A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.

Nepal plans to expand its household biogas programme, a model for developing countries, into commercial use.

The benefits to poor farmers of new crop varieties are hotly debated, but a new study shows they can help reduce poverty.

The new model of sustainable development ― the 'green economy' ― could benefit large firms at the expense of the poor, warns a report.

Thousands of rice varieties are in the pipeline for genome sequencing in a major push for crops able to provide better food security.

Malaysia will soon have the technology to speed up crop breeding and aquaculture by analysing DNA for desirable traits.

A US–Nepal project to promote hybrid maize is up in the air following concerns over the potential loss of local maize varieties.

The sequencing of the pigeon pea genome will allow researchers to find higher-yielding varieties of the crop in a shorter time.

Mexican scientists have modified toxins made by Bt bacteria, making them more effective than native strains at fighting resistant pests.

New rice varieties, including those resistant to flooding, are producing higher yields for farmers across South-East Asia, says a report.

The Borlaug Institute South Asia promises a new edition of the 'green revolution'.

Banana growers in the Philippines faced with a virulent fungal disease have won backing from scientists to establish a new research centre.

Pakistan hopes to stem economic losses from foot and mouth disease with support from US scientists.

Taking into account gender differences in adoption of GM crops could positively impact women and their families, says a study.

Crops planted in deforested land near rainforests gain more rain — but at the expense of rainfall within the forest itself, finds a study.

Newspaper reports have made the public more tolerant of biotechnology in the Philippines, a study suggests.

Angry plant breeders have forced the Thai government to reconsider plans to enforce a law to regulate plant varieties.

India's biodiversity authority may prosecute the developers of GM eggplant after claims they illegally used local samples.

Fungi can help rice plants tolerate drought, salt and cold weather, a study has found.

Six programmes worth more than US$950 million, which will target the poor's access to food and markets, have been conditionally approved.