CRISPR

Video: CRISPRcon 2019 – Panel Discussion “Growing for Good? Gene Editing and Agriculture”

Onyaole Patience KokuAugust 14, 2019

Nigerian Global Farmer Network member, Patience Koku, wrote a few weeks ago in Let Africans Decide What Is Best For Africa about her participation on a panel at...

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News: China’s Big Bet On Genome Edited Crops

Global Farmer NetworkJuly 30, 2019

Science To feed its 1.4 billion, China bets big on genome editing of crops By Jon Cohen - July 29, 2019 (www.sciencemag.org) This story, the first in a serie...

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Let Africans Decide What is Best for Africa

Onyaole Patience KokuJuly 17, 2019

The statement just came to me: “Let Africans decide what is best for Africa!” A European “expert” had offered a different opinion. In his view, African farme...

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Video: “No GMO? What About CRISPR?”

Global Farmer NetworkOctober 30, 2018

KNOW IDEAS MEDIA Published on Jun 29, 2018 CRISPR is changing everything we thought we knew about Genetic Engineering, because according...

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US East Coast Hazelnuts A Breeding Triumph

John Rigolizzo, Jr.September 28, 2018

I’m a failed hazelnut farmer. Then again, so is every other farmer who has tried to grow hazelnuts in New Jersey. In fact, almost nobody east of the Rockies ...

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European Bureaucrats Deny EU Farmers Access to Innovative Technology

Maria Gabriela CruzSeptember 13, 2018

Imagine trying to survive in the modern world with one of those old mobile phones that featured a stubby antenna, push-button dialing, and an LCD display. Yo...

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Video: “Saving The Orange”

Global Farmer NetworkAugust 28, 2018

Saving The Orange American Seed Trade Association - August 8, 2018 "Could your morning cup of orange juice be in danger? How can CRISPR gene editing chang...

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Crop Biotech 3.0: A Farmer’s Perspective

Craige MackenzieJuly 12, 2018

Here in New Zealand, we did not participate in the GE Gene Revolution. Farmers like me see an advantage in making sure that we do not miss the next one. You...

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Clock ticking on tariffs, and sun is setting on ‘Must Read’ – news for weeks of Apr 30 & May 7

Global Farmer NetworkApril 30, 2018

News items related to ag tech, biotech, trade – and perhaps some other interesting topics out there related to agriculture – will be posted on this page through...

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Technology is Getting CRISPR

Daniel KelleyApril 26, 2018

The future of farming just got a lot brighter. On March 28, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that his department won’t add a new layer of...

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