French Keep Hand In GM Research

French agricultural researchers said Oct. 30 they wanted to pursue work on genetically modified crop varieties as one possible response to the challenge of feeding a growing world population. France is one of several European countries to have banned the commercial growing of GM maize. Field tests have continued but have been sabotaged on several

Climate Change Cuts World Food Outlook

Global warming will cut into world grain yields and result in less food being available in the developing world in 2050, a think-tank said on Sept. 29, calling for aggressive action to boost food output. “Climate change increases child malnutrition and reduces calorie consumption dramatically,” said a report from the International Food Policy Research Institute,