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[kaerbrooklyn]

This runner shows daffodils at their best - in morning sun and mist. It's like instant springtime for your home!

[elkurebe]

Let's recognize Roundup Ready, Bt crops as major contributions to sustainable farming

Let’s recognize Roundup Ready, Bt crops as major contributions to sustainable farming

This is the first in a three-part series making the case that the development of biotech traits for insect resistance and herbicide tolerance are the most substantial innovations in sustainable agriculture in the last three decades. Here, I lay out the context in which I believe they should be assessed relative to other innovations competing for the crown. In part two, I lay out the data and…

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Groups criticise Nigerian agency on genetically modified cassava

Some civic groups have criticised a decision of a government regulatory agency on genetically modified cassava.

The Health of Mother Health Foundation, HOMEF, and its partners said the decision by the Nigerian Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, to grant permission for “Confined Field Trials, CFT, of genetically modified, GM, cassava (AMY3 RNAi Transgenic lines)” was condemnable.

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[saharareporters]

Africa Under Pressure To Accept GMOs Says Nnimmo Bassey The founder of the Non- Governmental Organization, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) Nnimmo Bassey has decried the rate at which Africa is being put under pressure to open up to Genetically Modified Foods. Speaking on Sahara TV, Mr. Bassey threw light on the activities of powerful organizations, which are promoting the widespread use of GMOs in Nigeria and across the whole of Africa. READ MORE...