February 5, 2019

Nigeria’s GMO crop research to advance in 2019

BY NKECHI ISAAC Building on landmark events from the past year, Nigeria’s biotechnology sector is expecting significant progress on two key food and fiber crops (...)

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July 19, 2019

Argentina developing pest-resistant, GMO cotton using gene-silencing technology

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March 19, 2019

Malawi inches closer to commercializing GMO Bt cotton as crop yields double in field trials

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October 27, 2018

Biotech crops could make Kenya major cotton producer again, government says

Image Credit: Cornell Alliance for Science Kenya has been losing at least 4,210 cotton farmers every year for the last 38 years due to low (...)

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July 2, 2019

Argentina approves fifth GMO cotton variety in effort to boost crop yields, spare natural resources

Argentina’s Minister of AgroIndustry Luis Miguel Etechevehere and Christian Monty, Head of Global Cotton from BASF have announced the release of a new GMO trait  (...)

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May 7, 2018

Monsanto appeals to India's top court over GM cotton patents

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June 6, 2018

Engineered Cotton Uses Weed Suppression Chemical as Nutrient

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November 3, 2017

ICAC: 20 years of biotech-cotton cultivation

“20 years of biotech-cotton cultivation, shows that biotech crops have not hurt the environment and are not adversely affecting human health”. - Dr. David Stelly, (...)

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March 28, 2018

Pakistan 'close to' opening up - officially - to GM seed

  Pakistan may be on the verge of - officially – opening up to genetically modified seed, although the switch may come too late to (...)

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February 15, 2018

Indian state warns local firms over spread of unauthorized Monsanto GM cotton

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