Providing accurate information on a controversial topic such as agricultural GMOs and their associated pesticides is important, as inaccurate information can mislead the public and policymakers into making poorly informed choices and decisions, with potential consequences for individual and collective health a...
“take over,” choking out native plants, some of which may have life-serving value to the people living near them, including providing food, medicine, and aesthetic enjoyment. However, no instances of this occurring have been recorded. A few stray GM plants have appeared on properties where ...
The global population is expected to increase by two billion by 2050. Andrew Allan, a plant biologist at the University of Auckland, explained, “So where’s that extra food going to come from? It can’t come from using more land, because if we use more land, then we’ve got to de...
This increase in yields aggregates to a larger supply, which means that the same amount of food and fiber can be grown using less resources such as land, water, and chemicals. However, higher supply can also lower global food prices, increasing demand and to some extent attenuate or even ...
resist pests, so farmers are less likely to see damage on them. And while we may not think about the absence of damage, consumers may see the difference with GMO sweet corn as worms are much less likely to mess up an ear of sweet corn, which means more kernels for us to nibble on....
The USDA’s report expresses its delight in the interest shown by the government, “from the Prime Minister’s office on down,” in what it describes as “in commercializing agricultural biotechnology as a tool to achieve food security in the country, it said. ...
Providing alternatives to animal meat made from plants, and that are just as appealing to consumers, would dramatically slow global warming and curtail the other negative environmental impacts of animal farming. But to do this, you need lots of heme; and to get heme, you need genetic engineerin...
Providing alternatives to animal meat made from plants, and that are just as appealing to consumers, would dramatically slow global warming and curtail the other negative environmental impacts of animal farming. But to do this, you need lots of heme; and to get heme, you need genetic engineerin...
Providing alternatives to animal meat made from plants, and that are just as appealing to consumers, would dramatically slow global warming and curtail the other negative environmental impacts of animal farming. But to do this, you need lots of heme; and to get heme, you need genetic engineerin...
Within oligarchic markets, firms are eager to find alternatives to price based competition and consumer and activist demand is providing the ability for retailers to differentiate their food products based on non-price attributes, such as health, quality, or variety [31,32,33,34]. Agricultural ...