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'Monsanto's New BioAg: Can it Really Solve Food Shortage?

Monsanto's partnership with Danish firm Novozymes is set to propel biological farming, or the use of microbes instead of chemicals to boost productivity, on a global scale. But is it the answer to the projected food shortage?
By Mark Jason Alcala

  • 'India Still Not Ready for Commercial Cultivation: Monsanto Frustrated

    U.S. biotechnology company, Monsanto is frustrated with India’s treatment to foreign companies making business in India. The country is still not ready for commercial cultivation despite the fact that Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, grow in an estimated 97% of India’s cotton fields and have helped India by some measures become the fiber’s top global producer. Instead of giving Monsanto a premium for developing its cotton industry, the Indian government makes it hard for foreign biotech companies.

  • 'FDA Agrees To Test Food for Cancer Causing Weed Killers

    The Food and Drug Administration has finally agreed to test the food products such as corn, soyabeans and other food products for the presence of glyphosate, which is the world’s most used herbicide.
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