A new investigation details a covert campaign that companies such as Monsanto, now Bayer, and Syngenta waged against critics who threatened...
2 months ago

The species of bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis produces proteins that some caterpillars find toxic. Insert the underlying genes into a maize...
1 month ago

Research from Tufts GDAE finds the billion-dollar Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is not living up to its promises.
53 months ago

Several organisations, academics and unions have written to Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen,calling on him to immediately ban Terbufos.
1 month ago

A controversial plan to have Iowa State University students eat genetically modified bananas has been delayed, apparently because of issues in shipping the...
120 months ago

A $66 billion merger deal between German chemical giant Bayer and US seeds firm Monsanto could result in the world's largest agribusiness.
100 months ago

Planning documents shed new light on the controversial UN Food Systems Summit that farmers' and human rights groups are boycotting.
46 months ago

Decisions to be made at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will shape biodiversity conservation...
8 months ago

Local seeds in Africa can solve the region's food insecurity and climate problems says Siphiwe Sithole, a farmer and managing director at African Marmalade.
8 months ago

Mayet is the executive director of the African Centre for Biodiversity and is an anti-GMO, food sovereignty and food security activist.
57 months ago