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Opinions on China's recent US$3.7 billion GM roll-out remain divided, with concerns over potential risks and regulation loopholes.

Science must take the lead role in economic development, says Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.

Florence Wambugu, winner of the 2008 YARA prize for African agriculture, speaks to SciDev.Net about the challenges facing the field.

Cassava is getting a transgenic makeover to boost its nutritional value, shelf-life and disease resistance.

Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.

Despite pest and pricing worries, many Asian farmers welcome GM crops. Jia Hepeng heard their stories during a farmers' exchange programme.

Maryke Steffens reports on the influences behind Africa's diverse attitudes to transgenic crops, and the need for a unified agenda.

Dominic Glover outlines the status of agricultural biotechnology research, development and commercialisation in sub-Saharan Africa.

The spread of deadly wheat rust to Yemen has triggered a rush to pin down wheat varieties that are resistant to it.

Ebenezer Bifubyeka asks African delegates at the Convention on Biological Diversity what they plan to do to spread awareness of the uses and risks of GM farming.

Mexican tequila producers are turning to modern plant science to improve the genetic diversity and resilience of their crop, reports Rex Dalton.

Gripped by severe drought for the third time in recent years, Zambia has reaffirmed its resistance to imports of genetically modified crops, reports Brenda Zulu.

As Egypt prepares to launch its first genetically modified crops, Joseph Krauss investigates how the country plans to make the industry a commercial success.

Erik Stokstad reports on international efforts to tackle a fungal disease that is spreading through soybean crops around the world.

Masaru Iwanaga, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre discusses food security, GM crops and bio-regulation.

Tamar Kahn describes some of the problems faced by South African science journalists, who report on controversial issues such as HIV/AIDS and genetic modification.

Robert Scalia reports on how farmers in different African countries are faced with different choices in their efforts to tackle the crop pests that reduce their yields and profits.

Victor Bwire describes how small-scale farmers across Africa can access high yielding crops under a special arrangement linking the needs of farmers with better farming methods and technologies.

Ehsan Masood reports how African activists, backed by wealthy supporters in the United States and Europe, are in combat over the merits of GM crops.

Controversy over possible 'contamination' of native Mexican maize with genes from GM varieties made world headlines two years ago. This article explores what Mexican scientists have to say.