Articles in the August 5, 2011 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Notice
 

Global
Online Consultation on Food Security 

Africa
A Further Boost for Strategic Biosafety Research by Biosafety South Africa 
Nigeria to Use Biotech to Address Food Problem 

Americas
Brazil Registers Growth in GM Plantings 
Danforth Center Scientists Discover a Method to Reduce Cyanogens in Cassava 
Outstanding Stress Resistance Found in Swedish Soybeans 
Agriscience Awards Honor Innovators 
Some Plants Duplicate their Chromosomes to Overcome Distress 

Asia and the Pacific
China Reports on Agricultural IP Creation 
Media Practitioners Enlightened About Biotechnology's Role in Changing Climate 
GM Tech a Must in Bangladesh for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation, says Ag Minister 
Pakistan and Turkmenistan to Collaborate on Agricultural Research 
Chemist and Biotechnologist, Among the Conferred Members of the Philippine S&T Academy 
Scientists Recognized During the Philippine Science and Technology Week 
Seminars on Biotech Potato Breeding in Indonesia 
Thailand Positive towards Biotech in Development Plan 
GM Crops, a Must Have in Indonesia to Mitigate Climate Change 

Europe
EFSA Releases Scientific Opinion on Post Market Environmental Monitoring of GMPs 
Epigenetic "Memory" Key to Nature vs Nurture 
Researchers Produce Library of Onion Traits for Global Food Security 

Research
Biologists Study Genetic Mechanism Involved in Shade Responses of Grasses 
Effects of GM Wheat with Resistance to Powdery Mildew on Non-target Insect Herbivores 
Increase in Antioxidant Activity of Soybean using a New Transformation Protocol 

Announcements
AUSBiOTECH 2011 Conference in Adelaide 
International Chromosome and Genetics Conference 
The 3rd ASEAN Food Security Conference in Jakarta 

Document Reminders
CAST Website Relaunched 

China Reports on Agricultural IP Creation

China's Ministry of Agriculture launched a Report on China's Agricultural Intellectual Property Creation Index (2010). The report says that under the comprehensive sections of the Outline of National Intellectual Property Strategy and the Outline of Agriculture Intellectual Property Strategy, the capability of Chinese agricultural knowledge creation has significantly improved during the country's 11th Five-Years (2006-2010).

The average annual growth of applications and authorization for new plant new varieties are 4.89% and 29.16% in 2006 and 2010, respectively, while the average annual growth of applications for agricultural patent is 18.03%. These indicate that agricultural knowledge creation capability has become an important support for sustainable development of agriculture in the country. 

The report also said that agri-biotechnology has become the key field in S&T innovation. See the news and download the report in Chinese at http://www.ccipa.org/html/tonggao/2011/0426/3236.html


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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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