http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on agri-biotech and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/news/ Studies in maize show that benign strains of the fungus Aspergillus can outcompete toxic forms that contaminate African crops.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/field-trials-offer-hope-of-conquering-food-toxin.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechFri, 26 Jun 2009 03:35:52 GMTAn agricultural scientist whose work in sorghum improvement has benefited African farmers has won the World Food Prize.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/ethiopia-s-sorghum-superhero.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechMon, 22 Jun 2009 02:16:18 GMTEssential field trials of GM trees are being hindered by anti-GM activists working through the Convention on Biological Diversity, say Steven H. Strauss and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/gm-tree-research-blocked-by-impossible-recommendat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechThu, 18 Jun 2009 01:33:07 GMTA layered and cooperative approach would help Southern African countries harmonise their biosafety laws, says Julius Mugwagwa.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/a-layered-approach-to-biosafety-in-southern-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:38:48 GMTA microbicide has shown promise in the lab and can be produced in plants — a double blow toHIV in the developing world, scientists say.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/promising-microbicide-can-be-produced-by-plants.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechThu, 11 Jun 2009 02:35:42 GMTThe WHO calls for rotavirus immunisation, the Narmada River harbours dysentery-causing bacteria, Jatropha eradicates toxic metals, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/south-asia-news-in-brief-28-may-10-june-2009.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechWed, 10 Jun 2009 09:40:21 GMTA new GM technique can produce desired crop traits without transferring genes between species.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/scientists-produce-gm-crops-without-foreign-genes.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:36:23 GMTTranslating genetics research is easier in agriculture than medicine, says a Nature Genetics editorial, and existing technologies can be used.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/agricultural-genetics-could-help-ensure-food-secur.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechThu, 04 Jun 2009 02:00:00 GMTAnti-GM groups say Ecuador's proposed amendment to GM legislation may pave the way for terminator or 'suicide' seeds.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/change-to-ecuador-s-gm-laws-could-allow-suicide-se.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechTue, 26 May 2009 12:46:39 GMTScientists have raised the levels of several different vitamins in the same crop for the first time.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/gm-corn-comes-a-step-closer-to-a-complete-meal-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechTue, 19 May 2009 03:47:06 GMTUnproven and patented GM fixes will not help farmers in the South adapt to climate change, say Kathy Jo Wetter and Hope Shand.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/gm-crops-and-the-gene-giants-bad-news-for-farmers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechWed, 15 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMTA new way of funding collaborative agricultural research will see US researchers sharing funds with their developing-country partners.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/new-formula-for-us-south-research-funding.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechMon, 13 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMTGhanaian scientists are trying to breed strains of the cacao tree that can resist the virus that threatens the chocolate business.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/scientists-pin-cacao-virus-hopes-on-resistant-tree.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechTue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMTInnovative solutions to agricultural problems and getting information to farmers will be the focus of a new alliance between Chile and India.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/chile-india-link-up-for-rural-development.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechThu, 02 Apr 2009 03:38:50 GMTDeveloping world farmers are leading the way in the adoption of genetically modified crops.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/is-gm-shedding-its-frankenstein-image-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechFri, 20 Mar 2009 03:30:30 GMTWheat crops resistant to the fungus Ug99, which threatens global wheat supplies, have been developed by a Kenyan-Mexican collaboration.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/new-hope-in-war-against-deadly-wheat-fungus.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechThu, 19 Mar 2009 03:36:20 GMTA project to genetically engineer cassava to provide a day's nutrition in one meal has progressed with the approval of initial field trials.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/-super-cassava-to-enter-field-trials.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechThu, 19 Feb 2009 02:20:00 GMTKenya has become the fourth African country to allow genetically modified farming after the president signed off on new biosafety legislation.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/kenya-approves-gm-after-years-of-delays.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechWed, 18 Feb 2009 04:20:01 GMTNigerian farmers are selling more seeds of parasite-resistant, yield-boosting maize crops than official distribution channels.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/parasite-resistant-maize-a-hit-with-nigerian-farme.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechFri, 13 Feb 2009 04:06:44 GMTInnovation will help feed the world in the twenty first century, but only with political will and social justice, argues Alex Evans.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/agri-biotech/innovation-alone-is-not-enough-to-secure-food-supp.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_agribiotechTue, 10 Feb 2009 02:25:36 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/