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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 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.


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New Defenses Deployed against Plant Diseases -- Norwich BioScience Institutes (3/19/2010) An international research team led by scientists at the U.K.'s Sainsbury Laboratory has used genetic engineering to transfer broad-spectrum disease resistance from one plant family to another, this press release reports.  [More]

Transgenic Musclebound Trout with Six-Pack Abs Could Arrive Soon on Your Dinner Plate -- PopSci (3/19/2010) Researchers at the University of Rhode Island in the U.S. have developed genetically modified (GM) trout that are larger than average and visibly muscular in appearance, this article reports.  [More]

Bulgaria Approves Law to Ban GM Crops -- Reuters (3/19/2010) Bulgaria's parliament voted on Thursday to tighten a law that already effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops, this article reports.  [More]

Genetically Modified Pork. Are We Ready for It? -- Newstalk 1010 (3/18/2010) Researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada have developed a genetically modified (GM) pig that produces manure with less phosphorus, a chemical that when concentrated can pollute water tables, rivers, and streams near pig farms, this article reports.  [More]

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