Fact Sheet: Benefits of Food Biotechnology
With an ever-growing global population and rising food prices, the task of feeding the world is going to become more challenging and is just one […]
Month: July 2016
FAO seeks to bridge gap between agri and forestry to improve food security
Agriculture is known to be the most influential driver of global deforestation, but positive interactions between agriculture and forestry are achievable and necessary to build […]
Kenyan senator urges adoption of GM crops in the country
Senate Education Committee Chairman, Honorable Daniel Karaba, has urged Kenya to take up biotechnology to boost food security. Speaking at a biotech communication and sensitization […]
Scientists Decode Rubber Tree Genome
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan, together with collaborators at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have successfully decoded the genome […]
University of the Philippines College of Law Holds Forum on GM Crops
The Institute of International Legal Studies of the University of the Philippines Law Center (ILSI-UPLC) held the forum “GM Crops: Public Perception and Trade Regulation […]
Scientists Develop GM Bananas with Longer Shelf-life
Scientists from Agricultural Research Organization in Israel have developed transgenic banana plants with longer shelf-life by reducing expression of two transcription factors. The results are […]