— -- U.S. farmers and those in developing countries helped drive a surge in new plantings of genetically modified crops around the globe in 2011, even in the face of resistance from Europe and ...

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 cope with inflation and pay their food ...

2022 has been a difficult year for European agriculture. We can start with the Russia/Ukraine conflict and how that has changed market conditions and supply chains of certain critical things, like ...

Researchers have developed a synthetic regeneration system for genetically editing crops, avoiding the challenging step of ...

To overcome this challenge, it will take farmers like me. We can’t fight in the court of law, but we can make our voices heard in the court of public opinion.

VATICAN CITY — As the world's population increases, so, of course, does the demand for food. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that, over the next 25 years, global food ...

Steven Broyles, professor and chair of SUNY Cortland’s Biological Sciences Department, will discuss the pressing issues surrounding the role of genetically modified food in global sustainability on ...

Canada is ranked among the countries that produce the most genetically modified crops. According to the ISAAA, Canada dedicated 11.6 million hectares for the cultivation of GM crops in 2014. Some of ...

A genetically engineered fruit fly may be an effective form of pest control, new research indicates. The Mediterranean fruit fly is an agricultural pest that does extensive damage to more than 300 ...

Although genetically modified crops have some big advantages over their regular counterparts, initially creating the modified plants can be quite challenging. Scientists have now developed a simpler ...

ROCKVILLE, MD -- In covering the issue of genetically modified crops, the national media have generally reported the views of anti-biotech interest group representatives, biotechnology company ...

Researchers have developed a way to improve crop quality without needing to create special genetically modified plants. The new technique relies on a spray that introduces bioactive molecules into ...