An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties...

Tanzania’s agriculture faces persistent low crop productivity due to endogenous and exogenous factors, particularly low and unpredictable rainfall, and the incidence of pests. To address these challenges...

Following its approval in the Philippines in July 2021, provitamin A-rich “Golden Rice” is set to become the worlds' first commercialized genetically modified crop with direct consumer...

Regulatory clarity and efficiency are increasingly important for the successful commercialization of technologies resulting from public and private R&D investments. This article examines recent developments in the movement away...

Most people in developed countries have never heard of mycotoxins but they are still outbreaks reported in Europe by the rapid alert system for food and feed. Various...

The national food system of Bangladesh has made substantial progress since experiencing famine in 1974, soon after independence. After the famine, the government placed a strong emphasis...

Selected experiences with GMOs in industrialized and developing countries show that the promise of bioengineering for strengthening food security cannot materialize unless and until GMOs are accepted by the vast...

Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit Bioeconomy is the production, utilization and conservation of biological resources, including related knowledge, science, technology...

In a new book, Transformation of our food systems - the making of a paradigm shift, 40 international experts set out the highlights and trends in food production since 2009...