NEWS

Global
• Strategies to "Freeze the Footprint of Food" 

Africa
• Kenya Pushes Through GM Cotton Plans 
• Africa Needs to Increase S&T Investment 

Americas
• US EPA Approves Syngenta's Dual Modes of Insect Protection with Five Percent Refuge 
• USDA Reopens Comment Period for Draft EA for Drought Tolerant Corn 

Asia and the Pacific
• Expert Says GM Risk Communication in China Should Be Strengthened 
• Reduced Pesticide Poisoning Observed Among Cotton Growers 
• Pakistan Needs to Collaborate with China on Agriculture 
• Genomics Institute to Offer Remote Data Service 
• CSIRO Researchers Develop Crops for the Changing Climate 
• Second Confined GM Field Tests Approved in Miyazaki University 
• GM Crops are Essential Innovation in Japanese Agriculture, says JBA President 
• Pakistan Seed Board Approves New Seed Varieties 
• Gene Discovery in Wild Barley May Lead to Stress Tolerant Crops 

Europe
• Andalusian Farmers and Government Officials Want Biotech Crops 
• Field Trials Destroyed in Germany 
• Barley Defense System Against Powdery Mildew 
• GM Drug Trials Starts in UK 

Research
• Scientists Investigate Effect of Rice Sucrose Transporters on Potato Starch Yield 
• Over-expression of Plasma Membrane Protein Gene Enhances Cold-resistance in Tobacco 
• Researchers Analyze Stress-sensitive Proteins in Broccoli During Post-harvest Aging 

Announcements
• Asian Food Security Conference in Singapore 
• Food and Nutrition in the 21^st Century, Warsaw, Poland 

Document Reminders
• COMSTECH Website 
• Biotech Country Facts and Trends