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TRANSGENIC CROP IMPROVE LIVESTOCK NUTRITION
Ministry of Agriculture encourages the development of animal
feed from genetically modified crops to improve the
nutritional needs of livestock.
"Transgenic plants has better traits than the conventional
one," said Chairman of the Technical Team of Feed Safety
Products of Genetic Engineering (PRG), Centre for Research
and Development of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Bambang Risdiono,...
BIOTECHNOLOGY HAS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROSPECT
Biotechnology attends to have a high prospect of
entrepreneurial activity, because biotechnology can be
developed in many area of businesses such as health, energy,
medicine industry, food, services, and conservation.
Indonesia has abundat natural resources that can be used
for energy development, for example is sugar cane. Indonesia
has also medicinal spices of herbs that can...
LABELING TRANSGENIC FOOD IS REQUIRED
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Food labelling is required in the
Indonesian Amandement No. 7 year 1996 concerning Food,
including products derived from genetically modified
products.
Prudence is confirmed in the Law Number 32 of 2009 on the
Environmental Protection and Management and on the
Government Regulation No. 21 of 2005 about Genetic
Engineering Product Biosafety.
On the government regulation...
CLINICAL EFFECTS OF TRANSGENIC PRODUCTS HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED
Jakarta, Kompas - Clinical effects of genetic engineering
imported products, such as corn and soybeans, so far has not
been tested. If any, it has never been publicly exposed.
Following the findings of tumors in mice that had been fed
transgenic maize in France by Gilles-Eric Seralini and his
team, it’s urgent to do a...
DROUGHT BEGINS TO SEVERLY AFFECT FARMERS, FOOD CROPS
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The ongoing drought in Indonesia has
begun to affect food crops in various parts of the country,
as farmers continue to face a shortage of irrigation
supplies, which are resulting in a low crop yield,
especially for rice.
Latest reports suggest that provinces such as West Java,
Central Java, Banten, Bengkulu in...
COLLABORATION KEY TO INNOVATION: MINISTER
Bandung, W. Java (ANTARA News) - Minister of Research and
Technology Gusti Muhammad Hatta said collaboration among
academics, the business world, the government and the
society is a key to the success of innovation-driven
economy.
In his speech to the opening of the 10th international
seminar on Triple Helix here Wednesday, Gusti said therefore
the government`s strategic...
RI RESEARCH NEEDS PRIVATE SECTOR: EXPERT
Universities need to work with the private sector in their
biotechnology research, otherwise their work will not reach
the market and bring advantages to the public, a health
expert has said.
Amin Soebandrio, a health expert with the Research and
Technology Ministry, said any biotechnology research
conducted by universities would languish in the laboratory
if they did...
GMO TRIALS TO CONTINUE: OFFICIAL
CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Field trials and commercializing
genetically engineered crops to address food security and
raise farmer income will continue to be pursued by the
government, an official said.
Dr. Candida B. Adalla, the Department of Agriculture’s
biotech program head, also noted in a forum here last week
that by integrating technology such as genetic...
GOVT SEARCHES FOR AVAILABLE LAND FOR SOYBEAN CULTIVATION
The government is still searching for unused land to
dedicate to soybean cultivation in a bid to boost the
country’s productivity of the staple food as prices of
imported soybeans soars, a top official has said.
Deputy Agriculture Minister Rusman Heriawan said in Jakarta
on Thursday that his office had been in intensive talks with
the...
DRAMATIC CHANGE AS TWO-THIRDS NOW SUPPORT GM CROP TESTING
Public opinion appears to be shifting in favour of the
development of genetically-modified crops, according to a
ComRes survey for The Independent.
Asked whether the Government should encourage experiments
on GM crops so that farmers can reduce the amount of
pesticides they use, 64 per cent of the public agreed and 27
per cent disagreed, while...
