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COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
A Communication Workshop on Agricultural Biotechnology for
researchers, government officials, and industry was
concluded in Jakarta on 16 May 2013. Prominent speakers were
Dr. M. Herman from ICABIOGARD and Ir. Tetty Sihombing from
Indonesia Food and Drug Agency. This workshop also presented
communication experts from International Food Information
Council (IFIC): Kimberly Reed, Dr. Martina
Newell-McGloughlin, Dr. Timothy...
MEDIA WORKSHOP ON COMMUNICATING FOOD SCIENCE
The Indonesia Biotechnology Information Center (IndoBIC) in
collaboration with International Food Information Council
(IFIC) organized Media Workshop on Communicating Food
Science in Jakarta, on May 15, 2013. Dr.Bambang Purwantara
(IndoBIC Director) and Kimberley Reed (Executive Director of
IFIC) opened the workshop and they suggested that the media
should be more accurate in conveying the news. "Look...
ISAAA GLOBAL STATUS REPORT PRESENTED IN INDONESIA
A recent seminar on Global Status of Commercialized
Biotech/GM Crops in 2012 highlighted unprecendented increase
in biotech crop hectarage from 1.7 million hectares in 1966
to 170 million hectares in 2012. In his opening remarks
Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture in Jakarta Suswono
expressed his support on biotech crops by emphasizing the
precutionary principle.
Dr. Clive James, author...
BIOTECH CROP COMMERCIALIZATION INCREASED GROWTH SINCE 1966
First time since biotech crops genetically introduced two
decades ago, developing countries such as Sudan and Cuba to
plant more biotech than developed countries. It is a
positive contribution to food security and poverty reduction
in some of the most vulnerable regions in the world.
"Developing countries accounted for 52 percent of the
developing world´s biotech...
A VISIT TO SEED INDUSTRIES IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA
Some nine participants from the Indonesian Biosafety
Commission of Genetically Engineered Product (KKH) and
Technical Team of Biosafety Commission (TTKH) participated
in a two day visit of Research Stations and corn farms to
provide an overview of the hybrid maize seed industry in
Indonesia. The participants visited the Hybrid Maize
Research Station in Poncokusumo, a Monsanto...
TOT WORKSHOP ON POTATO BREEDING IN INDONESIA
A training of trainers (TOT) workshop on "The Role of
Biotechnology in Potato Breeding and its Regulations in
Indonesia" was concluded in Bogor on 20 December 2012. The
event brought 40 participants consisting of farmers,
agricultural officers, and scientists from Tosari,
Banjarnegara, Bandung, Pangalengan, Garut and Bogor. The
workshop aimed at encouraging farmers, agricultural
officers, and scientist...
INDOBIC AND ABSP II LAUNCH BOOK ON POTATO BREEDING IN INDONESIA
The Indonesia Biotechnology Information Center (IndoBIC) and
ABSP II launched a book "The role of biotechnology in
potato breeding and its regulations in Indonesia" during the
Training of Trainors workshop for farmers and agricultural
officers in Bogor on 20 December 2012. The book covers
topics on: conventional potato breeding technique; biotech
potato with late blight resistance...
EFSA MAKES PUBLIC ALL DATA ON BIOTECH CORN NK603
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has made publicly
available all the scientific data used to clear the
genetically modified (GM) corn NK603 developed by Monsanto
Company which was linked to laboratory rat cancer by a
controversial study published in Food and Chemical
Toxicology by Séralini et al in September last year. EFSA
earlier dismissed the...
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST APOLOGIZES FOR HIS ANTI-BIOTECH ROLE
In his lecture at the Oxford Farming Conference on January
3, 2013, British environmental campaigner and author Mark
Lynas made a stunning introduction – a public apology for
his active participation in the anti-biotech movement back
in the mid 1990s fueled by "anti-science environmentalism".
Lynas acknowledged his past role in demonizing genetically
modified (GM) crops which...
BIOTECH REACHES STUDENTS IN INDONESIA
The Indonesian Biotechnology Information Centre (IndoBIC)
and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) co-organized
a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) exhibition, a part of
the B-Fushion event geared to increase biotechnology
awareness of 150 students from Technobiology Faculty, Unika
Atma Jaya, Jakarta, through talks and exhibition.
Biotechnology experts Prof. Dr. Antonius Suwanto and Ms.
Puspita Deswina provided information...
