http://www.gmoafrica.org Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:47:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scientists from one of Kenya’s premier university have endorsed crop genetic engineering. After a two-day workshop last week, University of Nairobi researchers dismissed fears that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) posed dangers to human health and the environment. The scientists said although some caution was needed about GMOs, they ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/kenyan-scientists-weigh-on-gmos.html The journal Nature has published an article about how developing countries can make the best from biotech. Indira Nath, the article's author, argues biotechnology can revolutionize food production and healthcare in developing countries only if these countries bolstered their scientific capacity.  Nath regrets intellectual property rights coupled with inhibit ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/indian-researcher-makes-a-case-for-biotechnology.html As the debate on whether more ethanol use is sending food prices skyrocketing rages, the ethanol industry is positioning itself to set the record straight. Four major players in the ethanol industry – Hawkeye, ICM, POET, and Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (GPRE) – yesterday launched an organization called Growth Energy ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/as-the-debate-on-whether-more-ethanol-use-is-sending-food-prices-skyrocketing-rages-the-ethanol-industry-is-positioning-itself-to-set-the-record-straight.html The European Union (EU) is again challenging France’s decision to ban a genetically modified (GM) maize developed by the U.S.-based biotech giant Monsanto. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is angry that France has refused to allow the cultivation of MON 810, the only GM crop being grown in the ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/11/eu-challenges-france-on-gm-maize.html Italy’s health minister Maurizio Sacconi would like her country to lift the ban on genetically modified crops (GM) in his country. Sacconi told an international food forum recently that Italy needed to apply the European principle of co-existence of different production technologies. The principle lays out clear guidelines ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/10/italys-health-minister-favors-gm-crops.html South Africa has made another step forward in the field of crop biotechnology. After a rancorous debate over whether genetically engineered sorghum should be grown in greenhouses, the South African government has given its nod to the project. The decision was a huge blow to anti-GMOs activists in South ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/10/south-africa-approves-biotech-sorghum.html I speak and comprehend a little French. There's this video that features Klaus Ammann saying corn yields in Europe have gone down. David Tribe of GMO Pundit has picked up the issue on his blog. Let me mention something small about David. He is a characteristically mercurial scientist. I must admit ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/09/maize-yields-in-europe-declining.html An African scientist has been honored for her work in promoting sustainable agriculture in Africa. Prof. Florence Wambugu, who heads the Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation, last week scooped the 2008 YARA prize for the African Green Revolution. Prof. Wambugu was recognized for promoting the use of tissue culture in ... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/09/african-scientist-honored-for-her-work-in-agriculture.html Source: Independent Date: August 26, 2008 Biotechnologies such as GM crops are necessary to double global food production by 2050, a major biotechnology conference has been told. Read more.... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/08/gm-vital-to-meeting-the-worlds-food-needs.html Source: Capital Press Date: August 26, 2008 Research to develop drought resistance in a relatively simple plant during his years in Indiana is continuing for Dring Crowell, newly installed professor of biological sciences at Idaho State University. Read more.... http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/08/professor-seeks-drought-tolerant-potato.html