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India's National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Endorses Commercial Release of GM Mustard |
 India's National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) unanimously endorses the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard (Brassica juncea) developed by the University of Delhi during its 24th Annual General Meeting held in New Delhi on June 4-5, 2017. The academy, a body comprising of leading agricultural scientists, submitted a resolution on GM mustard to the Prime Minister of India seeking his intervention to hasten the approval process for GM mustard so that farmers can grow it in the forthcoming Rabi 2017 season. GM mustard technology and Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH-11) are the first barnase-barstar based hybrid that yields 20-30% more than existing varieties, allows the breeders to develop better mustard hybrids in the future, and would allow farmers to access the variety at low cost.
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Tanzanian Farmers Urge Gov't to Hasten Delivery of GE Crops |
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Farmers in Mwanza Province, North Eastern Tanzania have urged their government to hasten delivery of biotech crops, which they say, may save them from crop failure. The maize, cassava, and cotton farmers whose crop has been severely affected by stalk borer pests, cassava mosaic disease and African cotton bollworm respectively, said that they had applied chemical and cultural control methods against the pests and diseases with little success over the years.
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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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The CRISPR-Cas9 system has been widely used as a tool for 
