Declaration for Farmer Choice
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Three Billion and Counting
The Biotech Counter at the Truth About Trade & Technology (TATT) website passed the 3 billion acres planted milestone on Friday November 4, 2011. The counters continuously track the number of acres planted and harvested with biotech crops worldwide.
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The Food Security Reader: The Best of Truth about Trade & Technology
It’s our new book, we’ve been writing these pieces every week for over a decade. It turns out that a few of them hold up pretty well. So we’ve gathered the finest in a new anthology. Purchase your copy now on Amazon.com
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Kleckner Speaks Out
Mr. President: It’s Time to Ask For (and Receive) Trade Promotion Authority
In its just-released 2012 Trade Policy Agenda, the Obama administration took credit for recent accomplishments, such as completing a free-trade agreement with South Korea, which went into force last week. It also looked forward to future possibilities, such as finishing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a pact that would improve the economic ties of the Pacific [...]
Board Commentary
An Open Letter to Oprah: Come to My Farm and See Why Biotech Crops Make Sense
Dear Oprah, Come to my farm. Visit the land that I’ve worked since I was a boy. See this place so that you’ll never again let bad articles on agriculture tarnish the pages of your magazine or the pixels on your website. If you accept this invitation to have a firsthand look at how an [...]
Trade Policy Analysis
Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement Talks at Critical Stage
The 12th round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement began on May 8th in Dallas, Texas. The goal is to have an agreement by the end of the calendar year, but policy differences still exist and more countries seek to join the negotiations. Nine countries are now part of the talks: [...]
Guest Commentary
Rebuild the African Breadbasket with the Power of Fertilizer and Promise of Biotechnology
Africa’s farmers must do better. The population of our continent continues to grow, but our ability to produce food remains stuck in the past. Experts say that global food production has to double by 2050 in order to meet demand–yet here in Africa, the average yield of grain crops hasn’t increased since the 1960s. There’s [...]
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East ports want to dig deeper
Publication — The Sacramento Bee Author — By Curtis Tate Date — May 9, 2012 Website — www.sacbee.com WASHINGTON – A wider, deeper Panama Canal will open in 2014, meaning that biggercargo ships filled with more containers ofconsumer goods can move directly to the population centers of the East Coast instead of stopping on the West Coast and sending [...]
The Coming Global Water Crisis
Publication — The Atlantic Author — By Stewart M. Patrick Date — May 9, 2012 Website — www.theatlantic.com The recent UN alert that drought in the Sahel threatens 15 million lives is a harbinger of things to come. In the next twenty years, global demand for fresh water will vastly outstrip reliable supply in many parts of [...]
600 Gujarat farmers fly to Israel to learn agriculture technology
Publication – DNA – Daily News & Analysis Author - By Himansh Dhomse Date – May 15, 2012 Website - http://www.dnaindia.com With the aim of learning about new agriculture technology, as many as 600 farmers from Gujarat have travelled to Tel Aviv, Israel to attend the Agritech Exhibition.
Tanzania: Water-Efficient Maize Boosts Harvests for Drought-Hit Farmers
Publication – allAfrica / AlertNet By Kizito Makoye Date – May 14, 2012 Website – www.allafrica.com Balisidya Jacob has been farming for many years, but it’s the novelty and size of his new crop of maize that is making him smile.
Video – Biotechnology: The Invisible Revolution
EuropaBio has a great short video demonstrating how biotechnology is and can be beneficial in everyday and ordinary situations.
Q&A: Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa
Publication – IPS Interview – by Busani Bafana Date – May 11, 2012 Website – www.ips.org Busani Bafana interviews JANE KARUKU, the first woman president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
IFIC Survey: Most Americans support existing food biotech labeling policy
The International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC) “Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology & Sustainabilty” survey for 2012 was released today. “According to the survey, satisfaction with current food labels remains high, despite extensive coverage of biotech labeling and modern food production issues in traditional and social media.
Tehran Sets Trade Deals With India Amid Curbs
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Authors — By Debiprasad Nayak and Biman Mukherji Date — May 9, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com MUMBAI—An Iranian trade delegation to India has sealed deals to buy shipments of rice, sugar and soybeans from the South Asian country, as part of a plan for Tehran to use such pacts [...]
Obama’s Double Standard on TPP
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By Greg Rushford Date — May 7, 2012 Website — httpp://online.wsj.com Trade officials from nine dynamic Asia-Pacific economies begin 10 days of talks today in Dallas, Texas, hoping to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact by the end of this year. President Obama has said the deal will [...]
Time for an Asia Trade Breakthrough
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By Myron Brilliant Date — May 7, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com With 13 million unemployed, no priority facing our nation is more important than putting Americans back to work. While divisions in Washington run deep, Democrats and Republicans agree that boosting exports is a vital part of [...]
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