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1999 Acreage Data On Biotechnology Crops
1999 Acreage Data on biotechnology crops. Agricultural BiotechnologyProducts in 1999 US/Canada Market. Crops, Approximate acreage
http://www.bio.org/food&ag/1999Acreage.html

Extractions: Source: World and Country Estimates - International Serve for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). BIO represents more than 850 biotechnology companies, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers in 46 states and 26 countries. BIO members are involved in research and development of health care, agricultural and environmental biotechnology products.
Monsanto Biotechnology Crops - Biotechnology In Africa - Monsanto Africa
Benefits to Smallholder Farmers. Monsanto biotechnology crops. The Way Ahead.For Additional Information. Monsanto biotechnology crops. Around the World.
http://www.monsantoafrica.com/reports/fieldpromise/page4.html

Extractions: Fields of Promise Contents Agriculture's Challenge Developing Agriculture's Potential Benefits to Smallholder Farmers Monsanto Biotechnology Crops The Way Ahead For Additional Information Monsanto Biotechnology Crops Around the World Monsanto uses biotechnology to increase the quality, reliability and productivity of plant crops, improvements that benefit farmers, consumers and the environment. The first products from Monsanto are crops that are protected against insects and are herbicide tolerant. This helps farmers to control more effectively the insects and weeds that can dramatically reduce their crop yields. Future products will protect against diseases and improve processing characteristics. Insect-protected plants These plants are protected using a naturally occurring microorganism, called Bacillus thuringiensis , or Bt.
Using Agrobiodiversity Through Biotechnology: Crops - Tropicla Fruits
We selected the tree tomato as a case study for cryopreservation, keeping in mindthat CIAT is adopting tropical fruits as part of its mandated crops, and that
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/biotechnology/crops_tropical_fruits.htm
Using Agrobiodiversity Through Biotechnology: Crops - Cassava
More than 10 years ago, the Biotechnology Research Unit, together with the GeneticResources Unit, set goals to develop methods of cryopreservation that would
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/biotechnology/crops_cassava.htm

Extractions: Description Highlights Our Team ... Using Agrobiodiversity through Biotechnology Highlights of our project activities Overview of Cassava SSR Markers at CIAT Marker-Assisted Breeding of Resistance to Cassava Mosaic Disease Cassava Transformation and Friable Embryogenic Callus Development Genetic Diversity Characterized ... Cryopreservation of Cassava Germplasm, Its Wild Relatives, and Cell Lines for Tissue Culture
Applications Of Biotechnology To Crops Benefits And Risks
News Release, December 2, 1999. New Issue Paper on biotechnology cropsReleased by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.
http://www.cast-science.org/biotc_nr.htm
Health News 04/05/1999 Monsanto Registers 5 Biotechnology Crops
Monsanto registers 5 biotechnology crops Tuesday, 4 May 1999. Themultinational chemical and seed company Monsanto has registered
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/health/HealthRepublish_23885.htm
News In Science 4/5/1999 Monsanto Registers 5 Biotechnology Crops
The multinational chemical and seed company Monsanto has registered five biotechnologycrops with Australian health authorities that may be used in foods
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s23885.htm
Comparative Environmental Impacts Of Biotechnology Crops
coauthored numerous reports on weed management in rice, corn, soybean, lima bean,snap bean and swat corn, and the impact of biotechnology-derived crops on US
http://www.thesoydailyclub.com/thesoydailybackissues/usbbios6272002.asp

Extractions: Since joining the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) in 1997, Janet Carpenter has conducted research on the impact of the U.S. ban on methyl bromide, and the risks and benefits of agricultural biotechnology. She has made presentations at professional conferences and symposia, and has testified before a congressional subcommittee. The focus of her current research is on the impact that biotechnology has had on agriculture in the U.S. Ms. Carpenter received her B.A. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland-College Park.
DuPont Biotechnology | Feed & Livestock Summary
Visit this page for a scientific summary and DuPont's perspectiveabout the impact of biotechnology crops as animal feed.
http://www.dupont.com/biotech/science_knowledge/feed_livestock/topic_summary.htm

Extractions: Table of Contents Introduction - Biotechnology Crops as Animal Feed Between 60 to 70 percent of the corn and soybeans produced in the United States goes to feed livestock. This includes crops improved through biotechnology. Just as consumers want to know more about the safety of biotech crops for human consumption, farmers and feed producers seek to understand the nutritional quality of animal feed made from biotech crops. They also want to know about the safety, composition and nutritional quality of animal products, such as milk, meat and eggs. A number of tests that assess these areas are performed before biotechnology products are marketed. In summary, studies show that animals fed grains or forage produced via biotechnology do not differ in performance, yield or composition when the product is equivalent to its conventional counterpart for safety and nutrition. The same is true for animal products such as milk, meat and eggs. The Ag Biotech Stewardship Technical Committee created a presentation (PDF: 288KB) about the impact of plant biotech on animals. Information specific to animal performance begins on slide 57.
Council For Biotechnology Information
That total is more than 30 times the area planted six years earlierin 1996, when biotechnology crops made their commercial debut.
http://www.whybiotech.com/index.asp?id=1809
Council For Biotechnology Information
24, 2002 Kansas and Missouri could boost their annual farm income by $52 millionand $81 million, respectively, by growing biotechnology crops, according to a
http://www.whybiotech.com/index.asp?id=2090
Factsheet: Genetically Modified Crops In The United States
The United States is the World Leader in Production of biotechnology crops The UnitedStates accounts for over twothirds of all biotechnology crops planted
http://pewagbiotech.org/resources/factsheets/display.php3?FactsheetID=1
More Farms Sprouting GM Crops - Smh.com.au
India, Colombia and Honduras grew biotechnology crops on a large scale for the firsttime last year, joining Argentina, China, Uruguay, Mexico, South Africa
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/20/1042911321307.html

Extractions: A record number of genetically modified crops were planted around the world last year - proving resistant not just to bugs and weeds but also to political and financial pressures. The bumper harvest comes amid a potential trade war between the United States and the European Union over the crops, the financial struggles of the companies that push the products and still-doubtful consumers. A report by a group that promotes use of the technology in poor countries found that an estimated six million farmers in 16 countries planted genetically modified crops on 145 million acres last year, an increase of 15 million acres and three countries from the previous year. In 1996, the first year genetically modified crops were commercially available, about 4.3 million acres were under biotechnology cultivation. The United States accounted for 66 per cent of the total biotechnology acreage last year.
Rediff.com: 'India Ready For Biotechnology Crops'
'India ready for biotechnology crops'. Having shed its initial conservativestand on entry of transgenic crops into the country, India
http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/apr/10gmcrop.htm

Extractions: Sites: Finance Investment Having shed its initial conservative stand on entry of transgenic crops into the country, India is all set to reap the rich harvests of biotechnology that has taken the western world by storm, an international expert said in Kolkata on Wednesday. "With farmers in India endorsing Bt cotton as a miracle crop, which has none of the negative impacts earlier feared, the era of transgenics in this country is just round the corner," eminent biotechnologist and advisory committe member of the Department of Biotechnology C S Prakash said. Prakash, a professor of plant biotechnology at the College of Agriculture of Tuskegee University, USA, expressed hope that full scale introduction of Bt cotton could clearly double the current Indian production of 250 kg per hectare in about four years. Though USA, armed with the benefits of biotechnology, was the highest grower of cotton, India had the best average and could reach the Chinese average of 450 kg per hectare with Bt cotton, he said after delivering an address on 'Agricultural Biotechnology in India' at the Bose Institute in Kolkata.
The Heritage Foundation: Research: Europe: Putting The EU In Its Place: Why Fili
According to James Stamps, an economist at the US International Trade Commission, The United States is the world's largest producer of biotechnology crops.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/em855.cfm

Extractions: Since 1998, with minor exceptions, no agricultural biotech products have been approved by the European Union. This moratorium hinders world trade, harming consumers, farmers, and the environment. The Bush Administration should file a dispute with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the EU moratorium on genetically modified organisms (referred to as GMO, GM, or biotechnology) to prevent further harm and to halt the spread of European protectionism. Biotechnology is based on the same science as traditional plant breeding, which has been used for millennia to genetically develop (or eliminate) specific traits. Biotechnology is simply a faster and more precise technique used for the same purpose. Desirable traits could include increased yield, higher quality produce, reduced water consumption, and less dependence on fertilizer. Biotech Is Safe. The available evidence indicates that biotechnology is fundamentally safe. Professor Perry Adkisson, summarizing the findings of the April 2000 report from U.S. National Academy of Sciences, has observed that there is "no strict distinction between the health and environmental risks posed by plants modified through modern genetic engineering techniques and those modified by conventional breeding practices."
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Such antibiotech advocates, along with most of the press, ignore the ever-increasingevidence not only that biotechnology crops and products pose no added
http://sci.newsfactor.com/perl/story/7047.html

Extractions: Why are miniscule hypothetical dangers to monarch butterflies or people from bioengineered corn crops widely reported, while scientific evidence of the safety of such crops and the dangers posed by the conventional crops they replace are largely ignored? Biotechnology has been on the defensive since a Cornell University laboratory study found that the larvae of monarch butterflies died if they ate massive amounts of pollen from genetically-modified Bt corn. (The Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, a common soil bacterium from which a gene is taken to help make corn resistant to the corn borer.) While even its authors said the study did not represent what happens in the real world, headlines blared that "Engineered Corn Can Kill Monarch Butterflies." European protectionists used the results to curb imports of U.S. bioengineered farm produce. Some environmentalists demanded moratoriums on biotechnology plantings. And protestors at various international conclaves dressed up as butterflies to scare consumers about "Frankenfoods."
SEAMEO SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center
West Coast sterile manufacturing capacity to support growing biotech industry USdoctors group decries 'lies' versus biotechnology crops - Manufacturers use
http://www.searca.org/~bic/
Mercury News | 02/10/2003 | Monsanto's Gene-altered Crops Finding Resistance In
Even now, no edible biotechnology crops are legally grown for consumptionin India, the world's secondmost populous country. Nilakanti's
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/business/technology/5147752.htm

Extractions: BENAKENAKONDA, India (AP) Here, under a blazing sun in a southern Indian cotton field 9,000 miles from U.S. biotechnology giant Monsanto Co.'s headquarters, Chikkappa Nilakanti has literally sown seeds of discontent. Nilakanti is one of 55,000 farmers in India who recently planted cotton genetically engineered by Monsanto to fight pests without pesticides. India permitted the crop into the country last year after a raucous four-year battle and that decision is still being hotly contested in a country that has always been skeptical of biotechnology. Even now, no edible biotechnology crops are legally grown for consumption in India, the world's second-most populous country. Nilakanti's small plot of land and thousands like it throughout India have become yet another front line in the global battle over biotechnology, which is demonized as the near-exclusive domain of the United States.
Crop Biotechnology: Feeds For The Dairy Industry, BR Thomas, UC Davis, 21march20
Many governments are still setting up mechanisms to regulate biotechnology cropsand food products. Two recent developments demonstrate some progress.
http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/outreach/lecture/DairyDayAbstract.htm

Extractions: Current Biotech Feed Crops Methods of plant breeding and biotechnology . Genetic modification of plants and animals has been practiced for approximately 10,000 years. By selecting the best plants and animals to serve as the parents for the next generation, our ancestors gradually modified wild plants and animals to create our familiar domesticated crops and livestock. Over the last century, new methods of plant breeding have been introduced, including wide crosses, F1 hybridization, mutagenesis, and induction of polyploidy. Biotechnology methods developed in the last few decades include tissue culture, embryo culture, anther culture, somaclonal variation, micropropagation, protoplast fusion, marker-assisted breeding, and transgenic plants. The discussion below will focus on the transgenic crop plants used for livestock feeds.
Effects Of Agricultural Biotechnology
Some areas of riskassessment considered with our present biotechnology crops includethe potential for genes moving from genetically engineered crops into
http://agribiotech.info/Effects.htm

Extractions: Effects of Agricultural Biotechnology What are the goals and potential benefits of agricultural biotechnology? Are there potential risks associated with agricultural biotechnology? What are the effects of agricultural biotechnology on the environment? The environmental benefits of biotech crops vary by region and crop. They may include substantial reductions in traditional pesticide use and improved soil conservation practices. University scientists are comparing many of the short- and long-term impacts of biotechnology and alternative technologies. For example, they are studying how non-pest insects and plants are affected and the potential for pests to become resistant to various methods of control. Likewise, university scientists are examining the potential for pollen from biotech crops moving to other crops, and are trying to determine what impact, if any, such pollen transfer might have. Public Involvement Production of a safe and sufficient food supply, grown in an environmentally responsible fashion, is essential for humanity. Like any technology, agricultural biotechnology will have economic and social impacts in the U.S. and other parts of the world. Agricultural biotechnology is just one thread in the complex tapestry associated with modernization and other aspects of an increasingly interconnected world. As biotechnology continues to evolve, factual and open public discourse is vital in order to define the role it will play in society.

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