In 2006 two scandals erupted when unapproved genetically engineered rice contaminated the global rice supply: LL601 and Bt63. These two events provide an insight into the real world implications of the growing of GE rice.

For thousands of years people have bred and grown crops for food. Seeds have been handed down from generation to generation until...

It is not true that GE is a ‘green’ technology, which allows farmers to use less herbicides.

Most genetically engineered (GE) crops are processed into food for humans and animals – but are they safe to eat?

Genetic engineering will not feed the world.

Genes are the tiny building blocks that make up every living thing. Genetic engineering is when genes from plants, animals or bacteria are inserted into plants or animals in a laboratory to create new organisms that would not occur naturally.

GE crops are not good for farmers. In USA and Canada where GE crops have now been grown for a decade, genetic engineering in agriculture has significantly increased the economic uncertainty of family farmers throughout the U.S. and the world.

Greenpeace's expertise is in environmental issues and focuses on the ecological risks connected with the release of GE organisms into the environment.