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FAO Releases 2021 Report on State of Food and Agriculture
Lack of proper preparation will lead to unpredictable shocks that will impact global agrifood systems. This is according to the recently released report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2021 titled Making Agrifood Systems More Resilient to Shocks and Stresses.

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Scientists Develop High-Yielding, Biofortified, Drought Tolerant Transgenic Chickpea
Scientists from the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) in India have successfully developed a new high-yielding transgenic desi chickpea variety.

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ISAAA Webinar Highlights Importance of Public-Private Dynamics in Agribiotechnology Industry
ISAAA and its network of Biotechnology Information Centers, in partnership with Murdoch University, held a webinar  focused on the latest scientific and regulatory updates on gene-edited (GEd) plant products in Asia and Australia. The aim was to share knowledge and advice about the technology and regulations related to it to provide the intended beneficiaries with advice on the production and international trade of the GEd products.

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CRISPR-Cas12f1: A Mini Genome Editing Tool
ShanghaiTech University researchers and partners reported a genome editing tool called Cas12f1. Their findings are published in Nature Chemical Biology.

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GM APPROVAL UPDATES
  • The Philippines approved the canola event LBFLFK for food, feed, and processing.
  • The Philippines approved the cotton event GFM cry1A for commercial cultivation.
  • Brazil approved the wheat event HB4 for commercial cultivation.
  • The Philippines approved the soybean event GMB 151 for food, feed, and processing.
  • The Philippines approved the eggplant event EE-1 for cultivation
  • The USA approved the canola event MON94100  for food and feed.

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