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