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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 Rockefeller Foundation.

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.


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Scientists Map Tobacco Genome -- Crop Biotech Update (7/3/2008) Researchers at North Carolina State University in the U.S. have completed a nearly five-year, US$17.6 million effort to map the tobacco genome.  [More]

Invitation to Comment on Release of GM Sugarcane -- Crop Biotech Update (7/3/2008) The University of Queensland in Australia has applied with the Australian government for a limited and controlled release of up to 3,000 sugarcane lines that have been genetically modified for altered sugar production.  [More]

Economics Literature about the Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops in Developing Economies -- IFPRI (7/3/2008) The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has developed a web-based bibliography of peer-reviewed applied economics literature that assesses the impacts of genetically modified (GM) crops in developing countries.  [More]

Biotech Canola Could Offer Even Healthier Oil -- Farm & Ranch Guide (7/2/2008) Dow AgroSciences LLC and the Martek Biosciences Corporation are working together to develop and commercialize a genetically modified (GM) variety of canola that produces oil containing the healthful omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).  [More]

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