Articles in the August 10, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• FAO: World Rice Production to Increase
• FAO, Bioversity Int'l Call for Sustainable Diet and Food Diversity
• Improved Lentil Varieties Boost Production in South Asia and Africa
• MSU Leads Global Food Security Effort

Africa
• Limited Knowldege and Understanding Slowing Down Biotech in Africa, says Kenyan Minister
• Genome Sequencing Could Boost African Banana Production
• CIMMYT Expands SIMLESA Program in Africa
• Biofortification Program Reduces Vitamin A Deficiency in Uganda
• Biotech Has No Health and Environmental Hazards, Says Expert
• Virus-resistant Cassava Trials Show Good Results
• Witch Weed Resistant Seeds Introduced in Tanzania

Americas
• WFP Laureate Advocate for Ag Technologies to Combat Drought
• Scientists Create Low-Lignin Plants for Biofuel Production
• US Researchers Release National Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• Arcadia Biosciences Tie up with Indian Company to Develop LSL Tomatoes
• Epigenetics Vital in Disease Resistance

Asia and the Pacific
• Filipino Farmers Briefed on Bt Eggplant and Advantage of Biotech Crops
• Science Communication and Media Workshop in China
• Bayer CropScience to Set up Australian Breeding Center for Wheat and Oilseeds
• ICRISAT Project Increases Sorghum Yields in India
• Rice Scientists Give Update on C₄Rice Project
• Vietnamese Agri Experts: Give Biotech Crops a Go ASAP

Europe
• Biotech Standing Report of Portugal Released
• Ireland Announces 2013 Bioenergy Scheme for Willow and Miscanthus

Research
• Molecular Basis of Long-distance Transport of Defense Compounds in Seeds
• Scientists Assess Transgene Flow of GM Tomato and Its Effect on Feeding Behavior of Bumblebees
• Effect of Bt Maize on the Dev't and Reproduction of an Insect Predator

Announcements
• 41^st European Society for New Methods in Agricultural Research Conference
• BIO KOREA 2012 Conference

Document Reminders
• Country Biotech Facts and Trends

CIMMYT Expands SIMLESA Program in Africa

Africa's International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT Africa) is planning to expand its program on Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA), having included Botswana, Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan as its spill over countries.

On July 23-25, SIMLESA project coordinator Mulugetta Mekuria and cropping systems agronomist Isaiah Nyagumbo visited Gaborone, Botswana, to introduce SIMLESA to the Botswana National Agriculture Research System officials and to develop a work plan for the newly-funded Spillover project. The project seeks to draw lessons from five core SIMLESA countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, and share these with the spill-over countries.

For more information, visit http://blog.cimmyt.org/?p=8863&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CimmytBlog+%28CIMMYT+-+BLOG+English+%29.

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This article is part of the Crop Biotech Update, a weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Aquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA)

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