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August 09
African
universities told to get agricultural research to farmers
July 09
Crops in East and
Southern Africa saved from devastation by first large-scale use
of a biopesticide made of fungal spores
Genetic change
could make crops thrive on salty soils
Scientific
strategies can save dryland agriculture
Peru's patent win strikes blow
against biopiracy
Perú logra asestar
golpe a biopiratería
Sahel nations may be
unable to grow maize by 2050
June 09
Studies in maize
show that benign strains of the fungus Aspergillus can
outcompete toxic forms that contaminate African crops
Deadlock broken on
international seed sharing
国际社会分享种子的僵局被打破
A layered approach
to biosafety in Southern Africa
May 09
Scientists produce
GM crops without foreign genes
Change to Ecuador's
GM laws 'could allow suicide seeds'
GM corn with
increased the levels of several different vitamins comes a step
closer to being a complete meal
April 09
Mexico City vows
to protect historic maize varieties
March 09
West Africans hope
to produce iron-tolerant rice
Anti-H5N1 rice
could protect poultry, say Chinese scientists
February 09
Kenya approves
GM after years of delays
Maize varieties
resistant to the widespread Striga plant parasite are a hit with
Nigerian farmers
January 09
Is it time to
rethink intellectual property laws?
¿Hora de reconsiderar leyes de
propiedad intelectual?
India launches
'agricultural Wikipedia', online repository of agricultural
information in the country
Perú: reglamento
sobre transgénicos listo en febrero
China gets in
line on patent standards
December 08
Delay to
intellectual property plan for Africa
November 08
Kenya prepares
to approve biosafety legislation
October 08
GM crops deserve
more reasoned debate
September 08
African
agricultural research 'neglected ' by donor policies
World's crops
to be screened for climate traits
China to
launch $3.5 billion research project on GM crops
Agricultural
developments 'fail to reach farmers', warn African scientists
Pakistan
launches national biosafety body
August 08
Global warming
to change face of Brazilian farming
African
scientists reveal origins of maize streak virus
July 08
Europe's negative
attitudes towards GM food hinder commercialisation of Chinese GM
crops, says director of the Beijing Genomics Institute
Brazil bioenergy
research receives US$46 million bonus
US$46 millones para investigación bioenergética
Uruguay presentó
nueva política para transgénicos
Uruguay announces new policy for GM crops
June 08
New intellectual
property plan to boost Chinese patents
Jamaica abrirá
avanzado centro de tecnología agrícola
Jamaica to launch agricultural technology centre
May 08
Egypt approves
commercialisation of first GM crop
Chinese scientists
find 'yield-improving rice gene'
April 08
Honduras prevé
impulsar producción de maíz transgénico
Food crop
diversity is key to sustainability
United States
'plans cut to global agricultural research funds'
Global agriculture
study calls for increased research
March 08
New method
'prevents spread of GM plants'
Mexico publishes GM approval
guidelines
México publica
pautas para aprobar OGM
African branch of
rice initiative launched
South Asian
nations team up for food security
Researchers in
Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia team up to develop drought-resistant
barley
February 08
UK gives US$14 million boost to agriculture research
Crop biofuels
'create carbon debt'
Uganda approves
Bt cotton trials
January 08
Red
latinoamericana de la papa ayudará a agricultores
Latin American 'potato network' to aid poor farmers
Can crops be
climate-proofed?
December 07
Latin America
and European Union to collaborate on biotechnology
Biofuel:
Africa's new oil?
SciDev.Net
explores the biofuel challenge
November 07
Tunisia opens
national gene bank to promote the development of sustainable
agriculture in the country
Crop research must switch to climate adaptation, say climate-change
and crop experts
India releases
new biotechnology strategy
Developing
aromatic jasmine rice that is resistant to some pests and
diseases
ICARDA
researchers develop low-cost technology to increase crop yield
in magnesium-rich soil
October 07
GM crops — Asian
farmers have their say
International
Rice Research Institute scientists create flood-resistant rice
September 07
Court halts
introduction of GM rice in the Philippines
Chinese
scientists develop GM corn that could help improve the
nutritional value of livestock feed and reduce pollution
August 07
Controversy over
GM corn approval in Brazil
Wheat relatives
harbour supply of resistance genes
World rice
research centres unite to address major challenges facing
African rice growers
Zambia will not
grow GM crops
July 07
South African crop
scientists develop maize streak virus resistant maize variety
Biological control
saves maize from toxic invasion
June 07
Taking on
biotechnology the African way: does GM technology help
small-scale farmers?
New university
course to help agricultural scientists in Africa communicate
their research to a wider audience
New online resource
fromSciDev.Net: agri-biotech in sub-Saharan Africa
Africa must create
its own biotechnology agenda
Research gives
crops new nitrogen fix
May 07
Mali to encourage
and finance agricultural research and development
Iron-fortified
maize cuts anaemia rates in children
Bayer wins Brazil GM
corn approval
Efforts to fight
hunger in Africa by preserving seeds and boosting research into
improved crop varieties
Global genebanks
need funds
April 07
A healthy mix:
strategies for GM and non-GM crop coexistence
Mexican farmers sign
GM maize treaty with Monsanto
Chinese scientists
have found a gene which influences yield and grain size in rice
West Africa to
boost food crops with biotechnology
African
universities develop 'regional PhDs' to accelerate agricultural
research and biotechnology development in Eastern and Southern
Africa
March 07
Mozambique aims to
lead 'green revolution' - Science and innovation will be used to
improve crops
Iran to spearhead
agricultural biotech research in the Middle East and Central
Asia
Colombia approves
GM corn for the first time
China launches
biosafety research centre
February 07
Pakistan
approves GM rules to protect farmers
High genetic
diversity discovered in Eritrean barley
Uruguay
suspendió ingreso de transgénicos
Uruguay suspends GM crop entry applications
January 07
Deadly wheat
disease is a threat to world food security: the spread of stem
rust is threatening wheat crops
December
07
Fallo a favor de
audiencia pública por maíz transgénico
GM in India: the battle
over Bt cotton
Brazilian gene bank becomes world's seventh largest
Network set to boost
plant breeding techniques in East and Central Africa
November
06
"Stern Review on the
Economics of Climate Change" - An upbeat message on climate change
Scientists from
countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America get free access to scholarly
scientific and technical journals
México niega siembra
experimental de maíz transgénico
Brazil and India join
Senegal for biofuel production - The oil in jatropha seeds is used to
make biodiesel
October
06
Indian Supreme Court
bans GM crop trials
Kenya approves a
national policy on biotechnology
Dual-action bacterium
fights fungal infection in crops
US$8.3 million loan
boosts agroscience in Mozambique
September
07
Kenyan forum to open
up biotech debate
August
06
Mexican researchers
genetically modify maize to create an edible vaccine against Newcastle
disease
Researchers outline
recipe for African rice revolution
Gene discovery could lead to
flood-resistant rice
June
06
China's GM cotton profits
are short-lived, says study
Panel meets to discuss
biotech for African development
Fund to boost agriculture
research in Africa and Asia
Plan to boost rice
photosynthesis with inserted genes
South Africa rejects application by
the Africa
Biofortified Sorghum project
to set up laboratory and greenhouse
GM
cereal resists cooking heat to boost nutrition
Chinese scientists develop
salt tolerant grass
Gene boost lets plant
tolerate low boron in soil
May
06
Indian scientists
say that reduced access to plant material in international gene
banks will limit the country's ability to produce enough wheat
Young blood to bring
new life to agricultural research in developing countries
US$60 million ver
the next five years to fund research into African climate change
Single gene is both friend
and foe to rice
April
06
Do we still need the
Cartagena Protocol?
Caribbean &
Central America may get drier summers
'Breakthrough' reached on
access to biodiversity data
US$3m for global survey of
how science helps farming: project will evaluate the relevance and
effectiveness of different agricultural technologies
March
06
Urgent need for
rice that tolerates climate change
Working group of the
the UN Convention on Biological
Diversity rejects proposal to allow
Genetic Use Restriction
Technologies (GURTs)
Improve water efficiency
in farming, urges report
Ozone-resistant crops may
be needed by 2050
Major funding for GM crop
research in Vietnam
February
06
African crop yields
drop during El Niño years
The role of non-GM
biotechnology in developing world agriculture
January
06
'Conservation
agriculture' boosts yields and incomes
Arctic cave to safeguard
global crop diversity - The seed banks will hold samples of all of the
world's crop varieties
Wasps deliver deadly
virus to crop pests
South Asian agriculture
'needs more joint research'
GM maize 'could help
fight against iron-deficiency'
December
05
Illegal GM corn found
in Brazil
November
05
Brazil enacts GM and
stem cell law after 8-month wait
Asian publications on
GM plant science are soaring
India to host Asian
biotech training centre
September
05
'No
risk to human health' from GM crop drug resistance
Fungus is 'new tool for sustainable agriculture'
Chinese GM cotton
'boosts yield by up to 25 per cent'
Gene for salt tolerance found in rice
Less is more: working
miracles in Nepal's rice fields
Kenya halts first field trials of GM crops
August
05
GM crop that holds on to
its seeds offers higher yields
Integrating the GM
approach to improve crop yield
Ghana drafts GM safety
legislation
US$15 billion needed' for
African crop research
Chinese researchers say
that GM rice 'could reduce reliance on phosphate fertiliser'
Indian GM cotton is
'inadequate'; enquiry demanded
Beating world hunger: the
return of 'neglected' crops
Scorpion gene gives plants a sting in their tail
Uganda's mobile 'plant
clinics' answer emergency call
India urged to revamp its
top crop research body
July
905
Genetic modification of
potato against microbial diseases: in vitro and in planta activity of a
dermaseptin B1 derivative, MsrA2
GM plant produces non-GM
watermelon
Africa Union sets up
biotechnology advisory panel
Argentinean biotech plan to
boost agricultural exports
Tsunami-surviving rice may
have salt-tolerance genes
June
05
Indian
GM research 'lacks focus and transparency', says joint
Swedish-Indian study
Desertification is 'a
threat to two billion people'
Global effort pushes for
gene bank fund
May
05
Climate
change 'will reduce African and Asian harvests'
Malaysia
launches big push for biotechnology
April
05
Neglected crops are
'crucial' to beating hunger
March
05
Brazilian ministry
protests approval of GM cotton
Researchers of the
Africa Rice
Center forced
to flee Côte d'Ivoire violence
Public sector researchers
want say in GM negotiations
February
05
GM crop tests get green
light in Tanzania
Mexico approves
planting and sale of GM crops
GM potatoes 'could
protect against hepatitis B'
January 05
Agreement protects
genetic diversity of Peru's potato varieties and rights of indigenous
people to control access to local genetic resources
Saving Africa's
'stubborn' seeds
December 04
GM boom 'could
spell economic growth for poor nations'
Revision of
safety rules delays Kenya's GM maize
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