http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/ en-us http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8046 The German government has provided more than US$6 million to fund five UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects aimed at strengthening the food security of smallholders in Africa and elsewhere. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8045 K.R. Kranthi, director of the Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), has challenged Monsanto's data on the emergence of Bt-resistant insects in Gujarat, saying that Monsanto's announcement was premature. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8044 Monsanto Company announced on Friday that pink bollworm pests in four districts of the Indian state of Gujarat have developed resistance to the insecticidal toxins produced by the company's Bt cotton variety, which contains the gene Cry1Ac. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8043 This article discusses the European Commission's stated intention to begin allowing member states to decide whether to allow genetically modified (GM) crops that have been approved by the EU to be grown within national borders. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8042 According to this article, both biotech supporters and opponents have said that the EU's approval of BASF's genetically modified (GM) "Amflora" potato marks the beginning of a more welcoming posture towards GM crops. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8041 The EU's executive body, the European Commission, has approved the first new genetically modified (GM) crop in more than a decade, this article reports. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500