Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

The series exposes the enduring legacies of colonialism in African food systems, challenges corporate-driven narratives, and ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Biotechnology used in agricultural science greatly affects our lives — from nurturing our bodies and feeding our families to mitigating the effects of climate change. Just one handful of healthy soil ...

The UK government has launched its public consultation on the deregulation of gene editing in England. To kick things off, somewhat predictably Environment Secretary George Eustice recently spun a ...

The IUCN vote holds no legal weight in any nation, but it is of huge symbolic, cultural and political importance. By ...

More than two billion people worldwide suffer from micronutrient malnutrition due to deficiencies in minerals and vitamins. Poor people in developing countries are most affected, as their diets are ...

Transgenic organisms are living beings whose genetic material has been artificially modified by introducing genes from another species. This process, known as transgenesis, allows for the transfer of ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...