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Glyphosate-tolerant crops in the EU

Publication | October 30, 2012 at 14:51

Renowned agricultural economist Dr. Charles Benbrook was commissioned by Greenpeace International to make the first ever forecast of how Europe would be impacted by the authorisation of the cultivation of herbicide-tolerant, genetically-engineered...

US farmers warn EU: do not follow GE path to agricultural Armageddon

Press release | October 22, 2012 at 10:55

Warsaw, 22 October 2012 – European agriculture will be irreparably damaged if the European Commission were to follow the US and authorise the cultivation of herbicide-tolerant genetically engineered (HTGE) crops, Greenpeace warned today. The...

Bhutan goes organic: a lesson for us all?

Blog entry by Pat C | February 18, 2013 4 comments

By banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides Bhutan has outlined a clear path for the future of its agriculture: it will become the first wholly organic country in the world. Bhutan was already largely organic, but the recent...

Agriculture at a Crossroads: Food for Survival

Publication | November 11, 2009 at 0:00

Climate change, hunger and poverty, loss of biodiversity, forest destruction, water crises, food safety – what all these threats have in common is that a principal cause for each of them is in the way we produce, trade, consume and discard food...

GE Contamination Devastates Canadian Linseed Industry

Publication | January 26, 2010 at 0:00

Genetically engineered linseed (flax) seed contamination of natural varieties in Canada has brought about huge economic losses to the industry.

Genetically Engineered (GE) Cotton Fails to Perform in Colombia

Publication | January 26, 2010 at 0:00

Monsanto's genetically engineered (GE) cotton varieties sold to Colombian farmer failed in 2008-9, proving susceptible to pests and to herbicide, farmers had been earlier told would improve yields.

Daily news: Germany votes for nuclear phase-out; could windfarms blow earth off orbit?

Blog entry by Gianluca R | July 1, 2011

Top news: Germany Parliament overwhelmingly votes for nuclear free future; Leaked emails show Britain’s government started pro-nuclear PR operations two days after Fukushima disaster started; coal lobby spreads fear of the dangers of...

Counting the Costs of Genetic Engineering

Publication | January 26, 2010 at 0:00

As the biotechnology industry continues to hail GE (genetic engineering) as the solution to innumerable problems, the grim reality unfolds in our fields and in the market place. The stories contained in this dossier document these failures, both...

Kenya Overcomes Pests and Weeds with Ecological Solutions

Publication | January 26, 2010 at 0:00

Kenyan farmers utilize local knowledge of ecological and sustainable farming practices to cope with pests, enhancing yields over industrial agriculture or monoculture, by up to 350 percent.

Diverse farming protects against climate change

Publication | January 26, 2010 at 0:00

As climate change increasingly impacts on agriculture around the world, ecological and sustainable agricultural solutions prove best for climate resilience, farmers and the environment.

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