Frankenstein food beats starvation

AS we eat our chips, hamburgers and milkshakes for lunch today, let's put the debate about genetically modified food into perspective. We eat food laden in fats and preservatives largely without debate or complaint. Yet the prospect of producing GM foods that could be drought resistant, grown without being heavily treated with pesticide and made more nutritious has caused a huge outcry.

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The GM potato war

Colin Barras explains the latest row triggered by genetic modification.

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Europa autorizaría siembra de papa modificada genéticamente

Se trata de la papa Amflora, diseñada para su uso como almidón industrial. Sería el primer producto genéticamente modificado cuyo cultivo se autorice en la Unión Europea desde hace casi un decenio y podría generar 30 millones de euros (US$43,7 millones) en ganancias anuales a BASF.

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BASF's Amflora Potato Delivers Gene-Modified Profits (Update4)

BASF AG, the world's largest chemical maker, is weeks away from challenging European resistance to genetically modified plants with a potato that will reap profit and share gains along with other bio-engineered crops.

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Has GMs time finally come

Extreme weather caused massive crop damage this year. Some European farmers think GM could be the answer. But is the UK consumer ready to embrace Frankenfoods, asks Nic Paton Genetically modified foods have sparked much controversy in the UK over the past decade.

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Cyprus says no to GM food

The European Union is divided by two regarding GM foods. This was announced during the voting of experts from the 27 member states, held last week. Then it had to be decided whether the German company BASF should receive permission to grow genetically modified potatoes, a newspaper, issued by the Russian community in Cyprus reads.

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Impulso oficial a los transgénicos en Viña del Mar

Las transnacionales del negocio de los transgénicos, y los científicos que trabajan para ellas, apoyados por FAO, (Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación), inician el lunes 22 de octubre el "VI Encuentro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Biotecnología Agropecuaria" o RedBio2007, en el Hotel Sheraton Miramar de Viña del Mar (...) Este evento que cada tres años sacraliza la alianza entre transnacionales, científicos y gobiernos, trae entre sus máximos expositores a figuras ampliamente cuestionadas en sus naciones de origen. William Roca, del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) de Perú recibirá la medalla RedBio por el lanzamiento de la papa Bt, una papa transgénica dada a conocer en julio de este año, manipulada genéticamente para resistir a enfermedades como el tizón y la rancha, cuyo cultivo contaminará irreversiblemente las valiosas variedades nativas.

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