Biotech Workshop on Potato Breeding (ABSP II)
Bali, 28 July 2011
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Perlu Etika & Moral Dalam Bioteknologi
SECARA leksikal, makna bioteknologi adalah teknik yang mengubah suatu bahan mentah melalui proses transformasi biologi untuk menghasilkan barang dan jasa yang bermanfaat demi...
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Bioteknologi Berbasis Kekayaan Hayati
*Bioteknologi *memang penting jika dikaitkan dengan kekayaan hayati di negeri ini. Indonesia adalah negara nomor dua terbesar di dunia setelah Brasil yang...
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Pedoman Pelaksanaan Pengujian Keamanan Hayati
Rekayasa genetik melalui teknik transgenik telah lama digunakan pada hewan baik pada taraf penerapan maupun eksperimental. Tujuan utama dari pemanfaatan teknik transgenik adalah...
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE OF MODERN BIOTECH
- Date : 15 September 2011
"If Europe is to meet its own food security needs and contribute to the food requirements of the rest of the world, policy and regulatory changes will be necessary," said Joyce Tait and Guy Barker in an article Global food security and the governance of modern biotechnologies, part of a Science and Society Series on...
NEED TO STRENGTHEN R&D IN NIGERIA'S VALUE CHAIN OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
- Date : 15 September 2011
Agricultural research and development across the value chain of Nigeria's agricultural commodities could reduce hunger and poverty and transform the economy. This was forwarded by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, in a gathering of researchers, policy makers and investors in Ibadan. Adesina added that doubling research investments in research and development in...
COMMERCIAL ENZYME FOR IMPROVED GRAIN ETHANOL PRODUCTION
- Date : 15 September 2011
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture discovered that a commercial enzyme developed by Genencor, a major developer and manufacturer of industrial enzymes that is now part of DuPont Industrial Biosciences, could help reduce costs in ethanol production from grain and at the same time decrease emissions of greenhouse gases. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist David Johnston...
BANGLADESH: 42ND SIGNATORY TO THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL
- Date : 15 September 2011
Bangladesh is now one of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity that had signified participation, following the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). By supporting the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from...
ENHANCING GENE EXPRESSION IN GE RICE SEED USING 3'-UTRS
- Date : 15 September 2011
The expression and accumulation of recombinant proteins in plant cells are controlled by both transcription and post-transcription levels. The 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) are important sequence elements that control gene expression. Thus, Wen Jing Li of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and colleagues investigated if 3'-UTRs of 9 seed storage protein (SSP) genes affect gene expression...
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL PLANT DISEASES 2012
- Date : 15 September 2011
An International Conference on Tropical and Sub-tropical Plant Diseases 2012 is scheduled from February 7-10, 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand in association with the "Royal Flora Ratchapruek 2011 : International Horticultural Exposition - A Tribute to the Royal Perseverance". The conference theme is "Greenitude - Reducing Global Warming to Save Planet Earth and to Improve the...
CGIAR TACKLES FOOD CRISIS AND HOW RESEARCH CAN HELP
- Date : 15 September 2011
Experts within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and selected development partners met in Nairobi, Kenya on 1 September to discuss how its research can be used to seek solutions to improve and sustain agricultural livelihoods in the drylands. Topics include: • Promising options and innovations to help farmers become more resilient and food-secure...
GLOBAL SOIL PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED
- Date : 9 September 2011
A renewed international effort to assure sufficient fertile and healthy soils is critical to address problems related to soil resources and land degradation that is threatening food security. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf made this call during the meeting to launch a new Global Soil Partnership for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation...
SCIENTISTS JOIN LOBBY FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW IN UGANDA
- Date : 9 September 2011
Scientists, policy makers, and other groups involved in advancing biotechnology for development in Uganda have formed the Uganda Biotechnology and Biosafety Consortium (UBBC) to strengthen their efforts to move biotechnology and biosafety law forward. According to the group, the absence of the law, which has been a draft for more that eight years, has denied the...
IFAD PRESIDENT CALLS FOR "CHANGE FROM WITHIN"
- Date : 9 September 2011
"Africa should not wait for the international community to solve its problems. Africa will conquer hunger when African governments give Africans the tools and resources they need to feed themselves. Change – real change – comes from within," International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President Kanayo F. Nwanze told African Union leaders. "I believe that African...