Environmental impacts of genetically modified crops
ScienceGenetically modified (GM) crops have been adopted by some of the world’s leading agricultural nations, but the full extent of their environmental impact remains largely unknown. Although concerns regarding the direct environmental effects of GM crops have declined, GM crops have led to indirect changes in agricultural practices, including pesticide use,
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Global Regulation of Genetically Modified Crops Amid the Gene Edited Crop Boom - A Review. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2021 Products derived from agricultural biotechnology is fast becoming one of the biggest agricultural trade commodities globally, clothing us, feeding our livestock, and fueling our eco-friendly cars.
Turnbull C, Lillemo M, Hvoslef-Eide TAK.
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Commercial Release of Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: Interface Between Biosafety Regulatory Systems and Varietal Release Systems. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2021 African countries face key challenges in the deployment of GM crops due to incongruities in the processes for effective and efficient commercial release while simultaneously ensuring food and environmental safety.
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2018 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops are plants genetically engineered (modified) to contain the endospore (or crystal) toxins of the bacterium, Bt to be resistant to certain insect pests.
Mohamed Samir Tawfik Abbas
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Improving Crop Productivity and Ensuring Food Security through the Adoption of Genetically Modified Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Agronomy, 2022 The food security challenge is one of the most topical issues of the 21st Century. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the least food-secure region, and solutions are constantly being sought to alleviate the problem. The region’s exponentially growing population
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The Adoption of Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: the Public's Current Perception, the Regulatory Obstacles, and Ethical Challenges. [PDF]
GM Crops FoodGenetically modified (GM) crops are the most important agricultural commodities that can improve the yield of African smallholder farmers. The intricate circumstances surrounding the introduction of GM agriculture in Africa, however, underscore the ...
Sadikiel Mmbando G.
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Evaluation of the use of untargeted metabolomics in the safety assessment of genetically modified crops. [PDF]
Metabolomics, 2020 The safety assessment of foods and feeds from genetically modified (GM) crops includes the comparison of key characteristics, such as crop composition, agronomic phenotype and observations from animal feeding studies compared to conventional counterpart ...
Bedair M, Glenn KC.
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Use of genetically modified crops and pesticides in Brazil: growing hazards [PDF]
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2017 Genetically modified (GM) crops were officially authorized in Brazil in 2003. In this documentary study, we aimed to identify possible changes in the patterns of pesticide use after the adoption of this technology over a span of 13 years (2000 to 2012 ...
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Genetically modified crops are superior in their nitrogen use efficiency-A meta-analysis of three major cereals. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 It is currently uncertain to what extent genetic transformations of strategic crops (targeting diverse traits) have improved their N use efficiency (NUE), and what the key factors affecting their NUE are.
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Transgenic crops for the agricultural improvement in Pakistan: a perspective of environmental stresses and the current status of genetically modified crops. [PDF]
GM Crops Food, 2020 Transgenic technologies have emerged as a powerful tool for crop improvement in terms of yield, quality, and quantity in many countries of the world. However, concerns also exist about the possible risks involved in transgenic crop cultivation.
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