Professor Dale Sanders takes issue with Zac Goldsmith, former editor of The Ecologist. Is 'golden rice' a Trojan Horse for the GM industry, or nutritional manna from heaven for the world's poor?
… Golden rice naysayers ignore the world's need for … November 2013 Comment Gm GMO Farming Golden Rice Food golden-rice.png Professor Dale Sanders takes issue …
Plans for GM 'Golden Rice' have divided critics, but Howarth Bouis from HarvestPlus explains why their non-GM biofortified crops with higher portions of key vitamins can succeed in tackling malnutrition
… biofortified crops succeed after Golden Rice controversy? Tom Levitt | 12th December 2011 News Food And Farming Gm Golden Rice goldenrice.jpg Plans for GM 'Golden Rice' have …
Campaigners in India are facing charges including trespassing and criminal intimidation following a protest last month against genetically modified rice being trialled by Bayer BioScience
… Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India The Ecologist | 13th … Food And Farming Bayer Gm India Rice Greenpeace Genetic Engineering Biotech Brinjal Sheep rice.jpg Campaigners in India are facing …
Whether it’s because of GM or gluten; if you’re giving wheat the chop, there’s an eco-friendly alternative to suit you
… Food And Farming Rothamsted Research Monsanto Rice Gram Millet Cassava Tapioca holding.jpg … friendly. The stand-outs: buckwheat and rice Ignore the deceptively wheaty name; … flour is fantastic.’ Not just for stir-fries, rice is available in flour form as well, and …
The environment secretary's stance on GM food is grotesque, argues Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith.
… GMOs Gm Gm Food Food Farming Politics Golden Rice zac.jpeg Zac Goldsmith The environment … corporations. Asked recently about ' golden rice ', genetically modified to tackle … say. For one thing, the developers of golden rice have said that it is not even ready for …
In the past decade, the sales pitch of the biotech companies has shifted with the climate of public opinion. Public scepticism has remained high, but politicians seem to have bought enthusiastically into the GM ‘solution’. In many ways this encapsulates where science has gone wrong – by inventing technologies without first deciding what problems need addressing. If GM crops are the answer, what exactly is the problem?
… Break Free Clare Oxborrow Becky Price Peter Riley | 1st November 2008 News Gm … construct built around a daffodil gene into rice to create ‘golden rice’ – rich in beta-carotene, the precursor …
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?
… Gm BASF Farming Agriculture Organic golden rice.jpg BASF are to halve their GM research … made for GM. A classic example is Golden Rice , originally meant to deliver additional … campaigners regularly claim that Golden Rice either is or could be saving lives and …
The man on the phone said he was from the BBC. They were interested in interviewing me about my alleged involvement in crimes against humanity.
… the lives of the poor. He came up with hybrid rice, which he readily admitted wasn’t GM … he claimed. Lord Taverne proffered Golden Rice and banged on about crimes against … with Vitamin A deficiency, not only is Golden Rice not all it’s cracked up to be but there …
Andres Carrasco's research linking a controversial herbicide with birth defects highlighted the potential health dangers posed by GM crop-spraying in Argentina – and led to violence and intimidation for those behind the study
… used on genetically modified soy and rice in Argentina, causes birth defects in … for two hours. Witnesses believe that a local rice producer and officials had organised the … coincided with the expansion of GM soy and rice crops in the region and the corresponding …
In August 2006, German chemicals company BASF applied to start GM potato field trials
in Cambridge and Derbyshire as early as next spring. The GM industry is making many
claims about this product, but are these based on the truth? Andy Rees investigates
… chain. And in April 2005, unauthorised GM Bt rice was discovered to have been sold and … Hubei. An estimated 950 to 1200 tons of the rice entered the food chain after the 2004 … tons entering the food chain in 2005. The rice may also have contaminated China’s rice …
Campaigners welcome decision to put on hold cultivation of genetically modified (GM) aubergine crop, Bt Brinjal, until 'safety of product' established
… Here's why... NEWS Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India Campaigners in India are … last month against genetically modified rice being trialled by Bayer BioScience …
… to materialise. The much vaunted GM ‘golden rice’ – hailed as a cure to vitamin A … consumers would need to eat 12 bowls of the rice every day. 1 In 2004, the Kenyan …
Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and the WorldWatch Institute, on his fears for Copenhagen, genetically modified food and the failure of the media
… ML: Which is a better way to put a price on carbon: through taxes or … because of the uncertainty of future carbon prices. ExxonMobil, the biggest oil company in … in the far north Atlantic and the future rice harvest of Asia. But much of Asia's rice …
Graphic illustrates how just five biotech giants have increased their control of the global seed market, promoting monoculture farming and making it harder for farmers to find alternative sources of seeds
… of seeds and leading to an increase in seed prices and a decrease of seed choices for … to thrive NEWS Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India Campaigners in India are … last month against genetically modified rice being trialled by Bayer BioScience …
Proposed merger between Dupont-owned Pioneer Hi-Bred and Pannar Seeds could spell disaster for local farmers and food security, watchdog claims
… seed diversity and increase local seed prices, a scenario already witnessed in other … companies to control the sector and increase prices, in turn leaving farmers with few … helping hand... NEWS Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India Campaigners in India are …
Join the growing chorus of individuals and organisations demanding the right to know what's in their food... all GM foods should be labelled, say Just Label It campaigners
… biofortified crops succeed after Golden Rice controversy? Plans for GM 'Golden Rice' have divided critics, but Howarth Bouis …
Following allegations of defying India's Biological Diversity Act (BDA), Monsanto faces a lawsuit from the Indian government, reports Rosie Spinks
… helping hand... NEWS Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India Campaigners in India are … last month against genetically modified rice being trialled by Bayer BioScience …
Promotion of GM mosquitoes as a way to tackle a tropical disease is simply part of a PR strategy intended to pave the way to a new global business selling GM agricultural pests, says Helen Wallace
… to thrive NEWS Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India Campaigners in India are … last month against genetically modified rice being trialled by Bayer BioScience …
How do you get your GM crops and herbicides into countries that don't want and can't afford them? Simple - you just wait for a crisis, and offer a helping hand...
… special fellowship programme for research on rice and wheat plant breeding. Under the … Ph.D. scholars to pursue their research in rice and wheat breeding. Edward Runge, … populated countries. In these nations, rice and wheat are not cash crops; they are …