vegetables capable of providing most of a days nutrients in a single meal.Heading towards the market are potatoes with 33% more protein content, modified tomatoes that could be capable of...
€ More biotechnology investments needed €' biotech association South Africa should be investing more in developing its biotechnology capa- bilities, given the value the technology holds for the future, says nonprofit biotechnology association AfricaBios executive director, Jocelyn Webster.The...
GMO wheat may help solve food crisis Wheat genetically modified to tolerate drought would boost crop yields and may help the world resolve a food crisis, an Australian state researcher said.Australia, forecast to be the third-biggest exporter of the grain, is...
Lugar suggests increase in genetically Earlier this week Indiana Senator Richard Lugar sent a letter to President Bush outlining his recommendations for responding to the current world food crisis by the international community.Lugars suggestions were meant to serve as a US...
The Global Crisis: Food, Water and Fuel There are many complex features underlying the global economic crisis pertaining to financial markets, the decline in production, the collapse of State institutions and the rapid development of a profit-driven war economy.What is rarely...
Transgenic travesty Instead, greens hate GM crops. Here's a typical assessment from the Huffington Post: 'There have been few experiments as reckless, overhyped and with as little potential upside as the rapid rollout of genetically modified ...
Genetically modified crops are growing BASEL, Switzerland For years, the agribusiness industry has ever so quietly been making new seeds to turn everyday crops corn, soybeans, canola, cotton, vegetables into Olympic farmland athletes.These genetically modified crops ...
Agribusinesses expect big yield in fields BASEL, Switzerland - For years, the agribusiness industry has ever so quietly been making new seeds to turn everyday crops - corn, soybeans, canola, cotton, vegetables - into Olympic farmland athletes.These genetically modified ...
India under fire for 'misleading NEW DELHI, India - The Indian government has denied accusations that it has misled the international community over its biosafety commitments.Suman Sahai, a geneticist and the convener of the Delhi-based nongovernmental organisation Gene...
GM brinjals, boon or a curse? Is genetically modified food the solution to food shortages and their soaring prices?As India inches closer to producing its first genetically modified vegetable, Bt brinjal, probably as early as January next year, debate is raging among...
EU's stance on GM feeds blamed for Zero tolerance of genetically modified varieties is being blamed for restricting the flow of globally traded bulk commodities and adding to the rising price of raw materials.A report commissioned by, among others, the European Feed...
GM food have considerable impact on human BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Food scarcities, given the global crisis, are enabling Genetically Modified (GM) food to make a considerable impact on the human diet.Trade restrictions by major exporters, like imposing bans and taxes...
USA 2008: GM cultivation almost at 60 For farmers in the USA, genetically modified (GM) crops are a matter of course.In 2008, GM crops were cultivated on almost 60 million hectares.
This represents a growth of ten per cent in comparison to 2007, as...
Will Europe give in to genetically Thus far, Europe has never had a friendly attitude towards genetically modified (GM) foods.In contrast to the United States, most European governments have adopted the precautionary principle in dealing with this new technology,...
Activists destroy three GM fields in France PARIS, France - Three fields of genetically modified (GM) maize were destroyed over the weekend in southwest France, the farm ministry said on Tuesday, calling the acts illegal and irresponsible for France's research sector.Attacks...
New regulatory body for recombinant NEW DELHI and MUMBAI, India - Drug companies planning to launch recombinant biologics, DNA vaccines and similar genetically modified (GM) pharma products may come under the lens of the proposed National Biotechnology Regulatory...
Fields of green Plant-made pharmaceuticals, are increasingly being touted as the way to manufacture new generations of drugs cheaply and efficiently.It's cutting-edge biotechnology, and two Canadian companies, Calgary-based SemBioSys Genetics(TSX: SBS...
Experts agree on need for GM crops in Louis, MO - In a new online video and podcast released today, eight globally recognized and distinguished experts discuss how GM crops are able to deliver significant benefits to small-scale, subsistence farming operations in...
Agribusinesses expect big yield in fields and stocks BASEL, Switzerland -- For years, the agribusiness industry has ever so quietly been making new seeds to turn everyday crops -- corn, soybeans, canola, cotton, vegetables -- into Olympic farmland athletes.These genetically modified ...
EU to propose more flexible GMO food imports BRUSSELS, Belgium - Europe's food safety chief will soon suggest allowing 'very limited' amounts of genetically modified material not yet permitted in EU markets to be mixed in imports of foods like maize, rice and soya, she said on Monday....
Maharashtra fixes Bt cotton price at 750 MUMBAI, India - The Maharashtra government has fixed the price of genetically modified Bt cotton seeds at 750 rupees for a 450 gram packet, it said on Wednesday.This is the maximum price that seed companies can charge from farmers in the...
