BASF are to halve their GM research and development and reduce the time spent on developing these technologies, writes Peter Melchett. Given the many problems that GM agriculture is facing, and that new non-GE technologies offer such valuable benefits as increased crop yields, does BASF's announcement spell the beginning of the end of GM crops?
… resistant to multiple weed-killers. Both GM maize and GM cotton, genetically engineered to … the USA, Argentina and Brazil , for soya and maize used for animal feed, and in cotton in …
The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated 'anti-science' luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables
… volunteers who in 1999 removed part of a GM maize crop being grown in Norfolk as part of a …
By not properly discussing agriculture at national or international climate negotiations, we are avoiding tackling not just a huge source of emissions, but also a potential carbon sink
… Green Revolution Forget trying to grow hybrid maize - Africa already has all the crops, …
Almost all our food is grown in soil, writes Peter Melchett. Yet we are treating it like dirt: spraying it with toxic chemicals, depleting vital nutrients, and releasing its carbon to add to climate change. With World Soils Day coming up tomorrow, let's change our ways - and renew our commitment to organic food and farming.
… one of 28 volunteers arrested for removing GM maize in 1999; all the volunteers were found …