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Available via e-mail and online, Food Security and Ag-Biotech (FS-AgBiotech) News is a free daily news service covering the most important global developments related to agriculture and food security, with a strong emphasis on issues related to the controversy over agricultural biotechnology.

FS-AgBiotech News provides succinct summaries of the most pertinent news stories, op-eds, journal articles, and reports on biotechnology, biosafety, agricultural research and development, intellectual property rights, technology transfer, liability and redress, genetic resources, trade, and economic development. FS-AgBiotech News draws information from a diverse range of sources including peer-reviewed journals, international news wires, and a variety of publications form industry, government, and NGOs.

FS-AgBiotech News is an example of the tools and strategies developed by Meridian Institute to help people solve problems and make informed decisions. Support for FS-AgBiotech News is provided by the US Agency for International Development.

Please note that it is the policy of Food Security and Ag-Biotech News to use the titles from the original source for summaries, and these do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editors.


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China's Answer to Its Milk Scandals: Cows that Produce 'Human Breast Milk' -- CNN International (4/21/2011) Chinese researchers say they have genetically modified cows to produce milk with the same nutrients as human breast milk.  [More]

Sharing Agricultural Knowledge in Africa 'Vital for Food Security' -- SciDev.Net (4/21/2011) The African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) has recommended that African countries do more to share agricultural knowledge and information, including disseminating research more widely, to help drive economic growth.  [More]

Vietnam: Genetically Modified Products Regulated -- Vietnam Plus (4/21/2011) Vietnam's Ministry of Health is drafting a decree that would regulate genetically modified (GM) products by requiring that licences be granted by the ministry before a GM product can be sold in Vietnam, this article reports.  [More]

USDA Plans to Outsource Biotech Studies -- Capital Press (4/20/2011) Under a new two-year pilot project, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to ask biotech developers to conduct their own environmental assessments of genetically modified (GM) crops, or pay contractors to perform the analysis.  [More]

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