Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To address these challenges, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...
Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.
Biotechnology used in agricultural science greatly affects our lives — from nurturing our bodies and feeding our families to mitigating the effects of climate change. Just one handful of healthy soil ...
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture is not sustainable. In a review article publishing in the journal Trends in ...
The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...
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Takeaways from ITPGRFA governing body meet: Benefit-sharing from plant genetic resources is at risk
The outcome of ITPGRFA GB 11 has a key lesson for the democratic movement. India needs a civil society independent of the ...
Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...
From self-fertilizing crops to more resilient seeds, these projects aim to boost yields and slash emissions. Part of a special report on MIT’s Climate Grand Challenges Initiative Agriculture is both a ...
For two decades, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which advises the Pope on scientific issues, has made wise observations about the importance of molecular techniques for genetic modification and ...
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