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GM FOODS IN ANIMALS SAFE SAYS INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM STUDY
Publication — Crop Biotech Update (ISAAA) Date — March 23, 2012 Website — www.isaaa.org Over three years of research by Austrian, Australian, Norwegian, Irish, Turkish, and Hungarian scientists report no harmful health effects of GM foods in animals. The European Commission Framework 7-funded GMSAFOOD consortium announced this key finding in a press conference on March 8, 2012 [...]
Developing countries embracing biotech crops
The Nation (Pakistan) March 6, 2012 By Staff Reporter LAHORE – Speakers at a seminar highlighted benefits of using technology in agriculture, saying biotech crops were helpful in addressing global challenges of increasing food production in changing climatic conditions and improving environment. They were of the view that biotech crops would help meet needs of [...]
Genetically Modified Crops to Get Faster Approval, USDA Says
Bloomberg / Businessweek February 24, 2012 By Jack Kaskey (Updates with comment from analyst in fifth paragraph.) Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Seed companies including Monsanto Co., the world’s largest, will get speedier regulatory reviews of their genetically modified crops under forthcoming rule changes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The goal is to cut by [...]
NPR’s Bias Against Genetic Engineering
Forbes February 1, 2012 By Henry I. Miller National Public Radio’s treatment of scientific and environmental issues is puzzling — and irritating. While its programs cover global warming and the environment from every angle, embracing the most recent apocalyptic predictions, they permit continual attacks on genetic engineering applied to agriculture. This technology – an [...]
Hi-tech agriculture needed to tackle food poverty crisis
Farming UK January 24, 2012 As MPs at Westminster discussed the issue of rising food prices and the impact of food poverty on the diets of lower income households, the Crop Protection Association has moved to highlight the critical role of modern, science-based agriculture in safeguarding the long-term availability and affordability of our food supply. [...]
Genetics plays role in new rice varieties
United Press International (UPI) January 23, 2012 NORWICH, England, Jan. 23 (UPI) — Less than a year after a tsunami inundated fields in Japan with salty water, scientists say they are close to introducing locally adapted, salt-tolerant rice. Collaborating British and Japanese researchers have developed a new method for genetic marker-assisted breeding that will reduce [...]
Climate Conversations – Developing water-efficient maize for Africa
AlertNet January 23, 2012 By Jacob D.H. Mignouna For many smallholder farmers in Africa, maize is life. Since its introduction onto the continent several centuries ago, maize has become a staple crop in many parts of Africa. Today, more than 300 million Africans depend on it as their main food source providing carbohydrates, protein, iron, [...]
Health impact assessment of GM crops shows no health hazards
Crop Biotech Update ISAAA (Int’l Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications) December 16, 2011 www.isaaa.org Original Source Assessment of the health impact of GM plant diets in long-term and multigenerational animal feeding trials: A literature review published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology shows that GM plants are nutritionally equivalent to their non-GM [...]
Banking on Seed Technology
The Wall Street Journal December 6, 2011 By PETER GUEST Original Source As policymakers head to Durban for another round of high-level sparring on emissions reduction, it is unlikely there will be much talk of yams or sorghum, or of soil acidity and tillage. Finding a way to meld the macro-level diplomacy of the Conference [...]
Regulatory burden, cost risks weigh in crop development
Farm Weekly†November 10, 2011 Original Source IN the past decade the amount of time and resources to bring a new biotech crop to market has peaked at over 13 years and US$136 million according to a new survey released by CropLife International and Phillips McDougall, a global business research organization. The first ever survey [...]
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