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CropBiotech Update
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A weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA).
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FAO Seeks Review of Biofuel Policies and Subsidies
The Food and Agriculture Organization?s annual publication ?The State of Food and Agriculture? stresses the need to urgently review biofuel policies and subsidies to ?preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability?. ?Biofuels present both opportunities an...
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GIGA Project Launched
Access to information on germplasm stored in genebanks in various parts of the world ? this is the goal of the Global Information on Germplasm Accessions (GIGA). Researchers particularly in resource-poor countries will benefit from consolidated information about agricultural diversity. ?Bioversity and its partners are contributing to the developmen...
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China Overtakes USA in Number of Biotech Publications
China has surpassed the United States for the first time in the number of 'biotech' papers published, says Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg and Andrew Marshall in the latest issue of Nature Biotechnology. China is now ranked second to the European Union with close to 1,500 biotechnology related papers published last year.Taroncher-Oldenburg and Marshall ...
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Ugandan Environment Minister Backs Biotech
Ugandan Minister of State for Environment, Ms. Jessica Ariyo, said that agricultural biotechnology can be of significant assistance in protecting the environment and increasing food productivity to minimize the impact of global food crisis in the country. Speaking at the 5th Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) in Kampala, Ugan...
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UNCTAD to Support Technology and Knowledge Transfer of African Scientists
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)?s Network of Centres of Excellence will promote technology and knowledge transfer to Africa through the creation of links within the scientific community and increasing scientists? mobility of scientists. The network plans to extend its activities to enhance policymaking capacities in ...
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UN-Backed Project to Benefit Senegal?s Rural Poor
The United Nation?s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced plans to provide US $15 million to a project in Senegal that aims to help families living in the West African country?s ?groundnut basin?. The project will target some 36,000 family-run farms and focus on vulnerable smallholders with limited family labor, women and...
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USDA Seeks Comments on New Biotech Rules
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced its intent to revise existing regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement and environmental release of certain genetically modified organisms. The proposed revisions to the regulations are in response to emerging trends in biotechnol...
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