Global IssuesIndia: Stemming Experiments in Stem Cells
Monday, February 14, 2011
Hundreds of patients are now streaming into stem cell therapy clinics all over India, despite the controversy surrounding stem cell research and even though, doctors say, no one has yet been cured by this technology.
Europe: GM Debate Gets a Polish Twist
Sunday, December 19, 2010
In the summer presidential campaign, fake posters of two leading candidates showed up on the streets of Polish cities. 'United we stand, divided we fall', the slogan of now president Bronislaw Komorowski, became 'United we stand, modified we fall'. Equally bombastic 'Poland is most important' by opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski turned into 'Poland without GMO is most important'.
Economy-Zimbabwe: Consumers May be Happy But Workers Aren’t
Monday, November 22, 2010
South African retail giant Pick-‘n-Pay increased its stake from 25 to 49 percent in TM Supermarkets — Zimbabwe’s largest grocer — in October in a deal worth about 13 million dollars. But, while the champagne corks pop in the boardroom, employees are not upbeat.
U.S. Regulators Omit Wider Implications Of Gm Salmon
Friday, November 19, 2010
U.S. regulators are poised to decide as early as next week whether to approve a genetically modified salmon for human consumption.
New Staple Crop Varieties Take Aim At Malnutrition
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
When the Green Revolution took root in the 1960s and 1970s, plant biologists' main concern was increasing the yield of the staple crops on which people in poor countries depended. This, it stood to reason, would increase the amount of food available to the world's poor — and decrease hunger.
India: Many Scientific Reports Plagiarsed
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Embarrassing retractions of scientific papers and a thinly-disguised report favouring introduction of genetically modified crops by the country's top science academies have revived calls for more stringent action against plagiarism and unethical practices.
Q&A: Cuba's GM Maize Debate Opens Up
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
The cultivation in several Cuban provinces of genetically modified maize, obtained by the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, endangers biodiversity and contradicts the government's own agricultural production plan, warns Cuban agro-ecologist Fernando Funes-Monzote.
Africa: Outrage Over Claim that Anti-GM Campaign 'Causes Hunger'
Friday, August 27, 2010
Civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to claims that the international campaign against genetically modified (GM) crops is partly responsible for food shortages and food insecurity in Africa.
Africa: Modified Banana Could Cure Deadly Disease
Thursday, August 12, 2010
An innovation by researchers in Nigeria could be a cure for the devastating Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) - responsible for annual losses in excess of 500 million dollars of crop across East and Central Africa. But it has also fuelled debate on the genetic engineering of crops in Africa.
When Agrochemical Corporations Invented Nature
Friday, August 06, 2010
A civil society protest against a British agrochemical company that claims it has invented a particular sort of broccoli has again focused attention on the question who owns natural biodiversity, especially vegetables, seeds, and many forms of meat and animal food products.
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