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Genetically engineered (GE) crops and conventionally bred crops have no difference in terms of causing risks to human health and the environment, according to the report Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Agri Minister Matia Chowdhury Speaks on Biotech Efforts in Bangladesh

Honorable Minister of Agriculture Matia Chowdhury inaugurated the seminar on "20th anniversary of the global commercialization of biotech crops and biotech crop highlights in 2015" at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 12, 2016.

Glyphosate Unlikely Carcinogenic to Humans, Says Joint WHO/FAO Committee Report

A summary report was released on May 16, 2016, after the Joint Meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the World Health Organization (WHO) Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues held at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 9-13, 2016.

Newly Discovered Stem Cell Pathway Will Increase Yields of Maize and Staple Crops

Biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have made an important discovery that helps explain how plants regulate the proliferation of their stem cells. The newly discovered pathway channels signals from a plant's extremities (primordia) to the stem cell niche (meristem) located at the plant's growing tip.

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