The Argentinean Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries approved the HB4 stress tolerance trait in soybeans developed by Arcadia Biosciences Inc. in partnership with Verdeca. After six seasons of multi-location field trials in Argentina and the U.S., including three years of regulatory field trials, the stress tolerant soybean exhibited improved yield by up to 14 percent under multiple stresses such as drought and low water conditions

Plant parasitic nematodes are a huge threat to agriculture, causing billions in crop losses every year. Scientists at the University of Missouri and the University of Bonn in Germany have found the first genetic evidence linking one method these animals use to attack plants. They proved that these tiny worms use the hormone cytokinin to help them feed from the plant.

Enhancement of sugar content and sweetness is desirable in some vegetables and most fruits. However, biotechnological methods to increase sugar content are limited. The research team led by G. H. M. Sagor of Tohoku University in Japan introduced a completely novel approach to produce sweeter tomato fruits with no negative effects on plant growth.

FAO 9 October 2015, Rome - Delegates from the136 member nations of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) have given their approval to set up an international information gateway for the genetic data of food crop seeds.

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) released a paper titled Process labels can effectively bridge the informational gap between producers and consumers, which presents a systematic review of present food process labels and their impact on food and agricultural sector.

With the fast economic growth expanding the urban population in Viet Nam, demand for food has been increasing in a fast pace in the recent years. Poultry has been an important source of animal protein, approximately 4,650,000kg poultry meat being consumed monthly in the Vietnam’s capital Hanoi (source: Ha Noi Trade Department, 2014).

Scientists from the University of California, Riverside and the International Rice Research Institute discovered the secret to how rice seeds might be able to withstand flood. The findings are published in Nature Plants.

FAO 2 October 2015, Rome - FAO and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association CEMA , an international non-profit organisation, today forged a new partnership that aims to promote wider use of sustainable agricultural mechanization in developing countries.

Delegates from 29 East and South African cotton growing countries participate in a week long study tour to Bt cotton fields in India from September 27 to October 2, 2015. The "Seeing is believing" study tour is being conducted by the South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC), New Delhi, in collaboration with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, and ISAAA AfriCenter.

The Argentine government has created a way for its citizens to express their opinion on the introduction of new genetically engineered (GE) seeds into the country. The first GE crop available for public comment is an herbicide tolerant soybean variety.