agriculture biotechnology News
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USDA Report States that Brexit will not change Policies Affecting GE Plants
On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a report titled “Agricultural Biotechnology Annual,” which argues that under any scenario, the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) separation from the EU (Brexit) is unlikely to change policy or trade in genetically engineered (GE) industries. According to the report prepared by USDA’s Jennifer Wilson, given the ...
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USDA Convenes Public Meeting Of The Advisory Committee On Biotechnology And 21st Century Agriculture
On May 9, 2016, USDA announced a public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21). AC21 was created to provide the USDA Secretary with information on agriculture biotechnology issues, including the long-term impacts of biotechnology on the U.S. food and agriculture system, and to provide guidance on immediate issues. The AC21 meeting will consider the ...
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Making agricultural biotechnologies work for family farmers
Over 400 scientists, representatives of government, civil society, the private sector, academia, farmers' associations and cooperatives are set to participate in the FAO-hosted international symposium "The Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition" from 15-17 February 2016. This scientific conference, will explore how agricultural biotechnologies can benefit ...
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Agricultural biotechnology `should be open source`
Open source biotechnology, through which biotechnology inventions are made freely available for others to use and improve upon, could help developing countries overcome hurdles created by stringent intellectual property rights (IPRs), a study says. The concept is based on open source in software development. To date, open source software's free accessibility, low cost, openness to modification ...
By SciDev.Net
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Africa lays foundations for commercial GM crops
African nations should support proposed regional policy guidelines on GM technology, says an editorial in Nature. Under the new proposal from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a trade bloc of 19 African nations, the bloc would carry out science-based risk assessments on growing commercial GM crops in any of the bloc's countries. If COMESA finds the crop safe for the ...
By SciDev.Net
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Bush Taps Former North Dakota Governor for Ag Secretary
WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2007 (ENS) - President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate former North Dakota Governor Edward Schafer to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. If confirmed by the Senate, Schafer would replace former Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, who stepped down last month to run for a Senate seat in Nebraska, where he once served as governor. ...
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BIO’s Dr. Clint Nesbitt Named to APLU-AAVMC Task Force on Gene Editing in Animal Agriculture
Dr. Clint Nesbitt, Senior Director of Science and Regulatory Affairs for Food & Agriculture at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), was named today to a Task Force on Gene Editing in Animal Agriculture. The Task Force is being led by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). “We applaud ...
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Scientists rally round convicted Peruvian researcher
The National Academy of Science of Peru has issued a declaration supporting a scientist convicted of defamation for criticising a colleague"s GM research. Scientists and science institutions worldwide are also lending their support to Ernesto Bustamante Donayre, a molecular biologist. In a newspaper article published in November 2007, Antonietta Gutiérrez, a biologist at the National ...
By SciDev.Net
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What`s wrong with GM?
SciDev.Net is hosting a live text debate on genetically modified (GM) organisms on this page on Wednesday 11 June. For details on how to get involved, please see below. The arguments about GM continue to rage in farming, research and development communities across the world. Some declare the technology to be an environmental hazard and a threat to smallholder farmers. Others say it can feed ...
By SciDev.Net
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Advisory Committee On Biotechnology And 21st Century Agriculture To Meet
On November 19, 2015, the USDA published Notice of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Meeting in the Federal Register. The meeting will review the purpose, history, operational process, and member responsibilities of the AC21; update committee members on relevant regulatory developments, initiatives, and USDA activities; and to outline new tasks for the ...
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Arcadia Biosciences and Bioceres Form Verdeca, an Agricultural Technology Joint Venture
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, and Bioceres, an agricultural investment and development company owned by more than 230 of South America’s largest soybean growers, today announced the formation of Verdeca, a 50-50 joint venture ...
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BIO India 2012 to be held Sep 12 - 13, 2012, in Mumbai, IN
Press Kit Materials are Available at: http://www.tradeshownews.com/events/BIO-India-2012/presskit/ Company: Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Event: BIO India 2012 Sep 12 - 13, 2012 Mumbai, IN Web: http://www.bio.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/IAmBiotech Twitter: ...
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GM eggplant trials suspended in Philippines
Field trials of genetically modified (GM) eggplant have been suspended following a dispute at one of the trial sites that led local officials to uproot 3,000 plants. Two of seven field trials of the plant — also known as Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) brinjal — were halted last month (29 December), two weeks after local authorities in Davao City uprooted plants because researchers had ...
By SciDev.Net
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Overcoming Smallholder Challenges with Biotechnology
A new FAO publication calls for greater national and international efforts to bring agricultural biotechnologies to smallholder producers in developing countries. The publication, Biotechnologies at Work for Smallholders: Case Studies from Developing Countries in Crops, Livestock and Fish, asserts biotechnologies can help smallholders to improve their livelihoods and food security. ...
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Biotechnologies should benefit poor farmers in poor countries
The focus of modern and conventional biotechnologies should be redirected so as to benefit poor farmers in poor countries and not only rich farmers in rich countries, FAO said today. 'Modern and conventional biotechnologies provide potent tools for the agriculture sector, including fisheries and forestry,' said Modibo Traore, FAO Assistant Director-General, addressing the international technical ...
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Farmers` rights `at stake in Chile`s Monsanto law bill`
Campaigners who last month marched through more than a dozen Chilean cities against a bill dubbed the 'Monsanto law' after the giant US biotech firm, plan to protest again if the bill progresses through the country's Senate. Meanwhile, the bill's supporters - mainly associations of large-scale farmers - are lobbying senators to back it. At issue is the legal implementation in Chile of the ...
By SciDev.Net
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Genetic modification’s potential in Africa impeded by ‘dysfunctional debate’
Opportunities to enhance crop yields and reduce poverty in Africa are being lost because of a “polarised public debate” on the continent, according to a report released this week (21 July) by international policy institute Chatham House. Genetic modification (GM) research projects remain stuck at the field trial stage due to governments’ fears keeping the technology from ...
By SciDev.Net
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These are the 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies
In the ninth annual Disruptor dO list, CNBC highlights the private companies leading out of the pandemic with business models and growth rates aligned with a rapid pace of technological change. Investors have taken notice that the companies on the 2021 Disruptor 50 list have become critical players in fundamental economic and consumer transformations. A majority of the CNBC Disruptor 50 are ...
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BIO Announces New Leadership for Food and Agriculture Section Governing Board
The Food and Agriculture Section of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is pleased to announce the election of its new Board leadership. Sylvia Wulf, CEO of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., and Brian Brazeau, President of Novozymes North America, were elected as the new Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of BIO’s Food and Agriculture Section Governing Board. Wulf and Brazeau ...
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