20 Years of Success - Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2015 (ISAAA)
The 2015 annual report from the?International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) - the 20th anniversary of biotech crops being com...
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Biotechnology is Making South Africa and the World Better
I used to be skeptical of GM crops. Then I saw what they can do. Now Im a true believer: Biotechnology is a boon to farmers everywhere, most especially in the ...
Biotech Crops Used by Limited-Resource Farmers in Developing Countries
For the first time in the sixteen year history of the commercial production of biotech crops, more acres where planted in developing countries in 2012 than deve...
Mexican Progress on Biotech Crops
The Mexican government has been supportive of the development of biotech crops, including corn, while recognizing the importance of centers of origin of corn an...
Zero Tariffs on U.S.-EU Agricultural Trade
Slow economic growth in the U.S. and the EU and no movement on the WTO Doha Round of trade policy negotiations have generated interest in proposals for zero ...
Biotech Cotton in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso and three other African countries, Chad, Benin and Mali, are known as the Cotton Four countries in the WTO that have pushed for changes in U.S. far...
Biotech Crop Debate Goes On
Hardly a month goes by when another report claims some new benefits or criticisms of biotech crops. This debate is important because these crops were grown on ...
Expansion of Biotech Crop Plantings in 2008
Continued expansion in the worldwide acreage of biotech crops is the result of economic and political forces. Farmers adopt them to increase yields and/or lowe...
Biotech Crops Respond to Growers Diverse Needs
Biotech crops are a new industry with eleven year of commercial production around the globe. They have proven to be relatively scale neutral. They are planted o...
China Imports Biotech Corn from the U.S.
Chinese grain traders have reported that the government has issued permits for importing two cargoes of 100 metric tons each of biotech corn from the U.S. The ...