GM ban could cost region $2.8b
The New Zealand and Australian economies could lose $2.8 billion a year if they do not adopt genetically modified crops,
a report says. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Economic Resources... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5067
Ag biotech - large global benefits says ABARE
‘Worldwide adoption of biotechnology in crop production has the potential to generate substantial gains in global
welfare’, Dr Brian Fisher, Executive Director of ABARE, said today when releasing the ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5058
BERL agrees with new economic study on GE
Newstalk ZB says the New Zealand economic research company which produced a major study for the Treasury agrees with an
Australian study claiming Australasia could be economically devastated if GM is ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5059
Feds say benefits of biotech clear
Reports of the global benefits to be gained by the worldwide adoption of biotechnology offer no surprises, Hugh Ritchie,
National Board Member and GM Spokesman for Federated Farmers of New Zealand say... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5063
Swiss to vote on GM moratorium
Authorities were cited as saying Tuesday that Swiss voters will decide if there should be a moratorium on the use of
genetically-modified crops after environmental and consumer groups successfully cam... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5070
Making Canadian biotech transparent
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada are conducting a pilot project to post information on the
Internet about the safety assessments of biotechnology-derived crops, livestock f... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5071
FDA to rule on food from cloned cattle
Across the United States, companies have, according to this story, cloned at least a hundred prize cattle that are
beginning to produce offspring that farmers hope will generate the meat and milk of t... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5060
Chinese visit to study NZ's advanced technology
Several of the half-dozen formal agreements set to be signed between China and New Zealand this weekend will focus on
apparently mundane issues of quality assurance and certification. While Chi... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5069
Saving the world with frankenfood
So it is just as feared: genetically modified crops harm wildlife, Jonathan Rauch writes."Proven: the environmental
dangers that may halt GM revolution," proclaimed a headline in Britain's Indepen... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5062