Articles in the July 29, 2011 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

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 21st Century, Warsaw, Poland 

Document Reminders
• COMSTECH Website 
• Biotech Country Facts and Trends 

Food and Nutrition in the 21st Century, Warsaw, Poland

The Food and Nutrition in the 21st Century of the EU Seventh Framework Program in Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology will be held on 8 to 9 September 2011 in Warsaw, Poland. The conference will try to identify major trends in food and nutrition science and technology and the various challenges facing the agri-food industry and to food security and safety in European and global dimension. The discussion will thus contribute to defining research priorities for the next 10-15 years.

For further information, visit http://www.foodconference2011.inhort.pl/ The announcement can be viewed at http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS_FP7&ACTION=D&DOC=9&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=013170e21dbb:02f1:22f5c61b&RCN=33643

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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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