Genetically modified (GM) crops have increased global food, feed and fibre production by nearly 1 billion tonnes (1996-2020), whilst helping farmers who grow these crops to reduce the environmental footprint associated with their crop protection practices by over 17 percent. It has also reduced carbon emissions, by 39.1 billion kilograms, …
Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world. This report attempt to provide a nuanced, fact-based assessment ofGMcrops around the world, and to clear up common misconceptions about their nature and impacts. …
Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world. Unfortunately, journalists often report such claims as fact, without first subjecting them to critical scrutiny. As in past editions of
>> In the latest plan to stem the flow of the mud volcano that erupted last year in East Java, Indonesia, a US $69 million-proposal has been chalked out. A concrete dam will be built to check the mud flow, which has already displaced around 15,000 people (see
marestail, the glyphosate-resistant weed, continues to spread in the us. So far, it has claimed about one million hectares (ha) in about 12 states and recently, scientists of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, announced the presence of marestail in Nebraska. Glyphosate is a non-selective herbicide used on many food …
Pesticide honcho for top green job A former president of a pesticide manufacturing company has been nominated as a regional head of the US Environmental Protection Agency. In the second week of October, Elin D Miller, former president of the North American division of Arysta LifeScience was named to head …
Side effects of biotech major Monsanto's herbicide Roundup, brought to light recently, have worried environmentalists. In a test in simulated shallow ponds, the herbicide killed 98 per cent tadpoles, says a study by University of Pittsburgh ecologist Rick Relyea, published in the August 2005 issue of journal Ecological Applications. The …
scientists have engineered plants capable of detoxifying lethal doses of the widely used herbicide glyphosate. Commercialisation of this trait will challenge biotech giant Monsanto's dominance of the genetically modified crop market. Monsanto markets glyphosate under the brand name
