Africa’s rising food import bill, now estimated at around $70 billion annually, signals an urgent need to invest in agriculture biotechnology and climate-smart food systems according to scientists.

Description: Scientists found a species of wheatgrass that is resistant to fungus, but how it became resistant is both ...

After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of ...

The global genomics market is projected to expand by 15-17% by 2029. Key factors driving this growth include the increasing incidence of cancer, a higher prevalence of viral diseases and genetic ...

The IUCN vote holds no legal weight in any nation, but it is of huge symbolic, cultural and political importance. By ...

Across the globe, soil compaction is becoming an ever more serious challenge. Heavy vehicles and machinery in modern ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

Environmental Systems Engineering is increasingly crucial in addressing the evolving challenges agriculture–water systems face amid intensifying climate ...

Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...

Larry Ellison is also a major funder of the Tony Blair Institute, which cheerleads for GM and AI. Report: Claire Robinson and ...