Agriculture

GM food safety assessment: tools for trainers

FAO

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
FAO
Tags:
Nutrition, Food Standards, Processed Foods, GM Crops, Pesticides And Toxins, Toxicity Studies, Food Safety, CODEX, GMOs, Biotechnology, India, Global
Biodiversity

Bioprospecting: Promoting and regulating access to genetic resources and benefit sharing

Advances in biotechnology and associated areas have increased the value of biodiversity and related knowledge of indigenous communities and lent impetus to global bioprospecting activities. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) put in place a framework for regulation of such activities and replaced the existing regime of free access to bioresources with a framework where indigenous communities would be compensated for use of their knowledge, innovation and practices.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Shamama Afreen, Biju Paul Abraham
Decision
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121-158
Tags:
Biotechnology, Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Benefit Sharing, Brazil, Public Sector, Private Sector, Legislation, India, People
Agriculture

Needed, a credible biotech regulatory regime for industry & people

Needed, a credible biotech regulatory regime FOR INDUSTRY & PEOPLE

Publication Date: 
24/11/2009
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, GM Crops, People, Industry, Biotechnology, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), M S Swaminathan
Agriculture

High Biotech Council - Defining biotech-free production

The French High Biotech Council, in charge of advising the French Government on a wide range of biotech issues and composed of a scientific committee and a socio-economic committee, released its first report defining biotech-free production.

Publication Date: 
16/11/2009
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Policy, Food Standards, GM Crops, Food Safety, GMOs, Biotechnology, Legislation, France
Industry

Nano draws biotech giant to Guj

US Firm Plans Rs 500 Crore Unit Next To Tata Motors

Publication Date: 
11/11/2009
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Industry, Biotechnology, Research, Gujarat, Biotechnology Industry
Science And Technology

Barc centre to make technology market-friendly

Mumbai: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) will set up the Barc Centre for Incubation of Technologies (Barcit) for better interaction with the industry and understanding the market needs.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2009
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Development, Industry, Science And Technology, Biotechnology, India, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Agriculture

Bt cotton in India: a status report

This latest report by Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology provides updated statistics on Bt-cotton and highlights newer issues related to technology, production, economic, social and environmental impacts of Bt cotton in India.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
J. L. Karihaloo, P. A. Kumar
Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology
Tags:
Integrated Pest management (IPM), Cotton, GM Crops, Farmers, Insecticide, Biosafety, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, India, Mahyco, Bt Cotton
Agriculture

Seeds of trouble

The top-10 agricultural biotech firms in developed nations control 67% of the global proprietary seed market

Publication Date: 
29/10/2009
Latha Jishnu
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Seeds, Biotechnology, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Health

Bill & Melinda Gates grants for city biotech body researchers

New Delhi: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 76 grants for bold and innovative ideas to improve global health and three of them have been bagged by Indian researchers. Ranjan Nanda, K.V.S.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Malaria, Vaccination, Tuberculosis, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Research Agencies
Agriculture

How Philippines mountain slopes were converted into rich Bt Corn fields

The gentle mountain slopes in this fascinatingly beautiful place at once catch the attention not merely for their idyllic setting and extremely hospitable people that reside in their lush green shadows but also for a revolutionary trend in the agriculture they now practice along these inclines.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Rice, GM Crops, Biotechnology, Philippines

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