Global Issues News Headlines for “Genetically Engineered Food”

Argentina: Poison from the Sky

2011-12-09T05:24:00-08:00

Argentina's soy boom has been a major source of foreign exchange. But the other side of the coin is the toxic effects among the rural population, from spraying agrochemicals.

Mexico: Transgenic Cotton Harbours Hidden Dangers

2011-10-20T06:46:00-07:00

Wild cotton in Mexico has been contaminated with genetically modified material, posing a risk to biodiversity, experts say.

Brazil: Homegrown GM Bean Won't Fight Hunger, Critics Say

2011-10-04T16:39:00-07:00

Critics complain that a genetically modified bean developed in Brazil, resistant to one of the country's most damaging agricultural pests, was approved without enough debate or guarantees that the crop will not affect human health or the environment.

U.S.: Battle Escalates Against Genetically Modified Crops

2011-10-01T07:41:00-07:00

Home to a fast-growing network of farmers' markets, cooperatives and organic farms, but also the breeding ground for mammoth for-profit corporations that now hold patents to over 50 percent of the world's seeds, the United States is weathering a battle between Big Agro and a ripening movement for food justice and security.

Concerns Loom Over Implications Of Enhancement Technology:

2011-09-30T11:47:00-07:00

Imagine a class of 24 children, three of whom take performance enhancing medicines that increase their chances of scoring high on standardized tests. Now quadruple that number, with one half of the pupils popping pills and the other pushing their pencils med free.

Mexico: Traditional Maize Can Cope with Climate Change

2011-09-08T12:59:00-07:00

Maize, Mexico's staple food as well as a symbol, has the potential to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects without any need for genetically modified seeds, according to agricultural scientists.

Environment-Chile: Native Seeds in Danger of Being Monopolised

2011-07-12T07:34:00-07:00

Fear is growing among environmental and indigenous organisations in Chile over the possible appropriation of native seeds by foreign companies, opening the doors to transgenic crops and their negative impact on biodiversity.

Kenya: Legal Lacuna Persists While Biotechnology Is Sneaked in

2011-05-16T06:08:00-07:00

Farming with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is becoming more widespread in Kenya due the promotion of biotechnology through clever schemes, exacerbated by the lack of a legal framework for the commercialisation of these controversial products.

Haiti: Seeding Reconstruction or Destruction?

2011-04-01T06:34:00-07:00

Last year, tens of thousands of tonnes of tools, seeds and plant cuttings were distributed to almost 400,000 Haitian farming families, perhaps one-third to one-half of the country's farming population.

Save Climate And Double Food Production With Eco-Farming:

2011-03-08T00:00:00-08:00

Eco-farming could double food production in entire regions within 10 years while mitigating climate change, according to a new U.N. report released Tuesday in Geneva.