Pest resistance to Bt crops
Cotton Bollworm. Source: USDA The issue of pest resistance to insect resistant Bt crops receives regular media attention, partly because anti-biotechnology lobbies use it as an argument to vilify GM...
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, 868 million people were undernourished in 2010-2012. Food security has much improved in recent decades, as the...
View ArticleA new meta-analysis on the farm-level impacts of GMOs
Maize breeding, credit: KJHvM Despite the fact that the global area of GM crops has grown rapidly over the past decade and now encompasses more than 170 million hectares it is still questioned whether...
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