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German federal, state governments to decide jointly on GM crops

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 7, 2016

Berlin | Reuters — Germany’s federal and state governments will in future decide together whether to ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that are allowed in the European Union, a draft law showed, ending a long dispute. An EU law in March 2015 cleared the way for the approval of new […] Read more

Nobel Prizes, funded through the last will of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel, have been issued since 1901 to honour outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature, and for work in peace. (Pi Frisk photo copyright Nobel Media AB, 2015)

Crops, Reuters

Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to stop opposing GMOs

By Adam DeRose June 30, 2016

Washington | Reuters — More than 100 Nobel laureates called on the international environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday to end its opposition to genetically modified crops, saying there is a scientific consensus they are safe and can benefit society. At a news conference, the scientists cited in particular the value of a genetically modified rice […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

China’s farmers switch to soy amid corn market reform

By Naveen Thukral, Niu Shuping April 4, 2016

Reuters — Wang Zhonghai, a 49-year-old farmer in China’s top corn producing province of Heilongjiang, plans to switch 80 per cent of his land to cultivate soybeans this year as the government ends a near-decade-old corn price support scheme. China announced last week it will stop its corn stockpiling program and allow markets to set […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU approves first new genetically modified crops since 2013

By Philip Blenkinsop April 24, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union cleared the import of 10 new types of genetically modified crops and two more kinds of cut flowers on Friday, its first authorizations in more than a year after a review of its blocked approval process. The European Commission said it had authorized 10 new types of maize, […] Read more

A new technique for “biocontainment” of GMOs may allow the technology to be used to make microbes for uses ranging from producing yogurt to cleaning up toxic waste. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Reuters

Scientists create ‘genetic firewall’ for new forms of life

By Sharon Begley January 21, 2015

New York | Reuters — A year after creating organisms that use a genetic code different from every other living thing, two teams of scientists have achieved another “synthetic biology” milestone: They created bacteria that cannot survive without a specific manmade chemical, potentially overcoming a major obstacle to wider use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). […] Read more

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German federal, state governments to decide jointly on GM crops

Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to stop opposing GMOs

China’s farmers switch to soy amid corn market reform

EU approves first new genetically modified crops since 2013

Scientists create ‘genetic firewall’ for new forms of life

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