A controversial report claims that traits introduced to food crops by genetic engineering (GE) have had, at best, a minor impact on yield. The report, Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance ...

Over the next several weeks, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the June Agricultural Survey ...

This set the stage for potentially extremely beneficial advancement in crop breeding, but has also been very controversial. In agricultural biotechnology, changes are made directly to the plant's ...

India needs to develop its biotechnology capacity for crops like soybean as it has done for rice ...

The genetic modification of crop DNA to achieve desirable traits is a common application of biotechnology. Crops developed through genetic alteration are resistant to insects, herbicides, and viruses.

Germany, home to seed giants Bayer and BASF, imports GM soy. But domestic opposition to biotech crops is strong enough that these companies conduct their crop research abroad.

Worldwide cultivation of plant biotech crops grew by 15% in 2003, the seventh consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to a new report by a group sponsored by various government agencies and ...

There is an urgent need to depoliticise biotechnology research in Africa. As millions face hunger amid climate shocks and declining yields, science, not political posturing, holds the key to the ...