A genetically modified drought-tolerant and insect-resistant maize variety is set to be launched in Kenya. The GM maize (WEMA Bt maize) developed locally under Kenya's biosafety regulations is said to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first biotech food crop ever to be grown in the open environment in Kenya will be planted soon. This comes at a time Deputy President William Ruto has promised that the government will lift a ...

BERLIN/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germany will ban cultivation and sale of genetically modified (GMO) maize despite European Union rulings that the biotech grain is safe, its government said on Tuesday. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series on genetically engineered crops. Part two, ...

The much-anticipated results of Britain's field trials of genetically modified crops show that genetically modified, herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) oilseed rape (canola) and sugar beet cropping reduced ...

The debate over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is growing in Nigeria. Since the government set up the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) in 2015, the country has approved GMO crops ...