NEWS

Global
• The Role of Conservation in Reaching CBD's Targets 
• FAO, CGIAR to Work Together for Stronger Agricultural Research 

Africa
• CIFOR Paper Calls for Sustainable Palm Oil Dev't in Cameroon 
• Kenya's Biosafety Authority Urges Calm Over GM Labeling Regulations 
• GM Banana in Uganda in Five Years? 
• Resilient Crops Help Somalia Exit Famine 

Americas
• Molecular Markers for Nematode Resistance Breeding 
• Helping Plants Fight Parasitic Vines 
• Research Grants to Improve Biofuel Feedstock and Energy Production 
• NCBiotech Launches Crops Commercialization Center 
• Bright Possibility for Flood Tolerant Soybeans 
• CIP Attempts to Identify RNA Silencing Code to Avoid Plant Viruses 
• Clemson University Develops New Oat Variety 

Asia and the Pacific
• Indian President Vows to Eliminate Poverty and Hunger 
• U.S. Joint Initiatives in Modern Agric Technology in Bangladesh 
• Bangladesh to Benefit from Wheat Variety Tolerant to Ug99 
• Pioneer Indonesia Unveils New Hybrid Corn 

Europe
• Defra Presents Green Food Project Conclusions 
• Survey Shows Increasing Support for GM Crop Research 
• Sequencing Technology Helps Reveal What Plant Genomes Really Encode 
• EC Chief Scientific Advisor: GMOs Not Riskier than Conventional Counterparts 

Research
• Scientists Find Potential Solution for Inbreeding Depression 
• Fusion Gene Transformation in Insect Resistant/Herbicide Tolerant Tobacco 
• Scientists Identify and Characterize Cotton Boll Wall-Specific Promoters for Future GM Cotton Varieties 

Announcements
• The 12th International Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium 
• IARI Invites Nomination for Training Course on "Seed Quality Assurance" 
• Country Biotech Facts and Trends 
• 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology in Africa: Science and Regulation 

Document Reminders
• Book on Strategies for African Agriculture 
• Valuing New Random GM Traits: The Case of Drought Tolerant Wheat 
• IFPRI's Brief 11 - Delivering Nutrients Widely Through Biofortification: Building on Orange Sweet Potato 
• IFIC Biotech Videos on Food Biotechnology