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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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Govt Wants to Impose GMOs 'by Force' -- The East African (10/6/2008) Kenya's Minister for Agriculture William Ruto has launched a National Biotechnology Awareness Strategy.  [More]

GM 'Pharming' May Address Drug Needs -- Irish Times (10/6/2008) Julian Ma of the University of London in the U.K. told a recent conference at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, that genetically modified (GM) plants could supply drugs and vaccines in large and affordable amounts.  [More]

ICRISAT to Re-Establish Center in Nigeria -- ICRISAT (10/6/2008) The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has announced that it will soon re-establish its center in Nigeria.  [More]

Southern Africa: Investment, Information Keys to Productivity -- Inter Press Service (10/3/2008) Approximately 200 delegates gathered last month for an annual policy dialogue hosted by the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) in Lilongwe, Malawi.  [More]

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