Publications, News and Speeches
Publications
Agricultural Biotechnology for Development
(U.S. Agency for International Development; June 2008)
USDA Biotechnology Report
(08/30/06)
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the
U.S. (USDA/Economic Research Service,
07/14/06)
Report of the Thirty-Fourth Session of the Codex
Committee on Food Labelling, Ottawa, Canada,
May 1–5, 2006
The Role of Biotechnology in Exploring and
Protecting Agricultural Genetic Resources,
edited by J. Ruane and A. Sonnino, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
2006
The First Decade of
Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States, by Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo
and Margriet Caswell, with contributions from Lorraine Mitchell, Elise Golan,
and Fred Kuchler, USDA/Economic Research
Service, Economic Information Bulletin No.
(EIB-11), April 2006
Biotechnology Regulatory Contacts in OECD Member
Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), March 29, 2006
Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to
the Convention on Biological Diversity,
Curitiba, Brazil,
March 20–31, 2006
Report of the Third Meeting of the Conference of
the Parties to the Convention on Biological
Diversity Serving As the Meeting of the Parties
to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
Curitiba, Brazil, March
13–17, 2006
Agriculture and
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals, by Mark W. Rosegrant,
Claudia Ringler, Todd Benson, Xinshen Diao, Danielle Resnick, James
Thurlow, Maximo Torero, and David Orden, The World Bank (Agriculture
& Rural Development Department), 2006.
Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Security in
Southern Africa, edited by Steven Were Omamo
and Klaus von Grebmer, International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI), 2005
Iron-Biofortified Rice Improves the Iron Stores of Nonanemic Filipino Women,
by Jere D. Haas, John L. Beard, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Angelita M. del Mundo,
Angelina Felix, and Glenn B. Gregorio, Journal of Nutrition (December
2005), pp. 2823-2830
The
Promise of Biotechnology, U.S. Department of State, Economic Perspectives
(electronic journal), October 2005
Global Traceability and Labeling Requirements for
Agricultural Biotechnology-Derived Products:
Impacts and Implications for the United States (.pdf;
.doc), consensus report by USDA's Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and
21st Century Agriculture (AC21), May 9, 2005
Global Traceability and Labeling Requirements for
Agricultural Biotechnology-Derived Products:
Preparing for the Future (.pdf;
.doc), consensus report by USDA's Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and
21st Century Agriculture (AC21), May 9, 2005
Agriculture Nominee Urged by Senators to End Japan's Beef Ban (Secretary
Designate Michael Johanns Before Senate Agriculture Committee, January 6, 2005),
U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, January 7, 2005
Biotech Crop Research
in Developing Countries, materials (fact sheets, tables, and graphs) from
press briefing sponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),
Washington, DC, January 6, 2005
Poorer
Nations Turn to Publicly Developed GM Crops, by Joel I. Cohen, Nature
Biotechnology, January 2005 (pp. 27-33)
U.K. Study
Finds Benefits in Biotech Crops, USDA Reports, U.S. Department of
State, International Information Programs, December 2004
ARS Leads in
Assessing Risk in Transgenics, USDA/Agricultural Research Service,
Agricultural Research, September 2004
Genetically Engineered Crop Varieties Gain Further Acreage Share in 2004,
USDA/Economic Research
Service, Amber Waves, September 2004
Feeding a Hungry World: The Moral Imperative of
Biotechnology, U.S. Embassy to the Holy See
(in cooperation with the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences), September 24, 2004
The State of Food and
Agriculture 2003–2004, Agricultural Biotechnology: Meeting the needs of the
poor?, United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization
Consumers
and the Future of Biotech Foods in the United States,
USDA/Economic Research
Service, Amber Waves, November 2003.
Size
and Distribution of Market Benefits From Adopting Biotech Crops,
USDA/Economic Research
Service, Technical Bulletin No. (TB1906),
November 2003
Agricultural
Biotechnology, U.S. Department of State, Economic Perspectives
(electronic journal), September 2003
Fact
Sheet:
Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety,
U.S.
Department of State,
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, July
2003
Which Road Do We Take? Harnessing Genetic
Resources and Making Use of Life Sciences, a New
Contract for Sustainable Agriculture,
by Louise O. Fresco,
Assistant Director General, Agriculture
Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO), presented during the
EU Discussion Forum “Towards Sustainable
Agriculture for Developing Countries: Options
from Life Sciences and Biotechnologies,”
Brussels, Belgium, January 30–31, 2003
Mexico:
Strongly Contemplating Biotech Crops, from "Mexico:
Agricultural Situation Weekly Highlights & Hot Bites, Issue #2" (GAIN
Report #MX3008,
January 15, 2003)
A
Role for Technology in 21st Century Agriculture, USDA/Economic Research
Service, Agricultural Outlook, October 2002
Genetically
Engineered Crops: U.S. Adoption and Impacts, USDA/Economic Research
Service, Agricultural Outlook, September 2002
Adoption of Bioengineered
Crops, USDA/Economic
Research Service, May 2002
Agricultural Biotechnology Assistance with
a Global Reach, AgExporter magazine, February 2002
London
Conference Discusses the Future of Biotechnology in Agriculture,
AgExporter magazine,
November 2001
FDA To Strengthen
Pre-Market Review of Bioengineered Foods, HHS News, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, May 3, 2000
Biotechnology: Implications for U.S. Corn and
Soybean Trade, USDA/Economic Research Service, Agricultural Outlook, April 2000
Biotechnology: U.S. Grain Handlers Look
Ahead,
USDA/Economic Research Service, Agricultural Outlook, April 2000
Biotechnology: Food Security and
Safety, Economic
Perspectives, October 1999
Regulatory Issues In
Agricultural Biotechnology, FDA Veterinarian, January/February 1997
Food Safety: Regulating Plant Agricultural
Biotechnology in the United States, U.S. Department of State, International
Information Programs
Prospective
Plantings, USDA/National Agricultural
Statistics Service
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