Time to rethink genetically modified wheat?
It’s safe. It would help farmers deal with drought, support biodiversity, protect the environment and decrease a farms carbon footprint. It would help consumers...
GM Crops
African farmers should benefit from the cohabitation and free choice between biotech crops and agroecology
In my country of Rwanda, the level of malnutrition and hunger leading to stunting among children under the age of five is still alarming, and it’s a scenario th...
Embracing Safe Science for the Health of People and the Environment
Picture the scene. I'm standing in an English pub, holding a pint of beer, along with fellow farmers after another 'what could have been' and 'if only' harvest ...
To Feed a Nation, Cuba Opens the Door to GM Technology
Cuba has some of the best soil I've ever seen. I'd love to farm in ground that good.
I just wouldn't want to live on that oppressed island.
Cuba may be blesse...
Bettering Farms in Zimbabwe...and Beyond
Nyasha Mudukuti, a member of the Global Farmer Network is the author of Bettering Farms in Zimbabwe...and Beyond, as science communication and network associat...
KUDOS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA: BT COTTON IS NOW A REALITY!
My country at long last will join the Gene Revolution: Farmers in Kenya are about to plant GM crops for the first time.
This is wonderful news for a nation ...
Technology breeds sustainability on Brazilian family farm
Henrique Gustavo Fioresi, a member of the Global Farmer Network, tells how his family depends on technology and sustainability in this story by Joan Conrow, Co...
A Kenyan Farmer Makes the Case for the Commercialization of GM Maize
This year, Ive seen the devastation of the presentand Ive also witnessed hope for the future.
Unfortunately, this is an election period and everyone seems...
Message to the NY Times: Farmers Choose to Plant GM Crops Because They Are Delivering Benefits
I dont tell reporters at the New York Times how to write their articles. Maybe they should consider not telling me how to run my farm.
That was my first tho...
Three Billion Acres of GM Crops and Counting!
We don’t know exactly where it will happen, so there won’t be any fireworks or parades. It could be in my country of Brazil. It will almost cer...