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  Govt planning autonomous body to regulate GM crop development Source: Financial Express Date: June 2, 2008 The government is planning to set up a new autonomous body to regulate the development and release of genetically modified (GM) crops, livestock and fishes, and food, as well as recombinant pharma and industrial... Posted Jun 02 2008, 11:42 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: source financial, livestock, pharma, financial express, autonomous body, fishes, gm, gm crops

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  French parliament adopts contested GM crops bill Source: Yahoo News Date: May 22, 2008 PARIS (AFP) - The French parliament on Thursday adopted a controversial bill on genetically-modified (GM) crops that had raised hackles in both the right-wing ruling camp and the opposition. The legislation, which... Posted May 22 2008, 10:35 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: european union, european union law, hackles, controversial bill, afp, opposition, paris, parliament, yahoo, gm, gm crops, right wing, legislation, french parliament

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  GM crops must become part of cereals sector tool kit Source: Farming UK Date: April 9, 2008 The National Beef Association has called for all resistance to GM crops, at both UK and EU level, to be abandoned immediately in response to seismic shifts in world demand for food, the growing danger of global food... Posted Apr 09 2008, 09:22 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: national beef association, farming uk, global food shortages, seismic shifts, gm, gm crops, resistance, domestic animal production

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  Biotech agriculture continues to gain in importance in SA as yields are higher Source: Financial Times Date: February 21, 2008 Biotech farming is increasing rapidly in SA, with a further 400 000 ha of agricultural land turned over last year to the planting of genetically modified (GM) crops. This takes the total area under GM cultivation... Posted Feb 21 2008, 09:22 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: source financial, agricultural land, farming, financial times, gm, gm crops, 8m

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  Euro GM reluctance could hit beer innovation Source: Beverage Daily Date: January 23, 2008 As the EU debates retaining national bans on genetically modified (GM) crops, one industry expert believes that failure to adapt could grant foreign rivals using the technology an upper hand, not least in... Posted Jan 23 2008, 11:17 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: rivals, debates, industry expert, failure, giddings, gm, gm crops

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  Biotech Firm Plans To Fund GM Rice Crops With Carbon Credits Source: Truth About Trade and Technology Date: January 10, 2008 Money paid by green consumers to offset their flights and by companies that go carbon-neutral will be used to fund the planting of genetically modified (GM) crops under plans drawn up by... Posted Jan 10 2008, 08:25 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: truth about, us biotechnology company, flights, arcadia biosciences, farmers, money, chinese government, green consumers, gm, gm crops

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  New study discounts GM crops gene flow theory There has been an explosive debate on the effects of genetically modified (GM) crops on human health and the environment. Critics, especially the Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, have sought to cast GM crops as posing great threat to conventional... Posted Dec 16 2007, 11:45 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: friends of the earth, farming methods, greenpeace, conventional farming, gm, gm crops, human health