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News
about African Agriculture
29
September 2003
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Zambia
Launches Its First Biotech Outreach Society (Biosafety News)
26
September 2003
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Museveni
Finally Gives in to GM Food Production (The East African)
o
Judge
Allows Antitrust Case Against Seed Producers (New York Times)
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Uganda
to publish a biotechnology/biosafety policy (BBC)
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Brazil
Sequences Sugarcane Genome (Revista da Fapesp)
14
September 2003
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Southern
African Nations Adopt GM Guidelines (SciDev.Net)
12
September 2003
o
Ghanaian
government endorses use of biotechnology (The
Ghanaian-Chronicle)
o
Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety Takes Effect (CBD
Website)
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Africans
Head for WTO With Low Expectations (allAfrica.com)
o
East
African MPs Fight GM Crops (The Monitor,
Uganda)
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Carter:
Africa Needs GM Crops (Reuters) o
Third
World Debunks Myths on GM Crops (Food First Website)
29
August 2003 o
South
Africa Signs Safe-Gene Foods Protocol (Business Day) o
The
Status of Biosafety in Africa (Tawanda Zidenga, ISB News Report) o
Tunisia
Accedes to the UPOV Convention (GRAIN Bio-IPR) o
President
Museveni Okays Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMO) Foods (New
Vision, Gerald Tenywa) o
Banana
Lab Opens in Uganda (Nature News Service) o
South
Africa; Economists Seek Ideas to Fight African Food Shortage
(Jonathan Katzenellenbogen, Business Day) o
IFPRI and NEPAD
Partner to Improve Food Security in Africa (IFPRI website)
o
Newly
Found Gene Resistant to Economically Crippling Wheat Disease (Purdue
News)
o
African
Innovators Need Strong IP Protection (John Kilama, Columbia Missouri
Tribune)
o
Africa
Has Its Own GMO Testing Facility (SABC News)
18
August 2003 o
Kenyan
MPs Chat the Way Forward for Biosafety (www.isaaa.org)
o
African
Innovators Need Strong IP Protection (John Kilama, Columbia Missouri
Tribune)
o
Africa
Has Its Own GMO Testing Facility (SABC News)
o
Deal
Reached on Subsidies for Farmers (New York Times)
9
August 2003 o
"Genetically
Modified Crops" (A new book by Imperial College Press
o
Burkina
Faso to Lead Region in GMO Cotton Production (Accra Mail)
o
Kenya:
Farmers Want Continental Body (Daily Nation) o
South
Africa could be a biosafety Guinea pig (Business Day) o
COMESA Urges Member
Countries to Be Wary of GMOs o
Crop
Research Centre 'Should Move HQ to Africa' (www.checkbiotech.org)
o
NEPAD
to Set Up Advisory Council on Biosafety (Tamar Kahn, BDFM
Publishers)
03
August 2003
o
International
meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network, March 8-14, 2004, CIAT,
Cali o
New Maize Breeders for
Africa Network. Contact Jane Ininda o
IITA
Challenges Cassava Mosaic Disease in Nigeria (Future Harvest
Website)
o
Ethiopia:
New Task Force to Slash Food Dependency (IRIN News)
19
July 2003 o
Uganda;
Agriculture sets up Bio-Technology Lab at Kawanda (New Vision,
Uganda) o
Breaking
the Food Chains (The Globe and Mail, on Florence Wambugu Lecture in
University of Toronto) o
FAO
Director-General Urges African Leaders to Put More Effort and Funds into
Agriculture (FAO website) o
IITA
Challenges Cassava Mosaic Disease in Nigeria (Future Harvest
Website) o
U.N.
Food Standards Body Approves Regulations for GMOs (Associated Press) o
A
Report by the Food Standards Agency: Consumer Views of GM Food (FSA
Website)
o
Muslim
Council Gives Green Light to GM Food (SciDev.Net)
o
Ethiopia:
New Task Force to Slash Food Dependency (IRIN News) o
Commission
takes Court action against eleven Member States (BNA Daily
Environment Report)
14
July 2003 o
South Africa:
Battle Over Modified Crops Data Takes Root
o
Developing
Countries Exchange Views on Agriculture Issues in WTO Negotiations
(India Ministry of Commerce and Industry website)
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WFP
Appeals for US$308 Million for Southern Africa as HIV/AIDS Undermines
Recovery and Food Needs Remain Substantial (WFP website) o
EU
Parliament Approves Traceability and Labeling Rules (EU Press Room)
30
June 2003 Special
Feature: KARI
launches biotech project (Biosafety Newsletter
website)
28
June 2003 o
Ministerial
Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology
o
Scientists
Create Many Biotech Crops (Yahoo news)
o
Zimbabwe;
Government Destroys Genetically Modified Maize (Financial Gazette,
Zimbabwe/IRIN)
o
President
Bush Outlines his Agenda for U.S.-African Relations (White House
Office website)
26
June 2003
o
EU
Agriculture Ministers Agree on CAP Reform Plan (BBC)
o
Water--More
than Biotechnology--Was on the Minds of Many Delegates (Edie Lau and
Mike Lee, Sacramento Bee)
24
June 2003
o
Activists
Fill Sacramento for Agricultural Summit (San Jose Mercury
News/Associated Press, Dion Nissenbaum)
o
Bush
Speaks at BIO Conference (HOLD)
o
(Grant
Gross, IDG News Service, Washington
Bureau, 24 June)
18
August 2003
o
African
Innovators Need Strong IP Protection (John Kilama, Columbia Missouri
Tribune)
o
Africa
Has Its Own GMO Testing Facility (SABC News)
o
Deal
Reached on Subsidies for Farmers (New York Times)
9
August 2003 o
"Genetically
Modified Crops" (A new book by Imperial College Press
o
Burkina
Faso to Lead Region in GMO Cotton Production (Accra Mail)
o
Kenya:
Farmers Want Continental Body (Daily Nation) o
South
Africa could be a biosafety Guinea pig (Business Day) o
COMESA Urges Member
Countries to Be Wary of GMOs o
Crop
Research Centre 'Should Move HQ to Africa' (www.checkbiotech.org)
o
NEPAD
to Set Up Advisory Council on Biosafety (Tamar Kahn, BDFM
Publishers)
03
August 2003
o
International
meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network, March 8-14, 2004, CIAT,
Cali o
New Maize Breeders for
Africa Network. Contact Jane Ininda o
IITA
Challenges Cassava Mosaic Disease in Nigeria (Future Harvest
Website)
o
Ethiopia:
New Task Force to Slash Food Dependency (IRIN News)
19
July 2003 o
Uganda;
Agriculture sets up Bio-Technology Lab at Kawanda (New Vision,
Uganda) o
Breaking
the Food Chains (The Globe and Mail, on Florence Wambugu Lecture in
University of Toronto) o
FAO
Director-General Urges African Leaders to Put More Effort and Funds into
Agriculture (FAO website) o
IITA
Challenges Cassava Mosaic Disease in Nigeria (Future Harvest
Website) o
U.N.
Food Standards Body Approves Regulations for GMOs (Associated
Press) o
A
Report by the Food Standards Agency: Consumer Views of GM Food (FSA
Website)
o
Muslim
Council Gives Green Light to GM Food (SciDev.Net)
o
Ethiopia:
New Task Force to Slash Food Dependency (IRIN News) o
Commission
takes Court action against eleven Member States (BNA Daily
Environment Report)
14
July 2003 o
South Africa:
Battle Over Modified Crops Data Takes Root
o
Developing
Countries Exchange Views on Agriculture Issues in WTO Negotiations
(India Ministry of Commerce and Industry website)
o
WFP
Appeals for US$308 Million for Southern Africa as HIV/AIDS Undermines
Recovery and Food Needs Remain Substantial (WFP website) o
EU
Parliament Approves Traceability and Labeling Rules (EU Press Room)
30
June 2003 Special
Feature: KARI
launches biotech project (Biosafety Newsletter
website)
28
June 2003 o
Ministerial
Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology
o
Scientists
Create Many Biotech Crops (Yahoo news)
o
Zimbabwe;
Government Destroys Genetically Modified Maize (Financial Gazette,
Zimbabwe/IRIN)
o
President
Bush Outlines his Agenda for U.S.-African Relations (White House
Office website)
26
June 2003
o
EU
Agriculture Ministers Agree on CAP Reform Plan (BBC)
o
Water--More
than Biotechnology--Was on the Minds of Many Delegates (Edie Lau and
Mike Lee, Sacramento Bee)
24
June 2003
o
Activists
Fill Sacramento for Agricultural Summit (San Jose Mercury
News/Associated Press, Dion Nissenbaum)
o
Bush
Speaks at BIO Conference (HOLD)
o
(Grant
Gross, IDG News Service, Washington
Bureau, 24 June)
21
June 2003
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Talks
collapse on U.S. efforts to open Europe to biotech food (David
Leonhardt, New York Times)
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Co-existence
of GM and Non-GM crops: Economic and Market Perspectives (Graham
Brookes, Agric. Biotechnology Council, UK)
o
Globalization and the
International Governance of Modern Biotechnology: The Implications for
Food Security in Kenya (Odame et al., IELRC)
o
GM
seeds could beet isolation zones - but they need our help (Arnaud et
al., Royal Society Proceedings) o
Calling
for food sovereignty for Africa: Planting 'lost crops' would reduce
hunger, violence (E.G. Vallianatos, Chicago Tribune)
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Farmers
Over planting GE Corn (Center for Science in the Public Interest,
Greg Jaffe) - 19 June 2003
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Japanese Parliament
Approves Legislation To Regulate GMOs, Ratify Cartagena Protocol
(BNA Daily Environment Report - 17 June 2003 o
Sudan
Government Reviewing Policy on GM Food Imports (Integrated Regional
Information Network) - 17 June 2003 o
Biotechnology
Information Center in Egypt Website (ISAAA Crop Biotech Update) -
16 June 2003 o
France's
Chirac Says Not Yet Ready to Accept GMOs (Reuters News Service) -
16 June 2003 o
Treaty
on International Trade in GMOs to Become Law (UNEP/CBD Secretariat)
- 16 June 2003 o
EU
Requests WTO Dispute Settlement over US Anti-dumping Practices (EC
press release) - 14 June 2003 o
India
To Approve GM Potato (BBC News) - 13 June 2003 o
FAO:
Food Aid Needs in Southern Africa Remain Substantial (FAO) - 13
June 2003 o
New
potato breed turns Kenyan pastoralists into farmers (John
Kamau, Daily Nation, 12 June 2003 o
U.S.
House Subcommittee Hearing on Plant Biotechnology R&D in Africa
(U.S. House Committee on Science) - 12 June 2003 o
Biosafety
in Developing Countries: Group Awarded $15 Million for Work on
Strategies and Policies (Futureharvest website) - 11 June 2003 o
Altered-Food
Fight Coming to Capital (The Sacramento Bee - Mike Lee) - 9
June 2003 o
The
Cassava Biotechnology Network, Sixth International Scientific Meeting,
March 8-14, 2004 - 9 June 2003 o
Peru
Ratifies International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (FAO
website) - 6 June 2003 o
G8
Action Plan: Action Against Famine Especially in Africa (Source:
G8 Sommet Evian Summit 2003 website) - 5 June 2003 o
EU
Ratifies U.N. Biosafety Protocol (Associated Press via Washington
Post) - 5 June 2003 o
France
Approves Crop Trials for Firms Developing Genetically Modified Maize
(BNA Environment Report) - 4
June 2003 o
US
Congressional Hearing, Plant Biotech R&D in Africa
(FS-AgBiotech News) - 4
June 2003 o
Public
'Needs Voice' on GM Issue (BBC News) - 3
June 2003 o
Canada
Backs African Center on 'Agricultural Biosciences (SciDev.net)
- 03 June
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Hugh
Grant is Elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto
Company (Monsanto)
- 31 May
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Egypt
withdraws support for US GMO ban by EU
(Forbes.com) - 29 May o
China
to extend interim rule on GMO imports
- 28 May o
Canada
raps EU's 'phony science' over GMO food ban - 28 May o
Monsanto
asked to withdraw GMO wheat application
-27 May o
Vacancies: African Agricultural
Technology Foundation -20 May o
Bush: Europeans have unscientific
fear of
Bio-crops o
Malaysia's
ambitious bio-tech hub kicks off o
New
technique may halt flow from GM crops
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America
challenges GM crops ban o
FAO warns of
unfavorable crops prospects in Africa o
Individual/group
study residencies in Bellagio, Italy, on relevant topics in improvement
of African crops
Network
News
New Network: African Marker Assisted Selection Scientists
Network (AMASSNET). For more information contact Dr. Jedidah W.
Danson. You can also view list of members.
Upcoming:
6th African Crop Science Conference, 12-17 October 2003,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Read more about conference. Submit abstracts to Organizing Committee
Chairperson
Prof. Agnes Mwang'ombe
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News
Forum and Features
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Genetically
Modified Crops and Sustainable Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan
Africa: An Assessment of Current Evidence (Aaron deGrassi, Third
World Network-Africa)
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Biodiversity
and Agricultural Biotechnology: A Review of the Impact of Agricultural
Biotechnology on Biodiversity (Klaus Ammann, www.bio-scope.org)
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Maps
and Minds: A Different Approach to Rural Poverty Alleviation (Stein
Bie, ISNAR Annual Report 2002)
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Plant
Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in
European Agriculture (L. Gianessi, S. Sankula, and N. Reigner, NCFAP)
o
The
UNEP-GEF Global Project on Development/Implementation of National
Biosafety Frameworks (Biosafety Newsletter No. 4, June 2003)
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Moving
Forward on GM Crops (SciDev.net - David Dickson) - 17 June 2003
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New
Genetics, Food and Agriculture: Scientific Discoveries--Societal
Dilemmas (ICSU- Gabrielle Persley) - 12 June 2003
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Report:
Africa Regional Consultative Meeting on Biotechnology (UNIDO
/FAO-BiotechNews) - 11 June 2003
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Food
Safety: Contaminants and Toxins (CABI Publishing) - 11 June 2003
o
Report:
Africa Regional Consultative Meeting on Biotechnology (UNIDO
/FAO-BiotechNews - 11 June 2003
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Farmers'
Privilege Under Attack [Genetic Resources Action International
(GRAIN)] - 10 June 2003
o
The
Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries (Nuffield Council on Bioethics,
UK) - 10 June 2003
o
ABSF
Response to Draft European Legislation on GM Material (ABSF website)
- 9 June 2003
o
The
Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest (Simon and Schuster, Inc.
- ATH: Peter Pringle) - 9 June 2003
o
Event
Notification: Intellectual Asset Strategies in Agricultural
Biotechnology - 6 June 2003
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Biotech
Revolution Costing Organic Farmers (Source: Organic Farming Research
Foundation website/AP) - 6 June 2003
o
Structure,
Activity, and Evolution of Rice Chromosome 10 (Source: Science) 6
June 2003
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Eat
Your Genes: How Genetically Modified Food is Entering Our Diet (Zed
Books (UK) - 5 June 2003
o
Agrobiotechnology
Application in West and Central Africa (IITA) - 4
June 2003
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Agbiotech
Climbs Africa's Agenda (Nature Biotechnology) - 3
June 2003
o
Making 'Safety
First' a Reality for Biotechnology Products (Nature Biotechnology) -
3 June 2003
o
Monsanto
Struggles Even as It Dominates (New York Times)
o
GM
crops update from East Africa (The EastAfrica)
o
The
Stakeholder Forum on Biotechnology: An Overview of the Process (Pew
Initiative on Food and Biotechnology)
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FAO
Director-General Calls on Mayors to Promote Decentralized Cooperation
for Reducing Hunger (FAO) - 31 May
o
Indigenous
farmers’ maize seed system being eroded
o
The
World is Beginning to Embrace Agri-Biotech
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Can
Biotech Solve Our Food Problems?
o
Strategies
to Combat Hunger, Rural Poverty
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Hightech
Biotech to Play Role in Revolution (Barack Gogo, Biosafety News)
o
Genetically
Modified Crops and Sustainable Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan
Africa: An Assessment of Current Evidence (Aaron deGrassi, Third
World Network-Africa)
o
Biodiversity
and Agricultural Biotechnology: A Review of the Impact of Agricultural
Biotechnology on Biodiversity (Klaus Ammann, www.bio-scope.org)
o
Maps
and Minds: A Different Approach to Rural Poverty Alleviation (Stein
Bie, ISNAR Annual Report 2002)
o
Plant
Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in
European Agriculture (L. Gianessi, S. Sankula, and N. Reigner, NCFAP)
o
The
UNEP-GEF Global Project on Development/Implementation of National
Biosafety Frameworks (Biosafety Newsletter No. 4, June 2003)
o
Moving
Forward on GM Crops (SciDev.net - David Dickson) - 17 June 2003
o
New
Genetics, Food and Agriculture: Scientific Discoveries--Societal
Dilemmas (ICSU- Gabrielle Persley) - 12 June 2003
o
Report:
Africa Regional Consultative Meeting on Biotechnology (UNIDO /FAO-BiotechNews) - 11 June 2003
o
Food
Safety: Contaminants and Toxins (CABI Publishing) - 11 June 2003
o
Report:
Africa Regional Consultative Meeting on Biotechnology (UNIDO /FAO-BiotechNews - 11 June 2003
o
Farmers'
Privilege Under Attack [Genetic Resources Action International
(GRAIN)] - 10 June 2003
o
The
Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries (Nuffield Council on Bioethics,
UK) - 10 June 2003
o
ABSF
Response to Draft European Legislation on GM Material (ABSF website)
- 9 June 2003
o
The
Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest (Simon and Schuster, Inc.
- ATH: Peter Pringle) - 9 June 2003
o
Event
Notification: Intellectual Asset Strategies in Agricultural
Biotechnology - 6 June 2003
o
Biotech
Revolution Costing Organic Farmers (Source: Organic Farming Research
Foundation website/AP) - 6 June 2003
o
Structure,
Activity, and Evolution of Rice Chromosome 10 (Source: Science) 6
June 2003
o
Eat
Your Genes: How Genetically Modified Food is Entering Our Diet (Zed
Books (UK) - 5 June 2003
o
Agrobiotechnology
Application in West and Central Africa (IITA) - 4
June 2003
o
Agbiotech
Climbs Africa's Agenda (Nature Biotechnology) - 3
June 2003
o
Making 'Safety
First' a Reality for Biotechnology Products (Nature Biotechnology) -
3 June 2003
o
Monsanto
Struggles Even as It Dominates (New York Times)
o
GM
crops update from East Africa (The EastAfrica)
o
The
Stakeholder Forum on Biotechnology: An Overview of the Process (Pew
Initiative on Food and Biotechnology)
o
FAO
Director-General Calls on Mayors to Promote Decentralized Cooperation
for Reducing Hunger (FAO) - 31 May
o
Indigenous
farmers’ maize seed system being eroded
o
The
World is Beginning to Embrace Agri-Biotech
o
Can
Biotech Solve Our Food Problems?
o
Strategies
to Combat Hunger, Rural Poverty
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