Articles in the December 9, 2011 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

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Global
• Priority Actions Set for Climate Change Challenges
• Slow Rise in Crop Yields Affects Global Food Security

Africa
• New Varieties of Vitamin A Cassava for Nigerians
• ICARDA Innovates a New Research Tool for Food Security
• AATF Appoints New Head
• National Stakeholders Validation Workshop on the Revised Biosafety Regulations in Burkina Faso

Americas
• US-Japan Gene Chemistry Research for Biofuel
• Geneticists Explain Why Bitter Taste Perception Is Not Just About Flavors

Asia and the Pacific
• Collaboration for Large-scale Genome Sequencing of Cassava
• Call for Comments on GM Wheat and Barley Controlled Environmental Release
• Experts Say Pakistan Needs Biotech Crops for Food Security
• Australian Scientists Beef up GM Wheat Research
• China Publishes Consensus Document on GMOs
• ABSPII Workshop on Biotechnology in Potato Breeding Concluded in Mataram, Indonesia
• "Go Biotechnology for Our Green Future"
• Bangladeshi Ag Minister Expressed Support for Biotech Crops
• Decision to License Commercial Release of GM canola in Australia

Europe
• Rampant Insecticide Use in Europe Threatens Streams
• Scientists Sequence Spider Mite Genome
• New EU Project to Evaluate Impact of GM Crops
• Seeds Protect their Genetic Material from Dehydration

Research
• CorA Affects Virulence and Enzyme Production in the Soft Rot Pathogen
• Analysis of Arabidopsis JAZ Gene Expression
• Scientists Find Genes that Confer Resistance to Sorghum Anthracnose

Announcements
• BioAsia 2012: The Global Biobusiness Forum

Document Reminders
• GM: Novel Cuisine or Unpalatable Prospect

New Varieties of Vitamin A Cassava for Nigerians

The Nigerian Government announced the release of three new varieties of yellow cassava biofortified with vitamin A. This is a good news not just to the farmers who need high yielding varieties, but also to the women and children of Nigeria because the crop could provide up to 25% of their daily vitamin A needs.

This new varieties were developed by experts at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Nigerian National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) using conventional breeding techniques. The team is now working on varieties that could provide half of the daily vitamin A requirement. This project is funded by HarvestPlus and other partner international agencies.

Read more details at http://www.harvestplus.org/content/nigeria-releases-new-vitamin-cassava-improve-public-health-millions.

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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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