Genetically Modified Crops
About this Digest on Genetically Modified Crops
1. Source for this Digest
Terri Raney, Senior Economist and Editor of "The State of Food and Agriculture" at the FAO's Agricultural and Development Economics Division.The GreenFacts digest on GMOs is an excellent summary of the scientific evidence reported in The State of Food and Agriculture 2003-04 . We at FAO are very pleased with our collaboration with GreenFacts and feel confident that their initiative will make a valuable contribution to the public debate on this controversial subject. Congratulations GreenFacts on a job well done.
The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from
the chapters 2 (What is agricultural biotechnology?
The Levels 1 & 2 were written by the GreenFacts editorial team.
2. Current Status
Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.
3. Digest Publication History
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
First draft
The first draft of this Digest was produced by the GreenFacts Editorial Team in April 2005.
Preliminary and Peer review
The second draft of this Digest was produced in June 2005 by the
GreenFacts Editorial Team
after pre-review by experts from enviromental prganizations (see our
Publication
Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on November 15th, 2005.
Press Release
7 Dec. 2005:
Genetically Modified Crops explained.
Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions
No update or revision at present.
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- 1. What is agricultural biotechnology?
- 2. How can biotechnology be applied to agriculture?
- 3. Does conventional plant breeding have effects on health and the environment?
- 4. Are genetically modified plant foods safe to eat?
- 5. What effects could genetically modified crops have on the environment?
- 6. What are the implications of GM-technologies for animals?
- 7. Are GMOs regulated by international agreements?
- 8. Conclusions
- Themes
- Air Pollution
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- DBP
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- Desertification
- Diet & Nutrition
- Dioxins
- Ecosystem Change
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Energy Saving Lamps
- Energy Technologies
- Fisheries
- Fluoride
- Forests
- Forests & Energy
- Genetically Modified Crops
- Global Public Health Threats
- Indoor Air Quality
- Malaria
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- Nanotechnologies
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This Digest is a faithful summary of the leading scientific consensus report produced in 2004 by the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO): "The State of Food and Agriculture 2003-2004" Learn more...
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