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CropBiotech Update
November 24, 2006 Issue

:: NEWS
:: Global
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Harvard Paper: Tech Advances Key to Sustainable Food Security

:: Edible Cottonseed Produced through RNAi
:: Strategic R&D Framework for Underutilized Plant Species
:: Africa
::

Liberian President Awarded Hunger Project Prize

:: ISAAA Banana Project Wins Award
:: Progress in South African Biotech Reviewed
:: UN Agencies Convened to Support NEPAD
:: Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria Unveiled
:: Americas
::

Argentina Sunflowers Sustain Yield Increase

::

Ethanol or Fiberboard – The Fate of Soybean Plants

:: Asia and the Pacific
::

Biofuels to Increase GM Crops Acceptance

::

Biotechnology: New Vista to Tackle World Food Security

::

Decree On IP Law for Plant Varieties in Vietnam Available Online

::

Bangladesh Completes National Biosafety Framework

:: Europe
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EFSA Reconfirms Safety of MON810 Maize

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EFSA Opens Public Consultation on Draft Guidance Document Re GM Products

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Co-Extra Project on Co-Existence and Traceability of GMOs

   
:: RESEARCH
::

Transgenic Seed with Increased Longevity

::

Improving Cassava Protein through Biotech

   
:: ANNOUNCEMENTS
:: DOCUMENT REMINDERS
   
 
:: Biofuels Supplement (24 Nov 2006)
Starting with the 10 Nov 2006 issue, the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology launched its pilot supplemental section on Biofuels which will be published bi-weekly.

CBU Special Edition

Highlights of ISAAA Briefs No. 34-2005 Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2005 by Clive James, Chair ISAAA Board of Directors*

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:: Executive Summary - English [HTML / PDF]

:: Press Release - English [HTML / PDF]

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:: Figures for Briefs No. 34 - Click here

:: Pocket K No. 16 - English [HTML]


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