Archive for June, 2008

Breakthrough in plant medicine production at Wageningen UR

Source: Seed Quest
Date: June 30, 2008
A research team including scientists from Plant Research International and Wageningen University has succeeded in further unravelling and manipulating the glycosylation of proteins in plants. This is the result of the research* soon to be published in the renowned scientific magazine The Plant Cell.

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Farmers praise GM crops in EU study

Source: The Independent
Date: June 30, 2008
European farmers who grow genetically modified crops enjoy higher yields and revenues than conventional growers, according to a new study. Read more….

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Africa should invest in GMOs for small farmers

Source: SciDev.net
Date: June 26, 2008
Africa needs a Green Revolution based on public investment in agricultural science and technology, including local research into genetically engineered crops, says Robert Paarlberg, in the Harvard International Review. Read more….

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Another study debunks GMOs and bees disappearance link myth

There have been numerous unsubstantiated media reports linking genetically modified (GM) crops to the disappearance of bees. The episode has come to be known as colony collapse disorder (CCD).
Before theories linking CCD to GM crops started swirling around, the National Geographic magazine ran an article entitled Mystery Bee Disappearances Sweeping U.S. The article is authoritative [...]

Nestlé asks EU to soften line on GM

Source: Financial Times
Date: June 23, 2008
The world’s biggest food company has called on European policymakers to reconsider their opposition to genetically modified crops, as soaring commodity prices put basic foodstuffs such as wheat and rice out of reach of the world’s poorest. Read more….

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Biotech Wheat to Ease World Food Shortage

Source: News by Us
Date: June 23, 2008
In the midst of the worst global grain shortage in decades, two lines of Australian biotech wheat have out-yielded current wheats by 20 percent - even under drought stress. Read more….

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Europe warms to GM crops as possible solution to food crisis

Source: The Independent
Date: June 23, 2008
The European Union has launched a study into whether a large-scale expansion of genetically modified crops would curb soaring global food prices. Read more….

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Better Dead than Fed?

Source: The Center for Consumer Freedom
Date: June 20, 2008
The debate over genetically modified (GM) foods is starting to get downright ugly. British environment minister Phil Woolas infuriated the eco-activists at Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth dared to publicly acknowledge that GM foods may bring something to the table in efforts to alleviate [...]

BASF to focus research into genetically modified crops on global use - executive

Source: Hemscott
Date: June 18, 2008
FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - BASF SE. will overhaul its research into genetically modified crops to focus on plants that can be sold globally, responding to setbacks in the approval of its Amflora potato it had specifically designed for the European market, executive-board member Stefan Marcinowski told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Read more….

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Minister calls for GM foods rethink

Source: AOL
Date: June 19, 2008
British resistance to genetically modified crops may have to be rethought in the light of food shortages and rising prices around the world, a Government minister suggested. Read more….

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