Experts Encourage to Speed Up Biotech Adoption in Pakistan with the Help of Scicom

Reading Time: < 1 minutePAKISTAN is one of the top adopters of biotech crops in the Asia-Pacific, according to ISAAA SEAsiaCenter Director Dr Rhodora Romero-Aldemita, who was one of the speakers in the ISAAA Brief 55 Launch and Seminar on Science Communication and Public Engagement held physically and virtually at COMSTECH, Islamabad, Pakistan on March 9, 2021. Dr Romero-Aldemita shared the science communication initiatives of ISAAA. […]

Book Explores Global Attitudes to GM Crops and Unravels Reasons behind Negative Sentiments

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJENNIFER THOMSON, Emeritus Professor of Microbiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town in South Africa has written a new book, GM Crops and the Global Divide, which explores global attitudes to GM crops and unravels the reasons behind negative sentiments. Genetically modified (GM) crops have been commercially grown […]