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  • French Activists Say "Non" To GMO Law 14 May 2008 01:48 GMT
    ... PARIS - Hundreds of activists marched in Paris ... about using the new genetic technology in agriculture. France banned the sole GM crop grown in the European Union, a maize (corn) developed by US biotech ...

  • French Parliament Blocks Bill to Allow Genetically Modified Crops 14 May 2008 01:14 GMT
    ... The French parliament has thrown out a bill ... out a bill that would have allowed farmers to grow genetically modified crops. Lawmakers narrowly ... modified corn approved for sale by the European Union. The corn is produced by the ...

  • World Bank and IMF Policies Caused Food Crisis 13 May 2008 21:46 GMT
    ... of food for production of bio-fuel and agricultural subsidies in the US and the European Union. World Hunger Relief estimates the number of ... and hunger in several poor countries. The EU (European Union) still holds to the goal ...

  • EU and U.S. tackle protectionism, commit to trade 13 May 2008 10:45 GMT
    ... BRUSSELS, May 13 (Reuters) - Top European Union and U.S. officials, seeking to counter ... on both sides of the Atlantic, the EU and the United States held a second ... such as poultry, beef and genetically modified farm goods are held up by EU red ...

  • EU seeks further safety advice on GMOs 13 May 2008 10:17 GMT
    ... Marco Contiero, Greenpeace EU GMO campaign director, said: "EFSA has always found ... northwards. There have been no new biotech crops approved for cultivation in Europe since 1998, ... the Commission to do more for European farmers so that they can actually cultivate more ...

  • 7 Must-Read Stock Blogs 13 May 2008 07:26 GMT
    ... - May 13, 2008 - 0 comments The Motley ... full take. The tide is turning for agriculture and genetically modified foods CAPS blogger AnomaLee ... in areas such as Japan and the European Union. This could be a dose of good ...

  • Displacing Farmers 13 May 2008 04:53 GMT
    ... ). What is however less known is that ... former chairman of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a body that governs the ... the United States. Despite massive subsidies in European Union, one farmer quits agriculture every minute. Knowing ...

  • Without a genetic fix, the banana may be history 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... appear in nature. For bananas and other crops, these bio-adjustments are designed to increase yields, ... Africa on development projects to help small-scale farmers improve their staple crops. In 1995, he ... for safety. The Lueven lab follows strict EU protocols that are more rigorous in Europe than ...

  • "Doomsday Seed Vault" in the Arctic 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
    ... One thing Microsoft founder Bill Gates can’t be ... Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the US agribusiness giant DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred, one of the world’s ... a former Ambassador of Brazil to the European Union, and Chief Negotiator of Brazil’s foreign debt ...

  • Monsanto Whistleblower Says Genetically Engineered Crops May Cause Disease 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
    ... Kirk had grown up on a California farm and had worked in several jobs monitoring ... be pushed aside.” He then approached California Agriculture Commissioners. “These local Ag commissioners are traditionally ... suspending long grain rice imports and the EU will now only accept shipments that are tested and certified ...

  • Know your GM crops 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... Genetically engineered crops are no longer an idea of the ... – whether for planting and growing in agriculture or for use in human food or ... and OECD countries are using it. The EU recently adopted the OECD guidance as its system for ...

  • Jack and the Beanstalk 13 May 2008 04:37 GMT
    ... you to milk her, in line with EU hygiene regulations. Make sure you wear goggles ... what with milk prices plummeting and dairy farmers being squeezed out of business daily by ... actually recognised as a country by the European Union.’ The giant, who read the Daily ...

  • The next genetic revolution? 13 May 2008 04:37 GMT
    ... companies like Monsanto and Syngenta to improve agricultural production is viewed as a lynchpin in ... the food and drink industries of the EU (CIAA) has recently called for more GM rapeseed varieties to ... and GM for industrial uses (acceptable). Indian farmers in New Delhi protest against GM trials ...

  • Hello Dolly? FDA Calls Food from Clones Safe 13 May 2008 04:37 GMT
    ... assisted reproductive technologies currently used in common agricultural practices in the United States. While the ... industry to clone producers, livestock breeders, and farmers and ranchers purchasing clones. FDA said it ... face an even more resistant consumer market. EU regulators and consumers have historically rejected technologically modified foods ...

  • Global Food Shock 13 May 2008 01:13 GMT
    ... of the U.S. population is employed in agriculture, and 40% of these farmers are 55 or older. 1 The chain ... being harvested as an energy source. The EU has mandated that 10% of car fuels should be ...

  • GM Crop Foes March In Germany As UN Summit Starts 13 May 2008 00:47 GMT
    ... Creates Hunger" and "Good Food Instead Of GM Food", walked and danced through the western ... Europe, consumers are fairly sceptical about GM crops but the biotch industry says its products ... a precondition to overcome hunger," said Greens EU lawmaker Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf who was on ...

  • The Green Gloves Pledge - GM activism in the UK 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
    ... the stillness of the night. There's a farmhouse not far away, and nervous glances are ... Cambridge-based research centre the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) was running a test site ... biotech juggernaut to a shuddering halt. The EU maintained its own blockade throughout, observing a five-year de ...

  • GMO: Which Way for Africa? 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
    ... bgcolor="#999999"> African countries, in particular those in the ... the COMESA and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) ... destinations sensitive to GMOs such as the European Union may encounter market access barriers. On the ...

  • Pesticides: The Third World War 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
    ... exception. Although they bring real benefits to farmers, improper use or accidents can cause people ... hand, they consider pesticides used in organic agriculture as entirely benign. The organisation sees no ... of the solution. Tax payers in the EU have good reasons to wonder why their money is used ...

  • GM Technology: Africa Should Not Stick in the Mud 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
    ... Africa are chronically hungry and undernourished; most agricultural activities are done on patches of impoverished ... make it trickle down to the smallholder farmer. Already, such simple technology as grafting is ... legalize the production of GM crops." The EU, which has been involved in protracted battles with the US ...

  • Is there Hope in Africa? 13 May 2008 00:03 GMT
    ... Levy Mwanawasa was forced to bow to EU pressure to reject 26 000 tonnes of corn from ... the US on grounds that it was genetically modified. At the close of the summit, ... constituting the third greatest natural resource after agriculture and mineral wealth. Africa’s security was tight ...

  • How big is biotech? 12 May 2008 23:48 GMT
    ... Biotechnology is a fairly broad term and it ... or services for health care, animal health, agriculture, food pro-cessing, renewable resources and the environment. ... modified organisms are heavily restricted by the European Union and banned in Austria and Luxembourg. In ...

  • GM food, regulation and consumer trust 12 May 2008 23:48 GMT
    ... food and health. Downstream from the laboratory, agriculture and the health-care industries have seen their ... many countries. In the context of the European Union it has acquired legislative force, being incorporated ... This Regulation, which is binding on all EU member states, is significant in several respects, ...

  • Food safety: protection or protectionism? 12 May 2008 23:48 GMT
    ... the authority of the US Department of Agriculture in this area has been enhanced. The EU has legislated for the labelling of GMO ... that the precautionary measures taken by the European Union and the United States against mad cow ...

  • Festina Lente 12 May 2008 23:46 GMT
    ... 12:38 am This one-sided promotion of GMO crops is ill-informed, one-sided and does not mention ... that are well-documented. 65 separate ill-effects from GM organisms are documented in Jeffrey Smith's Genetic ... Roulette amply justifying the caution of the EU Commission in assessing biotechnology. So please lets have ...


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