Articles in the July 20, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• USDA ERS Report: Food Security Estimated to Improve in 2012
• FAO, OECD Release Latest Agricultural Outlook

Africa
• Initiative to Empower African Women in Agriculture
• Biosafety Workshop in Egypt
• IITA Offers Improved Cassava, Cowpea and Maize Seeds to Nigerian State

Americas
• USDA: Farmers Continue to Adopt Biotech Crops across the U.S.
• DOE Grant Research Award to Study Drought for Next Generation Bioenergy Grasses
• Purdue Scientists Working to Make Drought-Resistant Crops
• U.S. and South American Farmers Unite to Support Biotech
• 4-H ers in Cities Learn and Teach About Biotech

Asia and the Pacific
• DNA Markers for Crown Rot in Wheat Research
• Salt Cress Genome Yields New Clues to Salt Tolerance
• 5^th Indonesian Biotechnology Conference Concluded in Lombok, Indonesia
• Biotechnology Expert Dialog 2012 in Bogor
• Environmental Risk Assessment Tackled in Bangladesh
• Indian Leaders Discuss Efforts to Increase Food Targets
• Philippine Gov't Funds Research to Enrich Copra Meal
• Malaysia to Double Rice Yields

Europe
• Genetic Basis for Differences in Vernalization in Plants
• France's Agricultural Biotechnology, Advancing Despite Regulatory Hurdles
• Major Investment to Persuade Bacteria to Help Cereals Self-Fertilize

Research
• GE Wheat has No Detrimental Effects on Anecic Earthworm
• Biotech Banana Confers Resistance to Black Leaf Streak
• Improving Blast Resistance of Rice thru Marker-assisted Gene Pyramiding

Announcements
• Annual Bio India to be Held in Mumbai
• TERI-ITEC Course: Applications of Biotech and its Regulation
• First IRRI Young Scientists Conference

Document Reminders
• New Methodologies for Better Quality Wheat
• Cartoon Booklet GM Knowledge Q&A Released
• 2011 HarvestPlus Annual Report Now Available
• CIAT Launches First Book of the Issues in Tropical Agriculture Series

USDA ERS Report: Food Security Estimated to Improve in 2012

Food security is projected to improve slightly in 2012, according to USDA Economic Research Service report titled International Food Security Assessment, 2012-2022. The report defines food-insecure people as those consuming less than the nutritional target of roughly 2,000 calories per day per person. The assumption of increase in food security is based on the 12 million-decrease in the number of food-insecure individuals in 76 countries from 2011 to 2012.

The report also estimates that the percentage of the population that is food insecure will decline from 24% in 2012 to 21% in 2022. However, the number of food-insecure people might increase by 37 million. Regionally, food insecurity is projected to stay most severe in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Download a copy of the report at http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/gfa-food-security-assessment-situation-and-outlook/gfa23.aspx.

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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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