FILE PHOTO: Samuel Wathome 65, a small-scale farmer inspects his crop at his maize farm where he plants indigenous seeds at Kyeleni village of Machakos NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan court on Thursday ...

To overcome this challenge, it will take farmers like me. We can’t fight in the court of law, but we can make our voices heard in the court of public opinion.

Transferring one species to another is how to create genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This creates something not ...

BRUSSELS -- The European Union tackled deep divisions on genetically modified crops on Wednesday by striking a compromise pact that is likely to make it easier for them to win approval while allowing ...

I’ll admit—I’ve never quite understood the obsession surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops. To environmentalist opponents, GM foods are simply evil, an understudied, possibly harmful tool used ...

The cultivation of genetically modified mustard remains just out of reach for India. Our government has indicated that although it wants to push ahead with GM mustard, it seeks the formal approval of ...

Widespread use of GM crops remains limited worldwide, even as growing weed and pest issues are forcing farmers to use ever greater amounts of pesticides. More than 70% of large-scale GM planting is ...

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 ...

Under what conditions should GM crops be deployed? Readers rank the importance of their objections GM crops may cause environmental disruption, 63%. Developing GM crops could solidify the control that ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The cultivation of genetically modified crops in the European Union fell 12 percent last year, due partly to Germany's decision to ban the growing of GM maize, an industry ...

— -- U.S. farmers and those in developing countries helped drive a surge in new plantings of genetically modified crops around the globe in 2011, even in the face of resistance from Europe and ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union agreed a compromise on growing genetically modified crops on Thursday that gives nations the option to ban them, even if EU authorities have approved them for ...