AI Technology Puts a Plant Doctor in Every Pocket
I have my plant doctor in my pocket.
That's how I think about my mobile phone, ever since I discovered an app that harnesses the power of artificial intelligen...
Green Revolution
Building Team Borlaug Through The Global Farmer Network
By Mary Boote - CEO, Global Farmer Network
For Norman Borlaug, it was always about the farmers.
He loved to meet them, talk with them, work beside them. T...
Celebrating Indias Miracle Crops: Past, Present and Future
Half a century is a long time, but thats how long Ive been thinking seriously about Indias struggle with food securityand how technology can help to solve i...
2014 in Review
In 2014, the farmers of Truth about Trade & Technology celebrated the centennial year of Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution. We also marked ...
Kenya Must Lift Ban on GM Imports: Allow Commercialization of GM Crops
United States President Barack Obamas ringing endorsement of biotechnology in agriculture has the potential to inspire hearts and minds in Africaand perhaps m...
To Indian Farmers and Farmers Around the World: Norman Borlaug is Our Hero
Norman Borlaug is my heroand hes a hero to a billion of my countrymen here in India as well.
This week, we honor Borlaugs centenary: He was born on March ...
Challenges and Opportunities of Farming in India
Cyclone Phailin smashed into the eastern coast of India on Sunday, leaving a path of death and destruction whose toll is still being calculated. The devastation...
India Must Listen to Its Farmers: An Indian Farmers Appeal to Access Biotechnology
Farming in India has reached a very crucial phase. In a scenario of rising consumption needs and aspirations, and dwindling or varying natural resources, it ha...
India Is Ready For A Gene Revolution
The fate of my nation depends on it.
I’m old enough to remember India in the 1960s, when my country couldn’t feed itself. We had to import ...
Great Expectations
As a Portuguese farmer, I’m hoping that he will--specifically with respect to Europe and GM crops.
Mr. Obama has the ear of Europeans. Pre-election pol...