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  Monsanto Offers a Plan to Increase Food Supply Source: New York Times Date: June 4, 2008 Monsanto, the leader in agricultural biotechnology, pledged Wednesday to develop seeds that would double the yields of corn, soybeans and cotton by 2030 and would require 30 percent less water, land and energy... Posted Jun 04 2008, 12:41 PM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: monsanto, new york times, agricultural biotechnology, seeds, corn soybeans, water land

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  Researcher wants biosafety laws in Africa Professor Walter Alhassan, a renowned agricultural biotechnologist from Ghana, recently raised a very salient issue regarding agricultural biotechnology in Africa. Alhassan moaned the unwillingness by African governments to enact laws to regulate safe... Posted Mar 06 2008, 01:44 PM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: africa, african countries, agricultural biotechnology, african governments, impediment, acquisition, biotechnologist, salient issue, professor walter, absence, ghana

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  Scientists Challenge MPs Source: ModernGhana.com Date: March 6, 2008 PROF WALTER Alhassan, Coordinator of the Programme for Biosafety Systems has called for an urgent and cost-effective legislative environment to promote the safe acquisition of agricultural biotechnology to enhance... Posted Mar 06 2008, 08:41 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: agricultural biotechnology, african continent, acquisition, african parliaments, food production, biosafety issues, legislative environment, alhassan

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  Latin America and EU to collaborate on biotechnology Source: SciDev.net Author: Laura Garcia Date: January 7, 2008 The Latin American trade pact Mercosur and the European Union have agreed to develop a programme to fund agricultural biotechnology projects in Latin America. BIOTECSUR was unveiled last week... Posted Jan 07 2008, 12:16 PM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: european union, agricultural biotechnology, innovation, laura garcia, biotechnology projects, latin american trade, mercosur, latin america, trade pact, 19 december, science technology