Editorial
President Werner Arber
Constraints to biotechnology introduction for poverty alleviation
Ingo Potrykus
Food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition: necessary policy and technology changes
Joachim von Braun
Achieving food security in times of crisis
M.S. Swaminathan
The past, present and future of crop genetic modification
Nina V. Fedoroff
Lessons from the ‘Humanitarian Golden Rice’ project: regulation prevents development of public good genetically engineered crop products
Ingo Potrykus
Transgenic crops coping with water scarcity
Eleonora Cominelli and Chiara Tonelli
Golden Rice and ‘Golden’ crops for human nutrition
Peter Beyer
Inactivation of allergens and toxins
Piero Morandini
Modifying agricultural crops for improved nutrition
Martina Newell McGloughlin
Knowledge and technologies for sustainable intensification of food production
Richard Flavell
Genetic engineering compared to natural genetic variations
President Werner Arber
Needs for and environmental risks from transgenic crops in the developing world
Jonathan Gressel
Does the use of transgenic plants diminish or promote biodiversity?
Peter H. Raven
Food safety risks and consumer health
Bruce M. Chassy
Genetically modified myths and realities
Wayne Parrott
Benefits of genetically modified crops for the poor: household income, nutrition, and health
Matin Qaim
Economic impacts of policies affecting crop biotechnology and trade
Kym Anderson
Support for international agricultural research: current status and future challenges
Robert S Zeigler and Samarendu Mohanty
Intellectual property, commercial needs and humanitarian benefits: must there be a conflict?
Anatole Krattiger
The private sector’s role in public sector genetically engineered crop projects
Ingo Potrykus
Ethical arguments relevant to the use of GM crops
Albert Weale
Experience from use of GMOs in Argentinian agriculture, economy and environment
Moisés Burachik
Do Russia and Eastern Europe need GM plants?
Konstantin Skryabin
First generation biofuels compete
Marshall A. Martin
GMO foods and crops: Africa’s choice
Robert Paarlberg
Epistemic brokerage in the bio-property narrative: contributions to explaining opposition to transgenic technologies in agriculture
Ronald J. Herring
Trade and commerce in improved crops and food: an essay on food security
Drew L. Kershen
The regulation of agricultural biotechnology: science shows a better way
Henry I. Miller
The costly benefits of opposing agricultural biotechnology
Andrew Apel
Challenges and responsibilities for public sector scientists
Marc Van Montagu
