Biotech Updates

EFSA GMO Panel Reconfirms Safety of GM Plants With nptII Gene

April 20, 2007

“The Indonesian government is seriously committed to fund the research and development of Jatropha”, said Achmad Suryana, Head of the Indonesian Research and Development Agency, during a discussion with researches and technicians at Jatropha Main Garden, KP Asembagus - Situbondo, in the end of March 2007.
“To develop Jatropha for biofuel, we need additional research and adequate infrastructure” said Suryana. “Indonesia will build several new main gardens for Jatropha in Lampung, NTB and Central Sulawesi in 2007. The establishment of these main gardens will be important especially to provide certifiable seeds in the areas, “he added.

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