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Potato Drags GM Food Into Europe
By David Cronin
BRUSSELS - Genetically modified (GM) foods appear to be back on the European Union's political menu - thanks to a potato.
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Govt Forced Down on Genetically Modifed Crops
By Claudia Ciobanu
BUCHAREST - Campaigning by environmental groups and the general public has weakened the determination of the Bulgarian government to allow the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in this country.
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India Bans Farming of GM Aubergine
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - After India’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh announced Tuesday a ban on the cultivation of Bt brinjal, the country’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop, food security experts and activists said this major farming country has been saved from a biodiversity disaster.
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India Holds Public Meetings on GM Food Crop
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - As India's central government begins a series of public meetings across the country this month on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) brinjal – or eggplant - in this country, activists and farmers’ groups are mobilising to oppose such a plan.
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GMOs - Strategic Priority in Whose Interest?
By Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN - The South African government is in the process of drafting regulations to police genetically modified organisms (GMO) as part of the national Consumer Protection Act, but environmental experts are worried the GMO section of the new Act, which was signed into law last April, will not be put into practice.
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Controversy Rages over Genetically Modified ‘Brinjal’
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - Scientists and activists say that but for the fact that the 'brinjal', also called 'eggplant' or 'aubergine', is native to India and a favourite on the table, the decision to allow commercial release of its genetically modified (GM) variety may have gone unremarked.
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War Over Seeds
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Environmental organisations, organic farmers and indigenous people in Chile are opposed to a draft law that would expands the rights of the developers of new varieties of plants, while the government and seed companies argue that there will be no negative impacts on small farmers and biodiversity.
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Monsanto, Dow Stacking the Deck, Critics Say
By Stephen Leahy
BERLIN - The most complex genetically engineered corn (maize) yet has been approved for use next year in Canada and the United States without its potential health and environmental risks being investigated, anti-biotech activists charged Wednesday.
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Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA - Africa must embrace agricultural biotechnology or risk being excluded from a major technological revolution that has had increased food production in the Europe, North America and Asia.
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Investment in Small Farmers Crucial in Africa
By Miriam Mannak
CAPE TOWN - Attempts to alleviate poverty and hunger and boost African economies are futile if the needs and potential of small-scale farmers in the region are ignored and the issue of trade barriers remains unaddressed.
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Seeking Diversity, Resilience and Farmer Control
By Raffaella Delle Donne
CAPE TOWN - The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) claims that its "stress breeding", high-yield seed program and its emphasis on grassroots farmer input will boost agricultural production among poor, small scale farmers. But NGOs and environmentalists say AGRA’s Programme for Africa’s Seed System (PASS) is essentially a top-down, corporate driven approach that further threatens food security on the continent.
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The expansion in the cultivation of GM (genetically modified) crops has been very rapid. In 1994, there were no GM crops grown commercially anywhere; by 1998, some 29 million hectares of GM crops were cultivated in the USA, Australia, Argentina, Canada and Mexico. There are some 1,500 to 2,000 biotechnology companies in the USA, and a further 700 in Europe. They are said to have already invested $8 billion in technology development. Learn about how GMOs influence your life.

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