A worker unloads corn at a processing facility in Misantla, Veracruz state, Mexico, in July 2021. Mexican leaders have approved a constitutional amendment to ban the planting of genetically modified ...

MILAN, July 12 (Reuters) - Three Italian ministries have signed a decree banning the cultivation of a type of genetically modified maize, citing environmental concerns, the agriculture ministry said ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Justus Suchi dries maize at Elukaka village in Butere. [File, Standard] National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has assured ...

The Nigerian government has officially launched the genetically modified, high-yielding maize varieties in the country amidst a worsening food insecurity, but many farmers are resisting, preferring ...

Since 2008, genetically engineered crops have accounted for more than 80 percent of maize and soybean crops planted in the U.S. Maize seeds are modified with two genes: one kills insects that eat the ...

PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Seed firm Vilmorin said on Wednesday it was getting closer to launching its own genetically modified maize for the U.S. market, but that the emergence of commercially viable ...

I traveled to Guatemala in July of 2019 to collect preliminary data and continue refining my dissertation prospectus. Originally, I was focused on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and seed ...

By Henry A. Onwubiko“A nation that cannot control its own seeds cannot decide its destiny.” –Captain Ibrahim Troure Genetic engineering, the manipulation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the hereditary ...

National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has assured farmers in western Kenya that genetically modified (GMO) maize is resistant to fall armyworms. The state agency said GM maize is also resistant to other ...