Publication archives

International Herald Tribune | October 23, 1999 | M.S. Swaminathan With the help of modern science, the increase in food production in recent decades has outpaced the rate of growth in population in most parts of the world. Such progress has been possible through the synergy between technology and public policy.

Reuters | November 4, 1999 | Cho Mee-young

ENDS Daily | November 3, 1999

@griculture Online | November 2, 1999 An expert at Southern Illinois University has a word of advice for farmers trying to decide whether they're going to plant genetically modified seed this season. "Wait." "I can't believe I'm saying this, but

Science | November 5, 1999 | Volume 286, Number 5442

SUNS #4539 | October 28, 1999 | south-north development monitor SUNS Someshwar Singh, Geneva

REUTERS | November 2, 1999 | Story by Aya Takada TOKYO - Japanese have recently bought corn and soybeans grown exclusively from non genetically modified (GM) seeds, at premiums roughly 40-50 percent higher than those for mixed GM and non-GM crops, traders said.

Times Colonist (Victoria) | November 3, 1999 Columnist Susan Riley writes that you can see the outlines of a new moral and political struggle - the next generation's tobacco wars, perhaps - in simmering public unease over the use of genetically modified foods.