KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Two groups issued contrasting reports on Thursday on the state of biotech crops, with one touting acreage growth while the other cited continued resistance by ...

The antibiotechnology crowd has adopted a new talking point, claiming that biotechnology does not increase yields. Have these people never been to a farm to see what weeds and insects do to crop ...

Consumers benefit more than biotech companies from the technology of transgenic crops, according to an agribusiness professor at a lecture sponsored by Oregon State University. Consumers benefit more ...

Today, there is much discussion about how agriculture contributes to climate change. Most agree that we should continue improving food production and processing while reducing agriculture’s ...

ISLAMABAD: Following a historic slump in cotton harvest, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research has drawn up a draft three-year National Agricultural Biotechnology Po ...

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Food and fuel prices are soaring and farmers are scrambling to meet demand. And for makers of biotech crops, that adds up to a bright future. Debate over the risk and ...

The European Commission launched a proposal in July 2023 to deregulate a large number of plants manufactured using new genetic techniques. Despite extraordinary attempts by the Spanish presidency to ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A record number of genetically modified crops were planted around the world last year -- proving resistant not just to bugs and weeds but also to political and financial pressures.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is beefing up its regulatory enforcement over testing of genetically modified crops. The department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is forming a ...

A centre of excellence for crop biotechnology is set be established to develop and deploy disease-resistant seeds under a new five-year project, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal ...