Archive for October, 2008

Italy’s health minister favors GM crops

Italy’s health minister Maurizio Sacconi would like her country to lift the ban on genetically modified crops (GM) in his country.

Sacconi told an international food forum recently that Italy needed to apply the European principle of co-existence of different production technologies. The principle lays out clear guidelines on how organic and GM [...]

South Africa approves biotech sorghum

South Africa has made another step forward in the field of crop biotechnology. After a rancorous debate over whether genetically engineered sorghum should be grown in greenhouses, the South African government has given its nod to the project.

The decision was a huge blow to anti-GMOs activists in South Africa, led by the South African [...]