Forget the potatoes-and-poo recipe suggested by Andy Weir’s 2011 book The Martian—new research suggests that it’s genetically modified rice that could one day feed the first Mars colonists. Mars is at ...

A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety ...

WASHINGTON -- Five months after Ventria Bioscience was forced to scuttle plans to grow genetically modified rice in Missouri's Bootheel region, the company is focusing its sights on the northwest part ...

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Agriculture has granted preliminary approval for a large-scale plan to grow genetically altered rice in Kansas, prompting some critics to raise safety concerns.

In the Philippines, the farmer-scientist network MASIPAG has “strongly and unequivocally” condemned the government’s approval ...

A total of 500 students, teachers and parents in Kebbi are being fed genetically modified rice in a test to determine its acceptability for inclusion in the menu of the School Feeding Programme. The ...

As the world's second-largest producer of rice, wheat, vegetables and fruit, India is a country that no multinational corporation involved in genetically modified (GM) crops can ignore. Genetic ...

Researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy have come under fire for a study involving feeding genetically modified food to children. In February, a group of 32 scientists from ...

MANILA, Philippines – The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications Inc. (ISAAA) is pushing for ...