Crop Biotech Update
Articles in the March 5, 2010 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

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Global
• Biotechnologies Should Benefit Poor Farmers in Poor Countries 
• New Project to Identify Best Approaches to Improve Agriculture in Developing Countries 

Africa
• African Small Stakeholders Get Assistance from Germany 

Americas
• ABSTC Reports IRM Stable Compliance and Requirements 
• Discovery in Legumes to Reduce Fertilizer Use, Aid Environment 
• Canada Invests in Oil Seed Research 
• Potato with Dual Resistance to Fungal Diseases 
• First Commercial Planting of SmartStaxTM Corn Hybrid 
• Corn and Soybean with New Herbicide Tolerance Traits 
• Peru to Prohibit Importation of GM Seeds 

Asia and the Pacific
• Philippines Remains at the Forefront of Biotech Adoption in Asia 
• Royal Society of New Zealand on the Potential Benefits and Risks of GM Forages 

Europe
• European Commission Approves Amflora Starch Potato 
• EU-JRC Publishes 9 New Plant Summary Notifications 
• Oviposition Behavior of Pest Insects Keeps Bt Cotton Durably Resistant 
• Commission Announces Proposal for GM Planting Choice for Member States 
• PRRI-STOA Seminar for EU Parliamentarian on GMOs 
• BIO Welcomes EU Decision on Biotech Crops 

Research
• Researchers Examine Plant's Ability to Identify and Block Invading Bacteria 
• Green Energy from Pea 
• Researchers Develop Model to Predict Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow in Rice 
• Teaching Corn to Fix Its Own Nitrogen 

Announcements
• Sustainability through Agricultural Biotech: Food, Biomaterials, Energy and Environment 
• TWAS Fellowships 

African Small Stakeholders Get Assistance from Germany

Small stakeholders in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya, stand to benefit from a donation from the German government amounting to more than $6 million. Inter-regional projects and other initiatives will be implemented between 2010 and 2012 to support food security, nutrition and livelihoods. The donation comes from Germany's food security trust fund with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Aside from Africa, global projects will also be assisted to improve the "abilities of regional organizations to develop, implement and monitor food security training programs."

View the FAO article at http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/40393/icode/

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