This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles.
Plant scientists urge Europe to stop blocking GM trials on political grounds, EurActiv
Borlaug Dialogue Highlights, World Food Prize
The Love Life of Plants, Gates Notes
‘Silent revolution’ of biotechnology food will surpass GMO products: Greenpeace report, Raw Story
World losing 2,000 hectares of farm soil daily to salt damage: UN University, EurekAlert
‘Climate-Smart Agriculture’: the Emperor’s new clothes?, CIDSE
Can sustainable intensification be the answer to better seeds, soil and family farming?, ICRISAT
World’s Largest Ever GMO Safety Study Set for London Launch, Sustainable Pulse
Even it Up: Big global campaign on inequality launched today, From Poverty to Power
The GMO debate: 5 things to stop arguing, The Washington Post
Top 10 Megatrends in Agriculture, AgWeb
Salt-loving plants may be key to global efforts for sustainable food production, EurekAlert
Position statement on new crop breeding tools published by UK’s major plant science funder, BBSRC
Getting a nutrition goal is great, but we need a more ambitious target, The Guardian
UN climate negotiators urged to lay foundations for new global deal, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Farmland birds show rapid decline, BBC
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