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STUDY: The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018: Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition [EN/AR/RU]

By Community Manager September 11, 2018

The following is a study detailing the rise of global hunger and what should be done to address it. ...

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GMOs Globally

STUDY: TACKLING THE 1.6-BILLION-TON FOOD LOSS AND WASTE CRISIS

By Community Manager August 20, 2018

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STUDY: Community composition and functions of endophytic bacteria of Bt maize

By Community Manager August 06, 2018

The following is the abstract for a recnt study detailing the potential effects of genetic modification of Bt maize on the community composition and functions of bacterial endophytes associated with transgenic maize. ...

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STUDY: An Overview of Attitudes Toward Genetically Engineered Food

By Community Manager August 01, 2018

The following is an abstract of a recent study detailing the current state of attitudes around genetically modified foods published on the Annual Reviews website. ...

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STUDY: GM Plant Two Year Saftey Testing

By Community Manager June 12, 2018

The following are the conclusions and recommendations of research project,"G-TwYST (GM Plant Two Year Saftey Testing)", regarding guidance on the design, conduct, interpretation, and analysis of animal feeding studies and their value for GMO risk assessment funded by The European Commission. ...

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STUDY: Consumer Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry

By Community Manager May 18, 2018

The following are the key findings of the report Consumer Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry, performed by research firm Morning Consult. ...

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STUDY: 2018 Food and Health Survey

By Community Manager May 16, 2018

The following is the background and conclusion of the 2018 Food & Health Survey which is compiled by the International Food Information Council Foundation annually. ...

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STUDY: An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research

By Community Manager April 05, 2018

The following is an abstract and conclusion of a 2013 study in the journal Critical Reviews in Biotechnology that looks at 10 years worth of safety research in genetically modified food and crops. ...

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STUDY: Forty years of data quantifies benefits of Bt corn adoption across multiple crops for the first time

By Community Manager March 13, 2018

UMD researchers have pulled together forty years of data to quantify the effects of Bt field corn, a highly marketed and successful genetically engineered technology, in a novel and large-scale collaborative study. Other studies have demonstrated the benefits of Bt corn or cotton adoption on pest management for pests like the European corn borer or cotton bollworm in corn or cotton itself, but this is the first study to look at the effects on other offsite crops in North America. By tracking...

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STUDY: Impacts of GMO corn: A meta analysis

By Community Manager February 20, 2018

The following is an article at Biofortified about a new study in Nature taking a look at 21 years' worth of data of genetically modified corn. ...

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STUDY: The allergenicity of genetically modified foods from genetically engineered crops

By Community Manager February 15, 2018

The following is an introduction and conclusion of a study published in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology assessing the claim that GMOs can cause allergies. ...

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STUDY: Biotech crop planting resumes high adoption in 2016

By Community Manager February 13, 2018

The following is an abstract of a new research paper in the journal GM Crops & Food noting an increase in the adoption of biotech crops (GMOs) in 2016. ...

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STUDY: There Is “Little Doubt” About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

By Community Manager January 19, 2018

The following are key highlights from a new paper, "There Is 'Little Doubt' About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops," from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) about the promise of GMOs. ...

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STUDY: Semantic Network Analysis Reveals Opposing Online Representations of the Search Term “GMO”

By Community Manager January 09, 2018

The following is an abstract of a study published in the open access journal Global Challenges on the perception of the term GMO to a variety of selected audiences. ...

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GMO Basics

STUDY: Genetically Engineered Herbicide-Resistant Crops and Herbicide-Resistant Weed Evolution in the United States

By Andrew Kniss January 09, 2018

The following is an abstract from a study by weed scientist Andrew Kniss about the correlation between GMO crops and weed resistance. ...

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STUDY: The contribution of glyphosate to agriculture and potential impact of restrictions on use at the global level

By Graham Brookes January 09, 2018

The following is an abstract of a new study by Graham Brookes et al that takes a look at the environmental and economic impact on agriculture if farmers were no longer allowed to use the herbicide glyphosate. ...

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Study: Toxicologic evaluation of chronic feeding of glyphosate-resistant transgenic soybean GTS40-3-2 meal to rats

By Community Manager December 07, 2017

The following is an abstract of a new feeding study published in the Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture looking at the safety of glyphosate-resistant soybeans. ...

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STUDY: A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops

By Community Manager November 21, 2017

The following is an excerpt from a 2014 paper in PLoS ONE, revealing the results of a metastudy of 147 studies looking at the impact of GMOs. ...

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STUDY: What Does Science Say About GMOs – They’re Safe

By Community Manager November 08, 2017

The following is an excerpt of a post at the Skeptical Raptor reviewing a large number of GMO safety studies. ...

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STUDY: A Decade of EU-funded GMO Research

By Community Manager November 07, 2017

The following is a press release from the Eurpean Commision announcing a report on 10 years of EU-funded GMO research. ...

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INFOGRAPHIC: What Is A GMO?

INFOGRAPHIC: What Is A GMO?

INFOGRAPHIC: Can GMOs Help Protect The Environment?

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