Changing consumer attitudes with late-blight-resistant GM potatoes

Feb 21, 2023

A new study finds that consumers who have seen genetically modified (GM) potatoes growing in a field and heard about their advantages for farmers and the environment adopt a more favorable view of GM crops in general. Pests and diseases have been a scourge to...

GMOs: Scarecrow And The Irony Of a Farmer’s Hoe

Feb 8, 2021

The advent of climate change, coupled with new plant pests and diseases, has worsened the plight of Ghanaian farmers, relegating them to remain in poverty as their crop yields and incomes plunge. Modern, climate-smart agricultural technologies, such as genetically...