Tag:genetically modified corn

Agric & Biotech

‘Africa excited about drought-resistant corn’

I know anti-GM activists exists to oppose the GM technology. That’s what they are paid to do. But I was flabbergasted when they criticised...

admin - June 23, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Syngenta sued for $1bn over China’s rejection of GM corn

US corn prices plummeted as China rejected all shipments containing traces of Syngenta's MIR162. Farmers from five major corn growing states have filed three...

Michael Simire - October 19, 2014

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