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4 days ago · Around the world, farming practice evolves in response to past success. Over 30 years, I’ve recorded planting and harvest dates, temperatures and yields, using data to guide my decisions, just ...
1 day ago · As a competitive bodybuilder, Mark Taylor spent decades training hard and eating a strict low-carb diet, only to miss out on the top prizes in his native Scotland. That was until he made a drastic ...
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3 days ago · So scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP), a research institute in Peru, were very motivated to develop potato varieties that could resist late blight. They searched for this trait among so-called crop wild relatives – undomesticated plants that are distantly related to the ones now grown for food.
5 days ago · 8. Socio-Economic Disparity. GMO technology tends to benefit large-scale industrial farms more than small, independent farmers, potentially widening the gap between wealthy and poor farmers. This technology is often expensive and inaccessible to small-scale farmers, which can exacerbate economic disparities in rural communities. 9.
5 days ago · The new General Law of Adequate and Sustainable Food (LGAAS by its Spanish acronym) took effect on April 18, 2024 and implementing regulations will be established within 180 days. This new law follows Mexico’s 2023 Corn Decree to gradually eliminate genetically engineered corn used for human consumption and animal feed. Subscribe.
3 days ago · An organism that is generated through genetic engineering is considered to be genetically modified (GM) and the resulting entity is a genetically modified organism (GMO). The first GMO was a bacterium generated by Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen in 1973. Rudolf Jaenisch created the first GM animal when he inserted foreign DNA into a mouse in 1974.
6 days ago · The order remains indefinite until GMO proponents can fulfil all the mandated steps and provide concrete evidence that these GMOs are indeed safe. A network of farmers, consumers and civil society organisations, Stop Golden Rice emphasises the need to address hunger and malnutrition through securing small farmers’ control over resources such ...
