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Largest international study into safety of GM food launched by Russian NGO | Environmen... - 1 views
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"Thousands of rats will be fed Monsanto maize diets in a $23m, three-year 'Factor GMO' study into long-term health effects of GM food and associated pesticides"
GM food: we can no longer afford to ignore its advantages | Environment | The Observer - 2 views
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"Given the crises facing the planet, with the population set to reach the 9 billion mark by 2050 and increasing strains being placed on water, energy and food supplies, it would be wrong to hope there could be a single solution to the storms that lie ahead. As the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir John Beddington, once put it in an Observer interview: "There will be no silver bullet.""
What can Madagascar teach us about rice and water? | Guardian Sustainable Business | Gu... - 0 views
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"To meet the food needs of growing population, managing water resources used in rice farming has become a central focus"
Are we able to have a rational debate about GM? | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guard... - 1 views
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"GM food is incredibly controversial but to decide whether or not it has a place in sustainable agriculture, is a dose of perspective needed?"
Brazil faces drop in crops | Environment | theguardian.com - 4 views
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"Country's status as world's major producer and exporter of food could be severely threatened unless its farming methods are urgently adapted to take account of climate change" GM crops ?? possible solution
Tanzania becomes battleground for GM crops | Sharon Schmickle | World news | Guardian W... - 5 views
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"US and European groups are at odds over genetically modified foods being introduced in Africa"
India's rice revolution - audio slideshow | Global development | Observer Food Monthly - 5 views
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"Farmers in parts of India are breaking growing records, using less seed, less water, and compost as fertiliser. This ground-breaking method of cultivation, developed in Madagascar, is boosting yields and changing lives for the farmers. Norman Uphoff, professor at Cornell University, explains how it is done For more on this subject, see John Vidal's report in the Observer Food Monthly on Sunday"
EU biofuels significantly harming food production in developing countries | Environment... - 5 views
Open data: how mobile phones saved bananas from bacterial wilt in Uganda - 3 views
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Bananas are a staple food in Uganda. Ugandans eat more of the fruit than any other country in the world. Each person eats on average 700g (about seven small bananas) a day, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute, and they provide up to 27% of the population's calorie intake.
GM farming and crops: news and resources round up | Teacher Network | Guardian Professi... - 3 views
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"As the environment secretary presses the case for genetically modified food, we pull together a selection of stories and teaching resources so you can explore GM issues in class"
GM crops: the British public still need convincing | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
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"Owen Paterson's speech is the latest in a long line of attempts by the government to persuade us to accept GM food"
GM crops are safe, says Owen Paterson - video | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 1 views
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"Owen Paterson, the environment minister, says the UK should lead the way in Europe by growing genetically-modified crops that reduce the use of fertilisers and chemicals and are more efficient. But anti-GM campaigners say there is not enough evidence that GM techniques are not harmful on food and farming"
One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show | Environment ... - 3 views
GM foods: a 'biotech revolution'? | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
India puts GM crop trials on hold | Environment | theguardian.com - 7 views
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"BJP-led government gives in to demands from nationalist RSS to not surrender country's food security to foreign companies"
India's rice revolution | Global development | The Observer - 3 views
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In a village in India's poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice - with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages? * India's rice revolution - audio slideshow
In Latin America, a growing backlash against genetically modified food - 4 views
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LIMA, Peru - Are genetically modified crops "Franken-foods" or the answer to global hunger and climate change? That is the dilemma dividing Latin America, where vast quantities of GM crops are grown.