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Biotechnology Could Help Filipino Farmers Increase Yields and Reduce Pesticide Use
Farmers in the Philippines could benefit from advances in plant biotechnology, according to Dr. Channapatha Prakash of Tuskegee University.  "The American farmers benefit from it," he says. "There is no reason why Filipino farmers shouldn't also benefit."
U.S. Farmers Reap Biotech Benefits, Increase Proportion of Plantings
Demand for genetically enhanced seed is expected to grow, according to the U.S. Agricultural Department, because farmers reap significant benefits in terms of increased profits as well as a reduction in their dependence on pesticides.  "All in all, we conclude that there are tangible benefits to farmers adopting first-generation (genetically enhanced) crops," says a recent USDA study.
Toxicology Experts Find Biotech Crops As Safe As Conventional Crops
Genetically enhanced crops pose no special risks, according to a recent study released by the Society of Toxicology, a well-established organization of scientists from more than 44 countries. The safety of biotech foods can be assessed with reasonable certainty, the report says, using current methods of analytical, nutritional and toxicological research.
England's Prime Minister Vows to Defend Science
Bristish Prime Minister Tony Blair has declared that he will fight against activists who try to disrupt the work of scientific firms.  "It is time to defend science," he says, "to make clear the Government is not going to allow misguided protests against science to get in the way of confronting the challenges of making the most of our opportunities."
Fighting Hunger in a Growing World
The need to produce more food is particularly urgent in developing countries.  Africa, for example, has 10 percent of the world's population but produces just 1 percent of the world's goods and services.  "We know food is closely related to other problems, such as disease epidemics, environmental damage and civil strife," says Peter McPherson, former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development and now president of Michigan State University.  "Increasing food production is crucial to driving change."
New Corn Variety Designed to Protect Against Rootworm
Farmers may soon be able to protect their corn yields against rootworm, if government regulators approve the new YieldGard (CRW) variety now in the final stages of registry.  
Family Farmer Enjoys Biotechnology Benefits
Donna Winters, grandmother and third-generation family farmer in Lake Providence, La., knows first-hand the improvements that biotechnology has brought to her farm.
Filipinos Urged to Take Advantage of Biotechnology
"As a developing country with big responsibility for supporting a huge population [the Philippines], we need to find means to improve our farm productivity and at the same time to care for our health and environment," says Dr. Violeta Villegas, director of the Institute of Plant Breeding at UP Los Banos.
Biotech's 6 Myths
The truth about biotechnology has been clouded by half-truths, detail omissions and exaggerations of problems. Stanley Abramson, environmental attorney, recently spoke out about the "myths" about genetically modified plants that are widely propagated by opponents to biotechnology. These myths are disproved in research and field practice, according to Abramson.
Greenpeace Founder Supports Biotech
Dr. Patrick Moore, ecologist and co-founder of Greenpeace, stated today that, "the campaign of fear now being waged against genetic modification is based largely on fantasy and a complete lack of respect for science and logic.
Grain Of Hope
Advances in the genetic modification of rice may lead to a variety which helps to alleviate vitamin deficiency in developing countries.
American Study On Genetically Engineered Crops Is Coming To Fruition
After months of study, the Environmental Protection Agency soon will be wrapping up its first comprehensive review of the United States' major genetically engineered crops: corn, cotton and potato plants that deliver their own pesticides.
Developing Nations' GM Crop Production Rising
Developing nations are increasingly moving into the commercial production of genetically modified (GM) crops, an organization of scientists promoting the adoption of farm biotechnology noted in a recent report.
U.S. Groups Funding Disinformation Campaign In Malaysia
Malaysian anti-biotechnology groups are being funded by American radical environmentalists, according to preliminary results of an investigation conducted by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) in Australia.
Biotech Answers Just A Call Away
Thousands of people a month are, according to this story, dialing a national call centre specifically established to dispense information about the use of biotechnology in Canada's agricultural system.

Biotech Market In India To Touch $2.5 Bn By 2001
The biotechnology market in India is expected to touch US $2.5 billion by 2001 as against $500 million in 1997-98 thanks to growing multinational collaborations and indigenous R&D efforts in the field.
Biotech on the farm
Bad money, says Gresham's Law, drives good money out of circulation. Similarly, for biotechnology these days, hyperbole drives solid evidence out of public view. As a result, the enormous potential for progress in agriculture has been pushed into the shadows.
Developing nations should formulate policies on gene revolution
The developing nations will face a 'genetic divide' unless they formulated appropriate policies to become genuine partners in the ongoing gene revolution, which is embarking upon sequencing of human and other genomes, according to experts.
Genetically Modified Arguments
Genetic modification of organisms (GMO) has become an extremely emotive subject in South Africa, which has led to a swift decline in the quality of debate.
IRRI Director voices concern over slow accceptance of biotech foods in India
The Phillipines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) director Swapan K Datta, has expressed his serious concern on the 'very slow' process at which India is accepting genetically modified (GM) or transgenic crops.
Karnataka taps Global Biotech Potential
First it was the information technology honchos. Now it's the biotech biggies who are caught in a 'give back to the motherland' spin. Tapping their emotions and their brains, the Karnataka government on Monday launched K-GANGA, (Karnataka Global Advisory Networking Group on Agriculture) Chief Minister S M Krishna also announced that a 'biotech corridor', stretching 10 km (from Mehkri Circle to Hebbal Lake) would be the bug of all biotech activities, similar to the IT corridor in another part of the city.
Science must help set the global agenda 
When the president of South Africa implied that AIDS may not be caused by a virus, his statement was met with shock by much of the world. After all, scientists established the link between human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS years ago. But unfortunately, ignorance about - or even blatant disregard of - the science behind many of the world's most controversial issues is becoming all too common. No part of the world is immune.
Why I'm happy to eat GM food
An opinion poll conducted last year for the International Food Information Council asked the public in Europe and America a deliberately idiotic question: "Would you eat food that contained any genes?" They got a predictably stupid answer - two thirds said no.
GM foods put French agro into 'Nostalgia'

There are many reasons for the French society to distrust genetically-modified foods, but hardly any of them is based on strong scientific argument, according to Dr. Guy Sorman, Advisor to the President of France.

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