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#938192013-05-22
God, move over
Technologies are tools for doing or making things. They are a means to transform what nature has given into food, clothing, shelter, means of mobility, means of communication. Technology is a means to an end; it is not an end in itself.
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#936952013-05-15
U.S. Gov’t Accused of “Corporate Diplomacy” for Biotech Industry
WASHINGTON, May 14 2013 (IPS) - A consumer protection group here is accusing U.S. diplomats of engaging in a concerted and at times forceful advocacy campaign on behalf of genetically modified seeds and even specific biotechnology companies, particularly aiming to influence governments in develo ...
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#936612013-05-14
Feeding 25 million Ghanaians
After Ghana becoming a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 1992, it has a mandate to implement anything under this protocol, especially when the country has passed into law Ghana’s Biosafety Bill (Act 831) on 31st December 2011.
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#935962013-05-09
Mexico – Ground Zero in the Fight for the Future of Maize
MEXICO CITY, May 8 2013 (IPS) - In the 2011 action-thriller “Unknown”, scientists are persecuted by the biotech industry because they plan the open release of a drought- and pest-resistant strain of maize that could help eradicate world hunger.
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#934812013-04-30
Feeding 25 million Ghanaians — Are we going for GM crops or traditional crops?
However, the National Biosafety Authority (NBA,) which the bill indicated will be the implementer of the law, is yet to be inaugurated by the president.
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#934632013-04-29
Biosafety Bill detrimental to farmers
SUNDAY VISION -The National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill being discussed before the parliamentary committee on science and technology lacks the necessary safeguards to protect interests of farmers and favours multinational companies.
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#934642013-04-29
Europe Needs Genetically Engineered Crops, Scientists Say
Apr. 25, 2013 — The European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy without embracing genetically engineered crops (GMOs).
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#934172013-04-25
European Union urged to embrace genetically engineered crops
BRUSSELS, April 25 (UPI) -- The European Union will be unable to meet its agricultural policy goals unless it embraces genetically engineered crops, Spanish researchers said
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#933362013-04-19
ACB concerned about SA's GM maize exports
The African Centre for Biosafety is deeply concerned by the news that the South African GMO authorities have permitted over 25,000 tons of GM maize to be exported to Zimbabwe.
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#933092013-04-18
Namibia: GMOs to Be Benchmarked
Namibia will consider the potential risks to the health and safety of Namibians when it introduces genetically modified organisms (GMOs) regulations, says the Minister of Education, Dr David Namwandi.
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#932142013-04-12
Biotech Industry at Stake in Human Gene Patent Decision
For 30 years, biotechnology innovators have secured thousands of U.S. patents on genes, defining the legal rights to medical and agricultural products worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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#931622013-04-10
Genetic Modification: Time for a More Nuanced Debate
Picking sides on genetic modification isn’t as easy as it used to be What is a person with a conscience to think about the fraught and complex issue of genetic modification (GM)?
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#931742013-04-10
Sernapesca Chile Detects ISA Outbreak on Aysen Farm
CHILE - An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) has been detected by Chile's National Fishery and Aquaculture service (Sernapesca) on a salmon farm in the Aysen region.
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#931472013-04-09
Use of GM cotton linked to rise in aphid numbers
In an unexpected trade-off, the cultivation of cotton that has been genetically engineered to reduce caterpillar damage by producing its own insecticide has been linked to higher numbers of another pest — aphids.
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#930632013-04-03
Farmer-scientist group seeks ban on GM crops
THE Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag) reiterated its call to ban genetically-modified (GM) crops in the Philippines, and said its commercialization exposes the general public to unnecessary health and environmental risks and that it failed to deliver on its prom ...
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#930362013-04-02
Uganda: We Do Not Need GMOs - Ugandan Farmers
Kampala — Small scale farmers want Uganda parliament to throw out the National Biotechnology and Bio Safety Bill of 2013. They argue that it will promote wide faming of Genetically Modified Organism, common referred to as GMO farming
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#930442013-04-02
Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, Scientists Warn
Mar. 29, 2013 — The popular new strategy of planting genetically engineered crops that make two or more toxins to fend off insect pests rests on assumptions that don't always apply, UA researchers have discovered.
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#930222013-03-28
Spain Leads EU in GM Crops, but No One Knows Where They Are
MÁLAGA, Spain, Mar 27 2013 (IPS) - Spain has more large-scale plantations of genetically modified seeds than any other country in the European Union (EU).
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#929852013-03-27
Seeds of suicide
These are the promises Monsanto India’s website makes, alongside pictures of smiling, prosperous farmers from the state of Maharashtra. This is a desperate attempt by Monsanto and its PR machinery to delink the epidemic of farmers’ suicides in India from the company’s growing control over cotton ...
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#929452013-03-26
Gene study could up wheat crop production
BEIJING, March 25 (UPI) -- U.S. and Chinese scientists say mapping a key genetic code for bread wheat could improve the crop's productivity and ability to withstand extreme conditions
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#928432013-03-21
Activists urge action on genetic crops
WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. health advocacy group says the federal government should act to limit the impact of genetically engineered crops on crops raised on non-GMO farms.
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#928062013-03-19
Secretive U.S. Amendment Would Weaken Biotech Oversight
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 2013 (IPS) - Food safety advocates, environmentalists and health professionals here are engaging in a fervent last-minute campaign to highlight a controversial legislative amendment they say would gut the ability of both the judiciary and the federal government to regulate gen ...
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#927842013-03-18
Namibia: Organic Association Warns Consumers
Windhoek — The Chairperson of the Namibian Organic Association (NOA), Manjo Smith, has warned consumers to be extra cautious when buying foodstuffs such as maize, soya, canola, cotton, alfalfa and sugar beet, as these products are most likely to contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
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#927392013-03-14
Biotechnology Report: 1000 hectares of genetically modified maize grows in Egypt
An international organization that promotes the use of agricultural biotechnology ranked Egypt third in terms of the commercialization of genetically modified crops in Africa, in its 2012 annual report on the use of biotech crops worldwide
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#926742013-03-11
Major Grocer to Label Foods With Gene-Modified Content
Whole Foods Market, the grocery chain, on Friday became the first retailer in the United States to require labeling of all genetically modified foods sold in its stores, a move that some experts said could radically alter the food industry.
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#926762013-03-11
Pawar introduces Agriculture Bio-safety bill 2013
Agriculture and Food Processing Minister Sharad Pawar Monday introduced the Agricultural Bio-Safety Bill-2013 in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament.
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#925732013-03-05
Nigeria: Biotechnology Will Aid Food Security, Alleviate Poverty
Application of biotechnology techniques in animal agriculture will improve livestock industry to adequately support food security and poverty alleviation, Prof B. Y. Abubakar, Executive Secretary of Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) has said.
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#925842013-03-05
What does a new bill on genetic protection mean for Jamaica?
It is unlikely that the new bill on genetic resource will have the expressed impact without a fundament change in current views and values about how knowledge is acquired and used
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#925932013-03-05
Frankenfoods reduce global warming
At a time when agricultural experts are getting hot under the collar about an Indian village whose claims to be smashing rice-growing records have been extolled here and debunked here, it is useful to have a cool global appraisal of the state of genetically-modified (GM) crops, traditionally see ...
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#925692013-03-04
Namibia: Millers Promise to Strengthen Anti-GMO Measures
Windhoek — Following revelations that maize meal available on Namibian shelves contain percentages of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), one of the leading millers and producers of maize and wheat-based products, Bokomo Foods Namibia, has vowed to exercise extra caution on the products it wi ...
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#924892013-02-26
Agency Highlights Benefits Of Biosafety Law
The Director General (DG), of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor Bamidele Solomon, has highlighted the tremendous benefits Nigeria stands to benefit as a nation from biotechnology once the biosafety law gets Presidential ascent.
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#924602013-02-25
Vandana Shiva: 'Seeds must be in the hands of farmers
Biodiversity campaigner accuses corporate giants of trying to take over the world's seed supply through genetic engineering
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#924282013-02-22
Namibia: GMO Maize Slipped Through, but Not Illegal - Namib Mills
Windhoek — Namib Mills, one of the leading local millers accused of distributing maize containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) said some seeds containing GMOs must have slipped through from producers.
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#923302013-02-19
Namibia: We Eat Genetically Modified Maize Products
Windhoek — Maize meal sold in some shops in Namibia is derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a recent test has revealed.
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#922832013-02-18
OGM et cancer: «Il y a laxisme ou malhonnêteté»
Gilles-Éric Séralini persiste et signe. Le biologiste de l'Université de Caen, dont l'étude liant les organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) au cancer a suscité la controverse l'automne dernier, n'est pas ébranlé par la pluie de critiques qu'il a reçues de la part de chercheurs et des autorités ...
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#921182013-02-11
NABDA DG Harps on Importance of Bio-safety Bill
The Director General National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Bamidele Solomon, has harped on the essence of the bio-safety bill to the management of biotechnology in Nigeria.
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#921232013-02-11
Genetically engineered virus kills cancer: study
AFP - A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones, scientists reported on Sunday.
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#921242013-02-11
Farmer’s use of genetically modified soybeans grows into Supreme Court case
In SANDBORN, Ind. — Farmer Hugh Bowman hardly looks the part of a revolutionary who stands in the way of promising new biotech discoveries and threatens Monsanto’s pursuit of new products it says will “feed the world.”
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#920382013-02-06
Washington activists pushing for new labeling requirements for genetically modified foods
Despite voters rejecting California's Prop 37, other states are now considering similar initiatives to require labeling of genetically modified food. In Washington, grassroots leaders are hoping for a victory against the deep-pocketed food industry.
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#920002013-02-04
Bill Gates, Groups Disagree On Bio-safety Bill
NOTWITHSTANDING a statement credited to Bill Gates, the United States’ multi-billionaire and international donor, the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FOEN) Saturday asked the Federal Government to review the Bio-safety bill, as it lacked elements that would protect f ...
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#920052013-02-04
It is hard to trust GM when it is in the grip of a few global giants
Don't believe the hype: GM is in the grip of a few firms that profit from selling the chemicals they engineer their seeds to resist
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#918802013-01-23
Genetically modified organisms need a closer look
Genetically modified organisms have been around for thousands of years. Humans have selected desirable traits for cats, dogs, cattle, plants and several other organisms.
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#918812013-01-23
Leading Anti-GMO Activist Reverses Position
One of the staunchest critics of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), environmentalist Mark Lynas, recently said he had been mistaken and that the threat of GMOs had been exaggerated by him and others for years.
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#918552013-01-22
Genetically Engineered “Terminator Seeds”. Death and Destruction of Agriculture
The widely held belief is that genetically modified ‘terminator seeds’ are not available on the commercial market anywhere.
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#917462013-01-11
Threat to global GM soybean access as patent nears expiry
This October, five major seed companies came together to sign the first part of an agreement called the Generic Event Marketability and Access Agreement (GEMAA).
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#917382013-01-10
Two-thirds of British consumers say GM food labelling is important
Campaigners claim survey results are major blow to government bid to win public acceptance for GM crops and food
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#916942013-01-08
Biodiversity congress seeks ban on field trials of GM crops
The second Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2012) held at Bangalore earlier this month has called for a ban on field trials of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in India and a 10-year moratorium on Bt food crops.
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#915812012-12-13
Peru: Transgenics Moratorium Goes Into Effect
Labeling it “a big step forward” in regulating the introduction of living modified organisms (LMOs) into Peru, Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal lauded the regulation that went into effect Nov. 14, enacting Law 29811 which establishes a moratorium on importation and production of LMOs in ...
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#915592012-12-12
Greenpeace Hysteria Campaign Scares Chinese into Retreat on Nutrition-Enhancing GMO 'Golden Rice'
Greenpeace is willing to sacrifice children’s health, especially in the developing world, for brazenly ideological ends, reports Jon Entine of the Genetic Literacy Project.
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#915492012-12-11
U.S. trade deal could be a lot for Europe to swallow
(Reuters) - Can Europeans, who have balked for years at many U.S. food imports, accept a free trade agreement with the United States that opens the door for imports of genetically modified crops and chickens cleaned with chlorine?