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US agencies, funders such as the Gates Foundation, and agribusiness giant Monsanto are trying to force unwilling African nations to accept expensive and insufficiently tested Genetically Modified (GM) foods and crops, according to a new report released today. [1] “The US, the world’s top producer...

Hungary will initiate a joint alliance of European Union member states rejecting the use of genetically modified organisms in farming with the aim...

Center for Food Safety criticized the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monsanto’s...

The Mexican Chapter of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal has called on the Mexican government to ban the planting of genetically modified (GM) maize...

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,...