AgBiotech Vietnam (BIC Vietnam) in collaboration with the Central Farmers Union of Vietnam and Farmers Union of Quang Ninh province organized the seminar on biotech crops last November 5, 2015. The objective of the seminar is to provide information on biotech crops to sensitize farmers at the grassroots and to provide scientific basis in choosing crop varieties suitable to specific conditions in their localities.

Researchers at New York University's Abu Dhabi campus have mapped the date palm genome. They identified more than 1 million mutations that are found between date palm varieties, and found genes that may be important in fruit ripening, fruit color, and disease resistance in dates.

Scientists from the University of Geneva and ETH Zurich reported a new genetically engineered cassava variety that produces high levels of vitamin B6. The results are published in Nature Biotechnology.

We don’t directly drink or breathe soil, so it’s often forgotten as we trample over it. Raising awareness and inspiring action for promoting and protecting our soils has been a central focus throughout this International Year of Soils (IYS). We need healthy soils for a healthy life because the bottom line is that no soil = no food

Celebration is an apt title for the event,” said Noel Magor, head of the Impact Acceleration Unit and Training at the International Rice research Institute (IRRI), as he glanced at the text written across the tarpaulin that reads CSISA Tamil Nadu Hub Celebration Workshop. “The CSISA project in Tamil Nadu has accomplished a lot in a short time. Our partners’ contribution has been the key significant aspect of thie success of this work in Tamil Nadu.”

Pineapple has been cultivated for more than 6,000 years, thriving in water-starved environments. To understand how pineapples grow to be juicy under such conditions, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign took a closer look at the plant's genes and genetic pathways.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on October 21, 2015, a loan of US$90 million for the Republic of Angola to finance a Science and Technology Development project to contribute to the diversification of the economy through research and development in agro-industry, biotechnology and health, energy, information and communication technologies, nanotechnology and mechatronics.

When we hear Dow at CIAT, most of us think about the collaboration of CIAT’s forages team with Dow AgroSciences who work together on ensuring farmers to have the high-quality forages they need to fatten their livestock and boost their incomes.

FAO 3 November 2015, Rome - A new global round of country-driven agricultural censuses is set to begin in 2016, a large-scale, data collection process that will gather information and statistics on the world's agricultural sector.

ISAAA releases a new infographic titled Do you know where biotech crops are grown? The infographic shows the commercialized biotech crops grown in the 28 planting countries in 2014 based on ISAAA Brief 49 Global Status of Commercialized Biotech /GM Crops: 2014.