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Kenya's agricultural reforms set to bolster Bt cotton commercialization

Date：Apr. 15, 2021 Category：Regulations

Radical reforms in Kenya's agricultural sector are set to inject fresh impetus to Bt cotton farming in the country, should a fibre crops legislative Bill pass i...

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Health Canada: Gene-edited crops are safe

Date：Apr. 8, 2021 Category：Regulations

Health Canada has declared that gene-edited crops are safe. Health Canada launched a public consultation for the Proposed new guidance for Novel Food Regulation...

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Improved CRISPR-Cas9 version knocks out multiple plant genes at once

Date：Mar. 25, 2021 Category：Science&Research

Researchers have developed an improved version of the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 with the ability to knock out up to 12 genes in plants in a single blow.

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Japan launches world's first genome-edited tomato

Date：Mar. 25, 2021 Category：Products

The first direct consumption genome-edited tomato was launched in Japan by Sanatech Seed. The Japanese ministries in-charge have announced their determination t...

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Multiple statistical analyses show compositional equivalence of Bt and non-Bt rice varieties

Date：Mar. 18, 2021 Category：Science&Research

Researchers from the Republic of Korea documented that Bt rice is compositionally equivalent to its non-Bt counterpart by using four different statistical analy...

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Turkey approves five biotech traits

Date：Mar. 11, 2021 Category：Regulations

The Turkish Government, through the Official Gazette published on February 27, 2021, has announced the Biosafety Decisions on import of genetically engineered (...

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Africa leads progress in biotech crop adoption with doubled number of planting countries in 2019, ISAAA reports

Date：Dec. 1, 2020 Category：Markets

Africa leads the progress among the regions of the world in adopting biotech crops by doubling the number of adopting countries in 2019.

Bayer’s herbicide tolerant cotton approved in Australian

Date：Nov. 17, 2020 Category：Products

Australia's Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has issued a license in response to application DIR 173 from Monsanto Australia Pty Ltd., authorizing...

Philippines earns an extra $972.6 million over 16 years of growing GM crops

Date：Nov. 4, 2020 Category：Markets

Renowned economist Graham Brookes presented the global economic and environmental impacts of biotech crops from 1996 to 2018 for Thai stakeholders through a liv...

Crop biotechnology continues to provide higher farmer income and significant environmental benefits

Date：Jul. 16, 2020 Category：Markets

Farmers who planted genetically modified (GM) crops increased their incomes by almost $19 billion in 2018 and reduced carbon emissions by 23 billion kilograms o...

Top 5 biotech crops occupy 99% of global biotech crop area

Date：Jun. 11, 2020 Category：Markets

In 2018, a total of 70 countries adopted biotech crops — 26 countries planted and 44 additional countries imported. Of the 31 crops approved for food, feed, an...

Bt eggplant to boost marketable yield by 192%, reduce insecticide use by 48% in Philippines

Date：May. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

In the Philippines, eggplant farming is a major source of income for thousands of farmers in the eggplant-producing regions in Luzon and Central Visayas. Eggpla...

Kenyan researchers seek approval to introduce disease-resistant cassava

Date：May. 21, 2020 Category：Science&Research

Cassava researchers in Kenya have asked the Government to approve a disease-resistant genetically modified (GM) cassava which can protect the farmers cultivatin...

Bolivia to speed up evaluation of GM crops

Date：May. 14, 2020 Category：Regulations

Interim President Jeanine Añez of Bolivia issued a Supreme Decree authorizing the National Biosafety Committee to speed up the evaluation of genetically modifi...

Five countries produce more than 90% of biotech crops worldwide

Date：Apr. 17, 2020 Category：Markets

The average adoption rate in the top five biotech crop-growing countries increased to reach close to saturation, with the United States at 93.3% (average for so...

Ugandan President Ready to Sign GMO Bill into Law

Date：Mar. 19, 2020 Category：Regulations

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has given the clearest indication yet that he is ready to sign the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill into law. The Pre...

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CRISPR-Cas12a-based DNA Test Used in Disease Detection and GMO Identification

Date：Jan. 24, 2020 Category：Science&Research

DNA test is widely used for disease detection and identification of GMOs. However, DNA test is expensive and there is a need to develop a rapid, low-cost, user-...

Tags:GM crop Gene Editing

South Australia lifts ban on GM crops

Date：Jan. 9, 2020 Category：Regulations

Minister for Prime Industries and Regional Development Tim Whetstone released his statement at the start of 2020, saying that farmers in South Australia (SA) ca...

Tags:GM crop

GMO plants produce antibiotic to fight off deadly bacterial infection—without harming environment

Date：Dec. 23, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Scientists from the University of Glasgow have discovered a safe and novel method that can safeguard important crops from the widespread bacterial disease Pseud...

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Nigeria Commercializes Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea, its First GM Food Crop

Date：Dec. 19, 2019 Category：Regulations

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved commercialization of a biotech cowpea variety resistant to pod borers. This development places Nigeria as the fir...

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Kenya's agricultural reforms set to bolster Bt cotton commercialization

Health Canada: Gene-edited crops are safe

Improved CRISPR-Cas9 version knocks out multiple plant genes at once

Japan launches world's first genome-edited tomato

Multiple statistical analyses show compositional equivalence of Bt and non-Bt rice varieties

Turkey approves five biotech traits

Africa leads progress in biotech crop adoption with doubled number of planting countries in 2019, ISAAA reports

Bayer’s herbicide tolerant cotton approved in Australian

Philippines earns an extra $972.6 million over 16 years of growing GM crops

Crop biotechnology continues to provide higher farmer income and significant environmental benefits

Top 5 biotech crops occupy 99% of global biotech crop area

Bt eggplant to boost marketable yield by 192%, reduce insecticide use by 48% in Philippines

Kenyan researchers seek approval to introduce disease-resistant cassava

Bolivia to speed up evaluation of GM crops

Five countries produce more than 90% of biotech crops worldwide

Ugandan President Ready to Sign GMO Bill into Law

CRISPR-Cas12a-based DNA Test Used in Disease Detection and GMO Identification

South Australia lifts ban on GM crops

GMO plants produce antibiotic to fight off deadly bacterial infection—without harming environment

Nigeria Commercializes Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea, its First GM Food Crop

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