I’ve eaten golden rice and I hope to eat it again—even though a group of judges here in the Philippines just banned its cultivation. The bad news came on April 17, when a court of appeals revoked a ...

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In my recent radio conversation with John Batchelor (CBS Eye on the World), we delved into the sad saga of Golden Rice — a revolutionary crop engineered to combat Vitamin A deficiency, a condition ...

Genetically modified foods are a hot-button issue. Many people are hesitant to eat plants or animals that have been enhanced with foreign genes, citing health and environmental concerns, the perceived ...

Greenpeace will not oppose trials involving genetically modified vitamin rice, the environmental group has said. Benedikt Haerlin, a senior figure in Greenpeace International, told the World Life ...

Professor Jonathan D G Jones response: They are part of the solution. In the last century our population went from around 1.5 billion to around 6 billion. To keep pace with demand, there have been ...

ROCKVILLE, MD -- In covering the issue of genetically modified crops, the national media have generally reported the views of anti-biotech interest group representatives, biotechnology company ...

Government scientists appear to have found an alternative to contentious genetically modified (GM) crops with the launch of two genome-edited varieties of rice—a key staple and export. The main ...

MANILA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Philippines said on Wednesday it has approved the commercial propagation of genetically modified Golden Rice after more than a decade of field tests that drew strong ...

Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, according to researchers. Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, ...