MALNUTRITION: Crop Biotech Update April 24 2013

In This Issue April 24, 2013 NEWS Global  • Global Economic Benefits of GM Crops Reach Almost $100 Billion  • Exporting Countries Emphasize Need for Timely Science-Based Regulation of Biotech Crops  • Earth Day 2013: Agri-biotech Contributes to Save the Planet's Resources  • CTA Cites GMOs' Implications for Trade, Developing Countries  Africa  • Early Maturing Maize Lines Hold Drought Tolerance that could Save African Farmers  • B4FA Releases Book on Future of Africa and Contribution of Biosciences  • G8 and Private Sector to Invest in Mozambican Agriculture  Americas  • South Dakota State University Developing Drought Tolerant Wheat  • Study Shows Nitrogen Key to Uptake of Other Nutrients in Corn  • Scientists Re-evaluate Nutrient Uptake of Modern Corn  Asia and the Pacific  • Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill Introduced in Parliament  • Workshop on Environmental Safety Assessment in Indonesia  Europe  • UK Chief Scientist says GM Crops' Case Becoming Stronger  • Scientists Find Way to Increase Phosphorus Content in Wheat  Research  • Scientists Identify Proton Pathway in Photosynthesis  Beyond Crop Biotech  • Scientists Study Linkage of Sociability and Hypnotizability  • Cell Signaling Molecule Suggest Main Power Switch  Announcements  • Fourth Congress on Biosafety and Genetic Engineering in Iran  Document Reminders  • Food Biotechnology: A Communicator's Guide to Improving Understanding  • Pocket K 43 on Biotechnology and Climate Change  Biofuels Supplement (April 17, 2013 Issue)  Research and Development  • Scientists Engineer Plant Cell Wall to Improve Sugar Yield for Biofuels • IEA Reports Global Status of Advanced Biofuels Projects • New Technique for Studying Enzymes Aids Biofuels Researchers • Scientists Discover Novel Biomass-Degrading Enzymes from Horse Gut Fungus • New Catalysts Convert Ethanol to Butanol • Researchers Find Chemical Triggers for Oil Production in Microalgae Production and Trade  • Hawaii to Pilot Papaya-to-Biofuels Project • Queensland Opens Algal Biofuel Pilot Plant Policy and Regulation  • USDA to Implement Sugar-for-Ethanol Program • Science Union Asks EPA to Address Food-vs-Fuel Debate Latest Communication Products Pocket K 43 on Biotechnology and Climate Change  Pocket K 43 covers the various contribution of biotech crops in mitigating the effects of climate change. This newest addition to the series also covers a short discussion on climate change and its effects in agriculture as well as biotech crops that are being developed or are in the pipeline that have tolerance to abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought and extreme temperatures. From Monologue to Stakeholder Engagement: The Evolution of Biotech Communication  ISAAA Bried 45-2013 is now available! Download the electronic copy now! Sowing the Seeds of Success: A Decade of Biotech Corn Adoption in the Philippines  This 10-minute video presents an updated story of biotech corn in the Philippines, a decade after its commercialization. It complements the first ISAAA video entitled "Asia's First: The Bt Corn Story in the Philippines". Top Ten Facts about Biotech/GM Crops in 2012  A new overview of biotech crops in 2012. Download PDF:Arabic, English, Portuguese Pocket K on Stacked Traits in Biotech Crops  It answers the following questions on biotech stacks: what is gene stacking, why is there a stack boom in the biotech crop market, and what does the future hold for biotech stacks.