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Scientists Refute Greenpeace Claim That Genetically Modified Corn Caused New Insect Pest [January 07 2012]

New crop varieties can cut poverty, study finds [January 03 2012]

Review shows no long-term health impact of GM plant diets [2012]

USDA deregulates drought tolerant trait for corn [December 21, 2011]

Biotechnology Could Contribute to Field Crop Yield Trends [December 13 2011]

Seven billion humans: technology has saved us before, and can do so again [October 31 2011]

Does Bt protein persist or break down during the agricultural cycle?[October 17 2011]

The seed and agricultural biotechnology industries in India [2011]

GM brings benefits to women cotton farmers in Colombia. [September 28 2011]

Kenya's scientists urged to engage in GM debate . [September 16 2011]

Scientists join lobby for biotechnology law.[September 07 2011]

Peru wavers on ten-year halt to GM imports. [July 13 2011]

Millions of African Climate Refugees Desperate for Food, Water.[July 06 2011]

Kenya: Importation of GM Maize to Start. [July 05 2011]

Food prices likely to remain high in region.[July 02 2011]

GM approval process must be reviewed. [June 21 2011]

Nigeria's Senate passes biosafety bill. [June 15 2011]

Europe's GM barrier is 'starving the poor’. [June 13 2011]

Fight against wheat rust needs sustained investment. [May 05 2011]

The GM debate is about more than biosafety [April 28 2011]

GM benefits environment, report claims. [April 15 2011]

New Golden Rice partners join forces against vitamin A deficiency. [April 14 2011]

Kenya poised to adopt GMOs to boost yields. [April 13 2011]

COMESA region member countries urged to regard agriculture as the engine of economic growth. [April 07 2011]

Biosciences key to Africa feeding itself.[April 05 2011]

African countries urged to speed up the passage of biosafety legislations.[March 26 2011]

GM opposition threatens food security. [March09 2011]

Biotech crops surge over 1 billion hectares. [February 23 2011]

How To Genetically Modify a Seed, Step By Step. [January 24 2011]

Genetically Modified Crops are The Key to Human Survival, Says UK's Chief Scientist. [January 23 2011]

Africa: Unlocking the Economic Potential of Biotechnology. [January 21 2011]

Genetically Modified Chickens That Don't Transmit Bird Flu Developed. [January 14 2011]

Genetic Engineering to Protect Vital Cassava Farming in Africa. [January 11 2011]

Uganda is ready for genetically modified foods. [January 06 2011]

Malaria: Could the Ingestion of 'Modified' Starch Be a New Vaccine Strategy? [December 21 2010]

Transgenic Crops: How Genes Jump from Crop to Crop. [December 01 2010]

Gene Discovery Suggests Way to Engineer Fast-Growing Plants. [November 11 2010]]

Robust Methods for GMO Detection Ready at Hand. [November 10 2010]

Genetic diversity of rice now secure in “Doomsday Vault”. [November 05 2010]

Philippines - Farmers push for the continuation of Bt eggplant field trials and biotechnology education in the country. [October 15 2010]

Biosafety meeting 'must address GM insects'. [October 08 2010]

African nations are laying foundations to extend the use of GM technology on the continent. [October 06 2010]

Scientists claim GM cowpea could generate US$1 billion. [October 01 2010]

COMESA wants biotech policies harmonised [September 16 2010]

Green Revolution plan agreed at Ghana meeting. [September 10 2010]

Push to protect environment with bio-tech. [September 02 2010]

Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa. [September 02 2010]

Africa seeks one voice at Nagoya summit. [August 29 2010]

GM report adds twist to Peruvian defamation case. [August 25 2010]

Drought tolerant maize trials approved. [August 4 2010]

Argentina wins Monsanto GM patent dispute in Europe. [July 21 2010]

Drought-tolerance: a learning challenge for poor farmers. [July 14 2010]

Virus-resistant cassava could be available by 2015. [July 09 2010]

Europe’s New Approach to Biotech Food. [July 07 2010]

Sweet Genes Arm Banana Crops. [June 14 2010].

FAO urges early action on climate change responses. [June 01 1010]

Experience from use of GMOs in Argentinian agriculture, economy and environment. [May 16 2010]

Super crops [May 12 2010]

Biotech in Africa: Titans battle on the African front.[ May 10 2010 ]

Genetically Modified Food and the Global Fight Against Hunger. [May 6, 2010]

Developing a Biosafety Law: Lessons from the Kenyan Experience. [May 2010]

‘May contain’ or ‘does contain’: price & trade issues with GM maize. [May 2010]

Popular misconceptions: agricultural biotechnology. [March 2010]

Summary of biotech news. [March 24, 2010]

Ghana Professor Urges Parliament to Speed Up Passage of Bio-safety Bill. [March 24, 2010]

Genetically Modified Farming Stirs Global Debate. March 18, 2010]

Genetically Modified for the People. [March 11, 2010]

Agricultural Biotech Use Rising Globally. [Feb. 28, 2010]

Scientists, Donors Blast Ethiopia's Bio Safety Law. [Feb. 05, 2010]

MPS applaud scientists on GM cotton in Uganda. [Jan. 27 2010]

The biotech factor: GM cotton trials in Uganda. [Jan. 27, 2010]

Crop biofortification, key to achieving Millennium Development Goals. [Jan 27, 2010]

Engineered pea seeds protect against parasites. [Sept. 10, 2009]

Melons Sweetened With DNA Sequence [July 6, 2009 ]

Scientists Closer to Developing Salt-tolerant Crops [July 8, 2009]

Virus-resistant Grapevines [July 2, 2009]

Projected food, energy demands seen to outpace production [June 25, 2009]

Marker-free transgenic cassava plants [June 12, 2009]

HIV Vaccine from Engineered Plants [May 18, 2009]

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Highlights

Scientists Refute Greenpeace Claim That Genetically Modified Corn Caused New Insect Pest [January 07 2012]

New crop varieties can cut poverty, study finds [January 03 2012]

Review shows no long-term health impact of GM plant diets [2012]

USDA deregulates drought tolerant trait for corn [December 21, 2011]

Biotechnology Could Contribute to Field Crop Yield Trends [December 13 2011]

Contacts

Biosafety Office

Uganda National Council of Science & Technology

P.O. Box 6884 Kampala, Uganda.

Tel: 256 414 705 500

PBS Eastern Africa Coordination Office,

Internation Food Policy Reseach Institute

P.O. Box 28565, Kampala, Uganda.

Tel: +256 414 285060/4 or +256 312 263613

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