• Commercial Release of Striga Resistant Maize in Kenya (ACNS)

• Public Breeding Produces New Maize Varieties for Kenyan Farmers (ACNS)

• New Technology: Genetic Modification Without Inserting Foreign Genes into a Crop (FT)

• IRRI’s Copyright Policy to Facilitate Free Exchange of Information (IRRI)

• Monsanto Fund Makes $15 million Gift to Danforth Centre (Danforth Centre website)

• Nematode Resistant Bananas Developed (GEN)

• Publications: Promising Crop Biotechnologies for Smallholder Farmers in East Africa (IFPRI)

• African Crops Newsletter: May-June 2006 Issue

• Researcher Reports New Cowpea Germplasm Screening Technique (Crop Biotech Update)

• An Effective Strategy for Increasing Carbohydrate Yields in Sink Tissues of Cassava (Ihemere et al., Plant Biotechnology Journal)

• Students Create Plant That Glows When Thirsty (Reuters)

• African Agricultural Capital in $7m Plan to Fund Seed Production in East Africa (AllAfrica.com)

• Researchers Develop Molecular Marker for GM Crop Improvement (CheckBiotech)

• Arabidopsis Made Salt Tolerant (ISAAA)

• Zimbabwe: Biotechnology Authority Bill Gazetted (The Herald)

• CIMMYT Announces 26 New I-R Maize Hybrids. See also Hybrid Data

• CIMMYT Ready to Deploy IR Maize Technology to Seed Producers

December 2005 - May 2006

• Researcher Reports New Cowpea Germplasm Screening Technique (Crop Biotech Update)

• An Effective Strategy for Increasing Carbohydrate Yields in Sink Tissues of Cassava (Ihemere et al., Plant Biotechnology Journal)

• Students Create Plant That Glows When Thirsty (Reuters)

• African Agricultural Capital in $7m Plan to Fund Seed Production in East Africa (AllAfrica.com)

• Researchers Develop Molecular Marker for GM Crop Improvement (CheckBiotech)

• Arabidopsis Made Salt Tolerant (ISAAA)

• Zimbabwe: Biotechnology Authority Bill Gazetted (The Herald)

• CIMMYT Announces 26 New I-R Maize Hybrids. See also Hybrid Data

• CIMMYT Ready to Deploy IR Maize Technology to Seed Producers

• GM Crops: WTO Condemns EU over GMO Moratorium (ABCNews)

• Kenya: New Variety Set to Double Maize Yields (Daily Nation)

• Vietnam Develops Nutritious, Pest-Resistant GM Rice (Toui Tre News)

• Global Status of GM Crops in 2005 (CropBiotech)

• World Production of Biotech to Reach $210 Billion by 2015 (Web India)

• New Gene Flow Index Developed (Environmental Biosafety Research)

• New Maize Map To Aid in Breeding for Drought Tolerance (CIMMYT)

• New Research Published on GM Separation Distances (Farmer Weekly Interactive)

• Genetic Basis for Capillary Root Formation Determined (VIB)

• Tanzania Plans Launch of National Biosafety Regulations (IPP Media)

• Calcium-enhanced Potatoes Offer a New Healthy Choice (Checkbiotech)

• Banana Wilt Hits Kasese (New Vision, Uganda)

July - November

• New Research Published on GM Separation Distances (Farmer Weekly Interactive)

• Genetic Basis for Capillary Root Formation Determined (VIB)

• Tanzania Plans Launch of National Biosafety Regulations (IPP Media)

• Calcium-enhanced Potatoes Offer a New Healthy Choice (Checkbiotech)

• Banana Wilt Hits Kasese (New Vision, Uganda)

• Upland Rice Survives in Dry Land (The Monitor, Uganda)

• Farmers Reap Benefits of Tissue Culture Bananas (The East African Satndard, Nairobi)

• CGIAR Announces Winners of Fellowships for Women Crop Scientists in E. Africa (G&D Program)

• Map-Based Sequence of the Rice Genome Published (Nature)

• Scientists Develop GM Rice Tolerant to Low Levels of Phosphate in the Soil (Scidev.net)

• An Alternative Strategy Developed for Sustainable Pest Resistance in GM Crops (PNAS)

• Purdue University Scientist identifies Gene in Arabidopsis thaliana Essential for Cold Acclimation in Plants (National Academy of Sciences)

• A New Molecule Discovered in the Battle between Plants and Disease (ASPB)

• New Cassava Variety Released (East African Standard)

• Project to Develop a New Variety of Sorghum Launched (allAfrica.com)

• Study Finds 'Genetic Shortcut to High-yielding Rice' (Scidev.net)

March  - June 2005

• WHO Says GM Food May Benefit Health and Environment (Scidev.net)

• Insects Develop Resistance to GM Crops (Cornell University)

• ECOWAS Ministers Meet on Biotechnology (Ghana News Agency)

• Kenya: New 'Wonder' Maize Coming (The Nation)

• Kenya: First Transgenic Maize Planted in Protected Open Field (CIMMYT)

• Tracking Plant Transgenes in Soil - Where Do They Go? (ISB News Report)

• New: African Crops News Service Launched

• ICRISAT Releases Virus-Resistant Pigeon Pea (CropBiotech Update)

• Kenya: KARI Develops New Potato Varieties (East African Standard)

• Genetic Secrets of Rice's Worst Fungal Pest Unveiled (Scidev.net)

• Tanzania: GM Crop Tests Get Green Light (Scidev.net)

• Free Access GM 'Toolkit' Launched (Scidev.net)

January - February 2005

• South Africa: Court Opens the Book on State's Gene Foods Secrets (Business Day)

• Uganda: Vice President Launches a pilot Scheme of Growing Upland Rice (New Vision)

• Free Access GM 'Toolkit' Launched (Scidev.net)

• Mosaic Resistant Cassava Invaded By White Flies (New Vision, Uganda)

• Kenyan Minister: GM Foods Vital for a Strong Economy (The Nation)

• New Initiative to Fight Striga in Kenya! (AATF)

• 'Nobels' for Developing Country Scientists Launched (Scidev.net)

• US Researchers Develop GM Maize with Increased Cold Tolerance (ISBNR)

• Egypt: Researchers Develop Drought-Resistant GM Wheat (The Wall Street Journal Europe)

• Precision Breeding: New Genetic Technique for Crop Improvement (Crop & Food Research)

• ECOWAS Nations to Boost for Science (SciDev.Net)

• Researchers Develop a Sterile GM Potato Variety with Resistance to Nematodes (Nature)

• USDA to Develop GM Cotton with Increased Tolerance to Heat (Checkbiotech.org)

• Latin American Potato Network to Help Africa (SciDev.Net)

• Uganda: GM Matooke in Offing (New Vision)

• Researchers Isolate Aluminum Tolerance Gene from
  Wheat (CSIRO)

September-October

• Zimbabwe Approves Biosafety Protocol (The Herald)

• Egyptian Scientists Produce Drought-Tolerant GM Wheat (SciDev.Net)

• Zimbabwe Facing Seed Crisis (Financial Gazette)

• Kenya Needs Seeds for ASAL (EA Standard)

• Biologists Launch Open-Source Movement  (Nature)

• Namibia Ratifies Cartagena Protocol (The Namibian)

• Researchers Develop GM Tomato Resistant to Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (Southeast Farm Press)

• Biotechnology Laboratory Launched at University of Namibia (The Namibian)

• Australia: GM Cotton to Reduce Pesticide Use by 75% (Crop Biotech)

• GM Plants with No Foreign DNA (ISB News Report)

• Rockefeller Foundation Names a New President

• EU Approves GM Seed for Planting (Reuters)

• South Africa Launches Biotech Policy (BuaNews)

• Botswana: Framework for GMOs in Progress (Business Week)

• KARI Launches New Wheat Varieties (The Nation)

June-July

• Kenya: Disease Threatens Bananas (Daily Nation)

• Gambia Ratifies the Cartagena Protocol (Biodiv.com)

• Ethiopian Prime Minister Defends GM Crops (IRIN)

• Global Warming May Reduce Rice Yields (SciDev)

• Indian Farmers Defying Government To Grow Gene-Modified Cotton in the North (AP)

• Plant Genetic Treaty Becomes Law (FAO)

• Annan: Green Revolution Needed in Africa (Reuters)

• West African Ministers Endorse Research & Investment in Agricultural Biotechnology (USDA)

• Syngenta to End Biotech Research in UK (Reuters)

• EU Vision for Plant Biotechnology (Cordis News)

• New MicroRNA Molecule Identified (Crop Biotech)

• Kenyan President endorses Biotechnology (Nation)

• Biosafety Greenhouse Launched in Kenya

• Israeli Company Launches Tomato Strain Immune to Leaf Curl Virus (Israel 21)

• Technology Transfer Initiative for Africa Launched

• Brazil Launches DNA Bank for Endangered Plants (SciDev.Net)

• West African Ministerial Summit to Examine Role GMOs (Agence France Presse)

• Pest Devastates Groundnuts in Uganda (New Vision)

• New Pest-Control Method for diamondback beetle moth (East African Standard)

• Engineered Fungi that Kills Nematodes (Nature Biotechnology)

• South Africa Enacts Biodiversity Law (Cape Argus)

• Lesotho: Crop Forecast Worse (AllAfrica.com)

• Obasanjo Laments Minimal Cassava Use (This Day)

• Malawi: Drop in Maize Production Forecast (IRIN)

• Uganda: Upland Rice Project to Grow (New Vision)

• South Africans Still in Favor of GM Food (ISAAA)

• KARI Develops New Wheat Varieties (Daily Nation)

• FAO Launches LMO Risk Assessment Guide (FAO)

• Kenya Prepares to Grow GM Maize (EA Standard)

• FAO Launches Internet Portal on Food Safety and Quality Standards (FAO website)

26 May 2004

• Nigeria: US to give US $2.1m for Biotech (SciDev)

• Angola: Maize Crop Worse Than Last Year (IRIN)

• A New GM Corn Variety Released (Nature.com)

• UN Supports Biotech Crops (The Guardian)

• SADC Sets Guidelines for GM Food (The Times of Zambia)

• Nigeria: Farmers Plead for Rice Seedlings (Allafrica.com)

• Monsanto Suspends Biotech Wheat  (Reuters)

11 May 2004

• Tanzania Looks Abroad for GM Advice (SciDev)

• USAID to Spend N400m on Nigeria Biotechnology Development (This Day, Lagos)

• Beans May Neutralize Transgenic Debate (Interpress Service News)

• NARO Battles Banana Wilt (New Vision, Kampala)

• African Science Academies Get US$20M (SciDev)

• Regulation of GM Products May Prove Difficult (Mmegi/The Reporter, Botswana)

• Namibia Cabinet Approves Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (New Era, Windhoek, Namibia)

24 April 2004

• Angola: Banning of GM Food Imports Cuts Food Aid and Delivery (allAfrica.com)

• Uganda: Scientists Recommend that the Country Embraces GMOs (New Vision) 

• SA: GM Cotton 'Boosts Profits for Farmers' (Scidev)

• Kenya: Minister Supports GM Products (ISAAA) 

• Kenya: GM Maize for Commercial Cultivation to be Ready in Five Years (East African Standard)

• Work Starts at the New Plant Biodiversity and Genomics Facility at ILRI (IITA)

• Brazil Maps Arabica Coffee Genome to Improve Quality (Reuters)

• New Research in GMOs (Pew Initiative)

• UC Riverside Researchers Improve Drought Tolerance in Plants (UC Riverside News)

14 April 2004

o Free Access to 'Plant Pathology' and 'The Plant Cell' Journals (ASPB)

o Better Harvests Improve Sub-Saharan Africa's Food Supply (FAO)

o Kenya Seed Burns Down | Government Acts (The Nation/Standard)

o GM Maize Could Produce Hepatitis B Vaccine (Scidev)

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