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Food Security and AgBiotech News

Available via e-mail and online, Food Security and Ag-Biotech (FS-AgBiotech) News is a free daily news service covering the most important global developments related to agriculture and food security, with a strong emphasis on issues related to the controversy over agricultural biotechnology.

FS-AgBiotech News provides succinct summaries of the most pertinent news stories, op-eds, journal articles, and reports on biotechnology, biosafety, agricultural research and development, intellectual property rights, technology transfer, liability and redress, genetic resources, trade, and economic development. FS-AgBiotech News draws information from a diverse range of sources including peer-reviewed journals, international news wires, and a variety of publications form industry, government, and NGOs.

FS-AgBiotech News is an example of the tools and strategies developed by Meridian Institute to help people solve problems and make informed decisions. Support for FS-AgBiotech News is provided by the US Agency for International Development.

Please note that it is the policy of Food Security and Ag-Biotech News to use the titles from the original source for summaries, and these do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editors.

Food Security and AgBiotech News

  • Research Strategy to Realize Africa’s Tremendous Rice Potential Unveiled

    AfricaRice (1 February 2012) (2/3/2012)

    The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) has unveiled a new 10-year strategic plan to help Africa achieve almost 90 percent self-sufficiency in rice by 2020. Despite significant increases in rice producti... more

  • Untangling India’s Bt Cotton Fraud

    Down To Earth (15 February 2012) (2/3/2012)

    This article says that although a Bt variety of the popular Indian cotton Bikaneri Narma (BN) was released in India in 2009 with much fanfare – as the first "completely indigenous Bt variety" – the va... more

  • Reshaping Agriculture for Nutrition and Health: Overview

    IFPRI (2/2/2012)

    A new book entitled Reshaping Agriculture for Nutrition and Health explores the links among agriculture, nutrition, and health and identifies ways to strengthen related policies and programs. The cha... more

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