The African Union is developing guidelines for the use of genetically modified (GM) crops across the continent, officials say, amid criticism from campaigners that some policies favor big business and lack adequate public input.

A Mexican federal judge has ruled against a request by the country’s National Farm Council to freeze a government plan to ban genetically modified corn and a widely used herbicide, glyphosate, by 2024.

Mexico is sticking to a plan to stop importing genetically modified corn and ban glyphosate, a widely used herbicide.

In the midst of a food crisis and shortages worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, Cuba has officially opened the door to GM crops as a “complement to conventional agriculture”.

Despite lawsuits and regulations, Bayer is developing new genetically engineered corn designed to work with five herbicides, including glyphosate and dicamba.

A major change to the regulation of biotech in the United States will exempt some GM crops from government oversight.

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