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`Biotechnology can help reduce nutritional deficiencies among the poor'“ India PM
6.2.2006 | Press monitoring
BANGALORE - The controversies and misgivings about Bt cotton and biotechnology are on account of the failure to provide information about their benefits to farmers, Minister for Agriculture K. Srinivasa Gowda said on Monday.
Unique genes hold the secret to better grain yields
6.2.2006 | Press monitoring
BASEL - The world's population is growing rapidly and is estimated to reach 8.9 billions by 2025. But alone today there are approximately 852 million undernourished people. So one of the most important goals for society is to provide enough food for all. By 2025 the global crop yield needs to increase by 25 percent.
Proteomic profiling to assess genetically modified crop safety
6.2.2006 | Press monitoring
It is generally accepted that traditional food is safe for the majority of consumers. For the introduction of a new variant or cultivar developed from a traditional crop plant, maximum limits have been set in some cases, e.g., for potato and oilseed rape, to the content of known toxins.
Winemakers Toast Biotech Benefits
4.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Biotechnology holds promise for healthier vineyards, wines and profits.
Fluorescent pigs for stem cell and transplant research
4.2.2006 | Press monitoring
TAIPEI - Scientists in Taiwan have successfully bred three pigs which glow fluorescent green in the dark, marking a potential breakthrough for stem cell, transplantation and possibly other research, a professor said.
Biotech crops make inroads in developing economies and EU
3.2.2006 | Press monitoring
WASHINGTON - Developing countries adopted genetically-modified crops at four times the rate of advanced economies in the last decade, in a sign that the spread of biotechnology in agriculture is helping alleviate poverty around the world, according to the non-profit International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applic...
US state to use GM corn for bio-refining
3.2.2006 | Press monitoring
MADISON – Genetically engineered corn designed for use in ethanol could be a major boon for Wisconsin farmers, the state’s rural economy and the environment.
India counsels Europe on biotechnology, life science
3.2.2006 | Press monitoring
BRUSSELS - Europe is increasingly looking to India for expertise in the area of life sciences and biotechnology, says an official from a leading Belgian biosciences company.
Pipeline to produce genetically modified papaya, rice, abaca
3.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Amid global developments in the use of biotechnology in crops, the development of genetically engineered papaya, rice, eggplant, and abaca will soon add to the current commercialized use of genetically modified corn.
Genetic engineering option to save citrus industry
3.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Back in the early 1900s when citrus canker struck in Miami-Dade County, pumper trucks sprayed groves with kerosene, and the trees and bacteria went up in flames.
