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The Mexican Chapter of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal has called on the Mexican government to ban the planting of genetically modified (GM) maize in the country. The decision cited the importance of maize as one of three principal staple crops globally, which millions depend on. The Tribunal, which...

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a Pan African platform comprising civil society networks and farmer organisations working towards food...

The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) has joined the Global GMO Free Coalition (GGFC) in a move that has added to the pressure...

Germany’s Farm Minister Christian Schmidt and Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov both confirmed their countries’ strong opposition to GM crops...

The European Parliament’s environment committee today voted on a proposal for a new scheme for the authorisation of genetically-modified organisms...

On Tuesday 11 November, the European Parliament will vote on a new law on national bans of genetically modified (GM) crops. The Parliament’s environment...

Center for Food Safety (CFS) condemned Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to approve Dow Chemical’s Enlist Duo herbicide,...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Wednesday Dow Chemical’s new “Enlist Duo” weedkiller, containing a combination of RoundUp and...

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is deeply concerned about the recent acquisitions by multi-national seed companies of large parts of...

After conducting a thorough and scientifically detailed investigation into the detection last year of genetically engineered (GE) wheat growing in a single...