http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on gm crops and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/news/ An agricultural scientist whose work in sorghum improvement has benefited African farmers has won the World Food Prize.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/ethiopia-s-sorghum-superhero.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsMon, 22 Jun 2009 02:16:18 GMTEssential field trials of GM trees are being hindered by anti-GM activists working through the Convention on Biological Diversity, say Steven H. Strauss and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/gm-tree-research-blocked-by-impossible-recommendat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 18 Jun 2009 01:33:07 GMTA layered and cooperative approach would help Southern African countries harmonise their biosafety laws, says Julius Mugwagwa.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/a-layered-approach-to-biosafety-in-southern-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:38:48 GMTA microbicide has shown promise in the lab and can be produced in plants — a double blow toHIV in the developing world, scientists say.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/promising-microbicide-can-be-produced-by-plants.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 11 Jun 2009 02:35:42 GMTA new GM technique can produce desired crop traits without transferring genes between species.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/scientists-produce-gm-crops-without-foreign-genes.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:36:23 GMTTranslating genetics research is easier in agriculture than medicine, says a Nature Genetics editorial, and existing technologies can be used.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/agricultural-genetics-could-help-ensure-food-secur.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 04 Jun 2009 02:00:00 GMTAnti-GM groups say Ecuador's proposed amendment to GM legislation may pave the way for terminator or 'suicide' seeds.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/change-to-ecuador-s-gm-laws-could-allow-suicide-se.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsTue, 26 May 2009 12:46:39 GMTScientists have raised the levels of several different vitamins in the same crop for the first time.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/gm-corn-comes-a-step-closer-to-a-complete-meal-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsTue, 19 May 2009 03:47:06 GMTUnproven and patented GM fixes will not help farmers in the South adapt to climate change, say Kathy Jo Wetter and Hope Shand.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/gm-crops-and-the-gene-giants-bad-news-for-farmers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsWed, 15 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMTMexico City says it will protect local maize varieties; meanwhile the country has lifted its ban on GM crop trials in the north of the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/mexico-city-vows-to-protect-historic-maize-varieti.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsFri, 03 Apr 2009 01:57:38 GMTDeveloping world farmers are leading the way in the adoption of genetically modified crops.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/is-gm-shedding-its-frankenstein-image-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsFri, 20 Mar 2009 03:30:30 GMTWheat crops resistant to the fungus Ug99, which threatens global wheat supplies, have been developed by a Kenyan-Mexican collaboration.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/new-hope-in-war-against-deadly-wheat-fungus.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 19 Mar 2009 03:36:20 GMTChinese scientists have engineered rice to protect poultry from bird flu — but work is still in the early stages.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/anti-h5n1-rice-could-protect-poultry-say-scientist.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 26 Feb 2009 03:45:16 GMTA project to genetically engineer cassava to provide a day's nutrition in one meal has progressed with the approval of initial field trials.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/-super-cassava-to-enter-field-trials.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 19 Feb 2009 02:20:00 GMTKenya has become the fourth African country to allow genetically modified farming after the president signed off on new biosafety legislation.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/kenya-approves-gm-after-years-of-delays.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsWed, 18 Feb 2009 04:20:01 GMTA proposal for regulating the use and distribution of genetically modified organisms in Peru will be ready for February, says the country's environmental minister.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/peru-promises-gm-crops-legislation-for-february-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 08 Jan 2009 07:44:07 GMTEcological engineering could provide better pest control than genetically modified crops, argue Josef Settele and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/ecological-engineering-viable-alternative-to-gm.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsTue, 09 Dec 2008 04:21:51 GMTA breed of rice that can withstand complete submersion for more than two weeks has passed its field tests and is close to official release.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/waterproof-rice-passes-international-field-tests.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsFri, 05 Dec 2008 04:15:42 GMTThe GM debate in Mexico could be reignited by scientists' discovery of modified genes in traditional maize.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/modified-genes-found-in-local-mexican-maize.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsTue, 25 Nov 2008 04:04:35 GMTOpinions on China's recent US$3.7 billion GM roll-out remain divided, with concerns over potential risks and regulation loopholes.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-crops/china-s-gm-ambition-raises-biosafety-concerns.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_gmcropsThu, 06 Nov 2008 05:14:16 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/