Food Policy

 In short

eu dumping rules: On June 12, European Union (EU) laid down rules to check illegal dumping of hazardous materials in developing countries. An update of 1993 EU regulations, the new rules require

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wetlands, Food Policy, Food Standards, Food Contamination, Shipping, Hazardous Products, Food Safety, GMOs, Wetland Conservation, Biotechnology, UN, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
Animal Care

 TV show to unveil genetically modified animals

gm Animals

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Livestock, GMOs
Industry

 Syngenta for import of its genetically modified maize

Syngenta charts new GMpath

Publication Date: 
30/07/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Maize, Ethanol, Farmers, GMOs, Imports, Africa
India

 Monsanto at the receiving end of Bt cotton pricing policy

Monsanto losing price war with state governments

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Seeds, Cotton, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, Patents, Governance, India, Andhra Pradesh
India

 India launches its first genetically modified crop

Bt brinjal set for field trial, experts warn of health risks

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Vegetables, Health Effects, GMOs
Agriculture

Unplanned exposure to genetically modified organisms: Divergent responses in the global south

This article examines the divergent political responses to unplanned exposure to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the Global South. Although scientific and domestic political considerations have some relevance to explaining different positions among developing countries, trade considerations appear to be a principal driver of GMO policy.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2006
Jennifer Clapp
Journal of Environment & Development
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Tags:
Cartagena Protocol, Agriculture, Maize, Food Aid, GM Crops, Trade, WTO, Food Safety, Biosafety, GMOs, Imports, Biotechnology, Africa, Mexico, Developing Countries, South America
Agriculture

Safety considerations for genetically engineered rice

Rice feeds more than half of the world

Publication Date: 
01/10/2005
Lim Li Ching
Third World Network
Tags:
GM Crops, Food Safety, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, Asia, India, GM Rice
Science And Technology

Rules for the Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous micro-organisms Genetically engineered organisms or cells

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has notified the Rules for the Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous Microorganisms/Genetically Engineered Organisms or Cells 1989 (known as ‘Rules, 1989’) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Publication Date: 
05/12/1989
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Micro Organisms, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology, Biosafety, India, GMOs
Agriculture
Suman Sahai
Agriculture, GMOs, Environmentalists, India, GM Crops, Food Security, Farmers, Suman Sahai
Science And Technology

Seed monopolists increasingly gaining market control

This research examines how patent applications and the granting of patents developed at the European Patent Office in 2010. It also examines how the EPO has dealt with other applications for patents on conventionally bred plants following the decision on the broccoli patent. The report shows a steadily increasing number of patent applications and patents granted at the Patent Office.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2011
Christoph Then, Ruth Tippe
No Patents On Seeds
Tags:
Seeds, Patents, Plant Breeding, Animal Breeding, Genetic Engineering, GMOs, Agriculture, Biomass, Energy, India, Global, Science And Technology

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