ISAAA Video on "Knowledge, Technology & Poverty Alleviation" Available in 14 Languages
May 22, 2009| |
The abridged version of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) video on "Knowledge, Technology and Poverty Alleviation is now available with subtitles in the following languages: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla, Chinese, French, Hindi, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
The video presents the major findings of the Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops in 2008 and addresses the growing interest biotech crops have experienced in the past years, including substantial advances in Africa. It discusses in detail the three questions global society has begun to ask about biotech crops.
Visit http://www.isaaa.org/Resources/videos/gs2008/abridged/ to view the said video and its translations.
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