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EU delays weedkiller decision amid cancer uproar The EU postponed a decision to extend the approval of a key weedkiller for another 15 years amid an uproar that it may cause cancer.

08 March 2016

Use of GMOs debated in Kazakh Senate Senator Ahan Bizhanov has called Kazakhstan to forgo the use of genetically modified products.

27 November 2015

Agro-technologies given thumbs up in Kazakhstan President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed the importance of integrating modern technologies into the country’s agriculture.

12 July 2014

Ministry of Agriculture discusses prospects of GMO in Kazakhstan The Ministry of Agriculture is considering ways of introducing GMO in Kazakhstan.

07 February 2014

President Nazarbayev calls to develop GM crops in Kazakhstan According to him, GM products are set to widely spread across the globe as the global demand for food is on the rise.

17 January 2014

GMO corn, soybeans dominate US market The discovery of unauthorized genetically engineered wheat growing on a farm in the US state of Oregon has cast a spotlight on agricultural biotechnology and the debate about its safety.

04 June 2013