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Key question: What would Hawaii's papaya industry look like today if Rainbow had been banned? Was the virus problem solvable without it?
APS: The Hawaiian Rainbow papaya →The Packer: Hawaiian papaya growers →Key question: Should India follow Bangladesh? What have Indian eggplant farmers and consumers gained or lost by waiting?
Frontiers (2020): Bt brinjal in Bangladesh →Wikipedia: Genetically modified brinjal →Key question: Should the courts let Filipino farmers grow Golden Rice? What does "full scientific certainty" mean, and can any food ever meet that bar?
Philstar: Lift ban on Golden Rice, High Court urged →FLIP Science: Vitamin A deficiency in Filipinos →Wikipedia: Golden rice →Key question: As droughts get worse, should wheat-growing countries (including the U.S.) allow drought-tolerant GM wheat, even if some customers refuse to buy it?
DTN: GM wheat could provide drought relief →Western Producer: Argentina OKs GM wheat →World Grain: HB4 wheat gains USDA approval →Key question: Was the problem the goal (more organic farming) or the way it was done (all at once, with no transition)? What should a country do instead?
Foreign Policy: Sri Lanka's organic farming crisis →Key question: Did Bt cotton help Indian farmers? And what should India do now that pink bollworm has adapted to it?
WashU: Long-term analysis of GM cotton in India →Belfer Center: Kathage and Qaim study →ICAC: Recent developments of cotton in India →Key question: How should a country balance protecting pollinators against protecting a food crop and the farmers who grow it? Is a full ban, a limited exemption, or something else the best answer?
PotatoPro: EU bans outdoor neonicotinoids (2018) →Sugar Producer: Alternative could be five years away →Farmers Weekly: French growers blockade Paris →E&E News: France's top court blocks insecticide →Key question: Is breeding nutrients into crops a better answer to hidden hunger than vitamin pills or fortified foods? And why did orange sweet potato spread with little opposition while Golden Rice (Case File 3) ended up in court?
HarvestPlus: Orange sweet potato brief →FoodIngredientsFirst: World Food Prize for biofortification →Key question: Should the EU accept U.S. beef from implanted cattle, or should U.S. ranchers who want to sell to Europe give up implants? What would each choice cost?
University of Nebraska: Worried about hormones? →Congressional Research Service: The beef hormone dispute →FarmingUK: 2019 EU-US beef agreement →Key question: In a country facing repeated droughts, should GM maize be allowed? Who should decide: the cabinet, scientists, the courts, or the public?
Polity: Kenya lifts GM ban in response to drought →DLA Piper: GMO adoption in Kenya (2025) →People Daily: State loses appeal on GMO imports →Links checked October 2026. If a link is blocked by the school filter, tell your teacher and search for the same title.