within the framework of the international human rights law, the right to work is the fundamental right of everyone to have permanent access to work, able to meet his/her welfare requirements. rural communities are entitled to this right akin to urban communities. as a matter of fact, not enough attention has been paid to the members of rural communities’ right to work. the supply of transgenic ...

Gene flow from transgenic glyphosate-resistant crops can result in the adventitious presence of the transgene, which may negatively impact markets. Gene flow can also produce glyphosate-resistant plants that may interfere with weed management systems. The objective of this article is to review the gene flow literature as it pertains to glyphosate-resistant crops. Gene flow is a natural phenomen...

The sap sucking insects (Hemiptera), which include aphids, whiteflies, plant bugs and stink bugs, have emerged as major agricultural pests. The Hemiptera cause direct damage by feeding on crops, and in some cases indirect damage by transmission of plant viruses. Current management relies almost exclusively on application of classical chemical insecticides. While the development of transgenic cr...

engineering with multiple genes, where problems arising from gene silencing from repeated features of the construct are feared. However, in a recent case of ‘who dares, wins’, transgenic Brassica plants enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids were generated through incorporating nine different transgenes, expressed on a single construct from multiple napin promoters [1]. In spite of the million...

Genetically modified, i.e. transgenic crops, are now being grown on several million acres throughout the world, mainly in North America. Most of these ‘first generation’ products have specific agronomic traits designed to improve the efficiency of production. For example herbicide tolerant soybean and insect resistant corn are the two most widely grown transgenic crops. Increasingly, the new tr...