GMO

Jose Bove: On the Front Line of a New World War

Manchester Guardian Weekly | July 4, 2001 | By Jose Bove Jose Bove is a spokesperson for Confederation Paysanne, a French farmers' trade union HIGHLIGHT: The neoliberal creed of globalisation is based on blatant untruths, writes Jose Bove

The Green Revolution Yields To The Bottom Line

By ANDREW POLLACK New York Times May 15, 2001 Dr. William Folk, a professor at the University of Missouri, wants to genetically engineer soybeans to improve their nutritional value. But he faces more than scientific hurdles. He and Monsanto never agreed on how he might use a patented technique for inserting genes into the beans.

U.S., EU Seen Drifting Apart in Approach To Environmental Matters in WTO Talks

By Gary G. Yerkey International Environment Reporter Volume 24 Number 10 May 9, 2001 Page 358

US Official Slams Sri Lanka Ban On GM Food

Agence France Presse May 10, 2001 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's ban on genetically modified (GM) food was Thursday attacked by a US agricultural official who said there was no credible scientific evidence to justify the Colombo government's action.

Farmers Brace For Possible Problems With GM Grain Sales

Bfy Anthony Shadid The Boston Globe May 03, 2001

Doha Ministerial To Be Asked To Address TRIPS And Health Care

Geneva, 2 May (Chakravarthi Raghavan) - - The 4th Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization, to be held this November at Doha (Qatar) is to be asked to address the issue of "TRIPs and Health Care".

Agricultural Product Liability and GMOS

EU farmers liable for GM damage

Biotechnology Food: From the Lab to a Debacle

January 25, 2001 By KURT EICHENWALD, GINA KOLATA and MELODY PETERSEN The following article was reported by Kurt Eichenwald, Gina Kolata and Melody Petersen and was written by Mr. Eichenwald.

UN to Set Up Data Centre on Biosafety

Agence France Presse MONTPELLIER, France, Dec 15 (AFP) - A UN conference on biosafety ended here Friday with a preliminary agreement to set up a data centre to pool knowledge and information about genetically modified organisms.