Genetically engineered crop plantings increased 15 percent last year despite continued consumer resistance in Europe and elsewhere, according to a group that promotes use of the technology in poor ...

The growth of biotech crops in the U.S. appears to have hit a plateau, but farmers are accelerating plantings in Asia, although it still remains a much smaller market, according to an industry report ...

“GM crops offer a better, more flexible weed management option for farmers and, as the results today indicate, the difference between the impact of growing GM and non-GM crops on biodiversity is ...

The government has no effective system of overseeing genetically altered crops after they go to market, a regulatory gap that could pose acute problems as more such crops are commercialized, according ...

Good judgement and common sense prevailed when North Dakota lawmakers recently defeated a bill that would have required biotech seed developers to bear much of the liability relating to the planting ...

Germany has called for a debate on the 27-nation bloc’s policy on GMOs at an EU leaders summit, December. BRUSSELS, Belgium — Germany’s agriculture minister urged the European Union on Monday to ...

Concerned that genetically modified plants will spread their genes to related crops in nearby fields, researchers have developed a system aimed at preventing such crossbreeding. It's a method they ...

Have you ever wondered where our agricultural crops come from? And what were they like thousands of years ago, or hundreds of years ago? Our food crops today are in fact very different from the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Connie Bowen is an investor who covers agrifoodtech venture capital. Connie: You are one of the most passionate people about ...

Ms Kaiser Jamil, an internationally renowned biotechnologist and president of the Third World Organization for Women in Science (http://twows.ictp.it/). 1 August 2009 ...

The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has granted approval for the testing of biotech, or genetically enhanced, crops on farmers’ fields, marking a significant milestone in the country’s ...