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Sir: A growing public outcry is brewing over the quiet spread of genetically modified (GM) food crops in Nigeria, especially the widely consumed beans, locally known as cowpea. The concern was ...
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GMOs, misplaced priorities and underdevelopment
WITH each passing day, new discourses are being pushed forth, all revolving around the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) debate in Nigeria. For something that has quite literally been around since ...
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How Monsanto’s Legacy Still Shapes Agriculture Today
Monsanto was at the center of the GMO debate, developing seeds engineered to resist pests and tolerate herbicides. Supporters ...
The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 295,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.0 million ...
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Addressing misconceptions: My science-based response to GMO debate, By Mohammad Faguji Ishiyaku
A key worry is that GMOs lock farmers into buying seeds annually. This erodes autonomy. For Bt cowpea, this is not the case.
The fears of GMOs are still theoretical, like the possibility that insertion of one or a few genes could have a negative impact on other desirable genes naturally present in the crop. Common concerns ...
One of the backers of an initiative to bar genetically modified organisms from Benton County faced off Thursday morning against four other speakers at a Corvallis Chamber of Commerce breakfast forum.
DES MOINES | When officials at the World Food Prize chose three pioneers in the field of genetically modified organism research as their winners this year, they knew the choice would be controversial.
After the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) ban was lifted, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) was among the petitioners that challenged it. Their challenge was on GM maize or BT maize and the case ...
The National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee's Second Subcommittee on Legislative Review is drawing keen attention from the food industry as it ...
A question has followed me from my undergraduate studies at the University of Cape Coast to this very day: Are Genetically ...
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