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Posted by Ross Korves
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
 The price and availability of food have forced there way onto the agenda of the leaders of the G8 countries (the U.S., Canada, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France and Russia) meeting in Hokkaido, northern Japan on July 7-9. They will review input from a June 15 meeting in Okinawa, Japan of the G8 ministers and the European Commissioner responsible for science and technology and ministers and senior officials from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Philippines, the Republic of Korea and South Africa. According to the notes from the Chairman of the meeting, enhancing agricultural productivity through the use of biotechnology was among the issues discussed.
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