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Bt crop doubles India’s cotton output
Publication — Business Standard (India) Date — March 13, 2012 Website — http://business-standard.com Biotech (Bt) crop technology has more than doubled India’s cotton production, a government report card said today, calling for more such revolutions. “By 2011-12, almost 90 per cent of cotton area is covered under Bt cotton and production has more than doubled. [...]
Success for salt-resistant wheat crop
Publication — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Author(s) — By Michael Vincent Date — March 12, 2012 Website — www.abc.net.au After 15 years of work, Australian scientists have successfully grown salt-resistant wheat. The CSIRO first identified the gene in the 1990s and now, using non-GM crop breeding techniques, University of Adelaide researchers have successfully grown [...]
Africa: Trade Barriers Costing Continent Billions of Dollars, Says WB
allAfrica.com February 8, 2012 By Immaculate Karambu African countries are losing billions of dollars in trade opportunities within the continent due to trade barriers, a new study by the World Bank says. It warns that most African countries, especially those relying on traditional trade partners in Europe, could experience a further drop in earnings from [...]
GMOs hold key to gains in farming sector – govt
The Citizen (Tanzania) February 6, 2012 By Songa wa Songa Dar es Salaam. Tanzania will not make significant gains in its endeavours to eradicate poverty through increased agricultural productivity if the doors to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are not opened. The minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Prof Jumanne Maghembe, said in the city [...]
‘Lack of regulation hurting biotech sector’
Business Standard (India) February 7, 2012 Lack of proper regulatory framework, among other hurdles, the biotechnology (BT) industry is having to surmount, is affecting the sector and its growth. The government will have to move fast and speed up growth of the Indian BT sector as it has the potential to emerge as a leading [...]
Africa: AU Plans Free Trade Area in Five Years
allAfrica.com February 1, 2012 By John Kulekana Addis Ababa — AFRICAN leaders have resolved to establish a continental free trade area (FTA) by the year 2017, in a move designed to boost intra-African trade. This is among several resolutions adopted by the 18th African Union (AU) Summit which ended here early on Tuesday, after very [...]
UN calls for science-led ‘ever-green’ agricultural revolution
Farmer’s Guardian (UK) February 1, 2012 By Alistair Driver THE UN has called on international Governments to create a 21st Century ‘ever-green revolution’ for agriculture that would aim to double production, while protecting the earth’s resources. In a new report on global sustainable development, the UN highlights the importance of international investment in agricultural science, [...]
Africa: AU Wants to Double Intra-African Trade
allAfrica.com January 27, 2012 Addis Ababa — The African Union Commission wants to see intra-African trade double, from its current level of 10-12 per cent of the entire continent’s trade, to 20-25 per cent within the next decade. A document from the Commission, provided as background to this weekend’s heads of state summit, at which [...]
GM barley trial ‘success’
The Land (Australia) January 27, 2012 By Gregor Heard WA-BASED researchers have heralded the first year of genetically modified barley trials a success. The trials, held at Corrigin in the state’s central wheat belt, are looking at potential salt-tolerant varieties, and are being conducted by the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) ACPFG researcher [...]
‘Murky protectionism’ on the rise – but no trade war
Sydney Morning Herald January 10, 2012 By Chris Zappone At the outset of the global financial crisis, the world’s leaders pledged to resist calls to shield their local economies in order to prevent a trade war that could further damage global growth. Four years on, with China slowing, Europe heading into recession and a political [...]
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