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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger,

Ease regulatory burden to support 'new revolution' in crop breeding, researchers urge - Alliance for Science

It’s imperative to ease the regulatory burden on new crop breeding technologies that could feed a warmer, hungrier world, a new study urged. The safety risks from these new technologies are “very low compared to conventional breeding methods and/or spontaneous mutations,” according to a paper published in Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. The authors further […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Forestry, Education U.S. West, Sustainability, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Ag Europe, Genes /Genetics, Government / Policies, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Ag Middle East,

Gene editing can prevent eucalyptus from becoming invasive - Alliance for Science

Gene editing can prevent eucalyptus — a tree highly valued in Kenya and elsewhere for its hardy timber, wood fuel and medicinal extracts — from invading native ecosystems, a team of international researchers has shown. Dr. Steve Strauss of Oregon State University led a team of scientists in the research, which concluded that the CRISPR […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Sorghum, Food/Nutrition, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage,

Small grains deliver big returns for African farmers facing climate change - Alliance for Science

The rains are long gone and the field is dry, but the sorghum crop is flush with luscious green leaves, foretelling a good harvest. The stubby, thin sorghum stalks, which delicately balance bi-color heads of grain, crowd farmer Simangaliso Ncube’s one-hectare plot in Mapulubusi village in Zimbabwe. Ncube planted the sorghum in the 2019-20 season, […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soybeans, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, World Hunger,

GMO bean benefits Brazil's consumers and smallholder farmers - Alliance for Science

In a win for smallholder farmers and public sector research, Brazil grocery stores are now selling a genetically modified (GM) bean that is resistant to a destructive plant disease. The bean developed by the government-funded Embrapa can successfully resist the troublesome Bean Golden Mosaic Virus (BGMV), which causes losses estimated at 300,000 tons per year […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Cotton, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Genes /Genetics, Ag Africa,

Burkina Faso cotton industry wants to bring back GMO seeds - Alliance for Science

Burkina Faso’s cotton industry wants to bring back the genetically modified varieties the nation phased out in 2015. The German firm Bayer will begin negotiations with Burkinabe authorities by the end of this year to allow for a return of the Bt cotton seeds that local farmers have been demanding, according to Wilfried A. Yameogo, […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, GMO's, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Regenerative Agriculture,

Nigeria green lights GMO maize - Alliance for Science

Nigeria continues to emerge as a leader in Africa’s adoption of crop biotechnology, approving insect-resistant and drought-tolerant TELA maize for open cultivation. The improved maize joins insect-resistant Bt cotton and pod borer-resistant Bt cowpea as genetically modified (GM) crops that can help Nigeria’s smallholder farmers reduce pesticide use, increase yields, support food security and respond […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Photosynthesis, Weather,

Tweaking photosynthesis to boost crop yield - Alliance for Science

While genetically modified crops have achieved significant environmental benefits, decreased insecticide use and boosted profits for farmers in adopting countries, critics counter that they have failed to deliver on promises of increasing yield.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Weather,

Africa to push rapid adoption of biotechnology to transform food systems at historic UN Summit - Alliance for Science

Africa will be pushing for a rapid adoption of biotechnology as one tool to help transform the world’s food systems at the historic United Nation’s Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) on Thursday. The 2021 Africa Agriculture Status Report 2021, launched a few days ago by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), discloses that the […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, GMO's, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

GMO eggplant is documented win for resource-poor farmers - Alliance for Science

Insect-resistant brinjal, or eggplant, is arguably the most impactful project to bring agricultural biotechnology to resource-poor farmers. Studies show that Bangladesh farmers, who began growing Bt brinjal commercially in 2014, have enjoyed a sizable increase in income, a receptive market and significantly reduced pesticide use. It is now on its way to commercialization in the […]

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Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Safety (Farm/Production),

Top scientist urges Kenya to take new approach to regulating gene editing crops - Alliance for Science

Subjecting Kenya’s gene-edited crops to the same regulations as those developed through genetic modification could unnecessarily slow their release to farmers and consumers, warned the director of the East Africa Hub of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Leena Tripathi said edited crops with no foreign gene added should not be treated like genetically […]

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