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International Statement on Low Level Presence (11/05/12)
In September 2012,
the United States and 12 other countries
endorsed an International Statement on Low Level
Presence, part of a joint effort to address
trade and food security challenges arising from
disparities in various countries’ regulatory
systems governing biotech products.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Says New Technology Boosts Crop Yields
(06/05/08)
Also helps crops adapt to climate change,
Schafer says.
United States and the Philippines Co-Host Panel Discussion on Biotechnology
(06/03/08)
USDA Secretary Ed Schafer and
Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID
Administrator Henrietta Fore, together with
Philippines Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Yap,
co-hosted a panel discussion on the benefits of
agricultural biotechnology. The discussion took
place on the margins of the High-Level
Conference on World Food Security in Rome.
Egypt Approves Biotech Corn Variety
(.pdf)
Egypt recently approved a Bt-corn variety for
domestic planting, the first such approval in Egypt. (04/23/08)
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