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Checkbiotech, 2010-03-15
The American Farm Bureau announced this week that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a lower court acted hastily and incorrectly by banning the cultivation of biotech alfalfa despite extensive scientific evidence documenting the safety of the crop.
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Nature, 2010-03-10
Approval of the Amflora potato could signal a fresh approach to genetically modified organisms.
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Star Online (Malaysia), 2010-03-10
PHILOMATH, Oregon (AP): Organic farmers fear this year's spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge to halt the plantings nationwide.
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Wall Street Journal (USA), 2010-03-10
NEW DELHI -- Developing countries led by China and Brazil will overtake rich nations in adopting genetically modified crops over the next two-three years, as they strive to raise yields to meet demand from their growing population, a top farm scientist said.
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SciDev.net, 2010-03-09
Six developing countries now devote over one million hectares each to GM crops, says a report.
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Dispatch Online, 2010-03-09
A REPORT on genetically modified (GM) crops, to be published this week, has been slammed by the African Centre of Biosafety (ABC).
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Guardian (UK), 2010-03-09
Last week's decision by the European Commission to allow genetically modified potato varieties to be grown in some European Union countries concludes a 13-year campaign by the German chemical company BASF.
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