Archive for the 'Biotech News' Category
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- How research can help solve global food crisis | Posted by GMO Africa on Jul 03 2008
- GM will not solve current food crisis, says industry boss | Posted by GMO Africa on Jul 03 2008
- Malawi govt. okays research into genetically modified crops | Posted by GMO Africa on Jul 01 2008
- Breakthrough in plant medicine production at Wageningen UR | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 30 2008
- Farmers praise GM crops in EU study | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 30 2008
- Africa should invest in GMOs for small farmers | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 26 2008
- Nestlé asks EU to soften line on GM | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 23 2008
- Biotech Wheat to Ease World Food Shortage | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 23 2008
- Europe warms to GM crops as possible solution to food crisis | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 23 2008
- Better Dead than Fed? | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 20 2008
Source: EurActiv.com
Date: July 3, 2008
Guy Riba, the deputy director of the French national institute for agricultural research (INRA), highlights the many challenges the world will have to meet by 2050 if it wants to feed its nine-billion inhabitants without destroying its environment. He spoke to EurActiv ahead of a major conference by the French […]
Source: Guardian
Date: July 3, 2008
Genetically modified crops will not solve the current food crisis, according to the head of one of the world’s largest agricultural biotechnology companies.
Martin Taylor, chairman of Syngenta, said the current industry focus on farmers in rich countries meant it would take 20 years to launch crop varieties designed to address […]
Source: Afriquenligne
Date: July 1, 2008
Malawi has finally opened its doors to genetically modified crops (GMOs) despite fears still lingering among consumer rights groups. Read more….
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 […]
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