Articles in the June 29, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

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Global
• Global Conference on Agricultural Research to Tackle International Partnerships
• FAO Paper Calls for Re-orientation of Crop Improvement in the 21st Century
• OECD: Developing Countries to Increase Farm Yield
• EU and Brazil Sign Sustainable Agriculture Agreement at Rio+20

Africa
• Uganda May Allow Biotech Crops to Increase Production
• Cotton Farmers in Zimbabwe Urged to Use Biotech Seeds
• GMO Labelling Regulations Harsh for Business, Could Lead to Food Shortage - Kenyan Millers Warn
• Lack of Seeds Threathens Food Security in Gambia

Americas
• Vitamin C Increase Twin Seed Incidence in Crops
• New Herbicide Tolerant Canola Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval
• Prairie Cordgrass: A Potential Biofuel Crop
• Researchers Present the Benefits of Sorghum as Biofuel Crop

Asia and the Pacific
• Malaysia to Announce Bioeconomy Initiative
• Rice Gene Identified to Enhance Quality, Productivity
• Biotech Workshop on Modern Agriculture for Brighter Future in Medan
• Indonesian Regulatory Body Seeks Comments on Food Safety Assessment of GM Sugarcane

Europe
• Agricultural Biotechnology Annual Report of Slovakia
• EFSA's Science-based Renewed Approval of Herbicide Tolerant Soybean Cultivation
• Spanish Gov't: GM Maize is More Environment Friendly than Conventional
• EFSA: GM Maize MIR162 is Safe to Use
• Biological Switch in Plants Paves Way for Improved Biofuel Production
• Conference to Discuss Roots for the Future

Research
• Scientists Investigate Effects of Cry1Ac Stingless Bee Larvae
• Gene Expression Patterns of Dairy Cows Fed with GM Maize and Non-GM Maize
• Marker-free, Tissue-specific Expression of Cry1Ab in Rice

Announcements
• ISAAA is Now Blogging!

Document Reminders
• Monograph on Cartoons and Biotech
• ISF Video on Development of New Plant Variety

Spanish Gov't: GM Maize is More Environment Friendly than Conventional

Spain, one of the European countries which favors genetically modified (GM) crops, has further strengthened its support to the agricultural technology as the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment claims that transgenic maize is more environment friendly than the conventional maize crops.

Moreover, the Ministry, headed by Miguel Arias Cañete, is preparing a new decree to establish the distances between GM and organic crops--a rule that the government had failed to move forward because of the opposition by the farmers and environmentalists. Deputy Alejandro Alonso further explained that the ministry is working on a new draft of royal decree on the coexistence of GM crops, conventional, and organic crops.

View the original article in Spanish at http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2012/06/25/actualidad/1340649867_357787.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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