Robert Shapiro: ‘How can we double or triple food output in a sustainable manner without destroying large parts of the living systems and soil on which we depend?’ - Michael L Abramson/Getty Images ...

Bayer going after Pfizer for patent infringement is a forerunner for widespread abuse of intellectual property claims in food ...

— -- 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 ...

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — Asteady increase in food prices in recent years is pushing Asian countries to consider softening ...

On a list of the most controversial topics in science, genetically modified organisms would easily be close to the top. Concerns about their safety and effect on naturally bred species continue to ...

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 ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Meetings planned in four states will ask people what they think about using genetically modified crops on refuges to provide food for migrating waterfowl. The U.S. Fish and ...

All farmers know they’ll have to endure the occasional dry period, but what has happened to the American Midwest this summer has been practically biblical. By the end of July, over 60% of the U.S. was ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa saw faster growth in its genetically modified (GM) crop area in the 2009/10 season, amid softening perceptions about food from gene-altered crops on the continent ...

The results of a long-term study reported in the 8 February Nature might allay fears that genetically modified (GM) crops, once released into the environment, could invade and dominate other habitats ...

A stark and heart-wrenching paradox haunts the modern world: while nearly one-tenth of humanity goes to bed hungry, a tidal ...