The 2010 ISAAA Report on Biotech Crops
“Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2010.” It’s a rather calm-sounding official title for an important compilation of data on what’s happening with agricultural biotechnology around the world. On Tuesday, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its annual report. This one also provides a 15-year overview, with the first biotech [...]
They’re Planting Biotech What?? Where??
But more interesting to me, are the answers to the “where?” and “what?” questions. As in, where are farmers planting biotech crops and what are they planting? Reviewing the list, I see countries that I haven’t seen before as well as new products that I haven’t heard of (blue roses anyone?). Here’s some tidbits that [...]
