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   Food Security
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General Discussion and Opinions

"GMOs, Pesticide Use, and Alternatives Lessons from the U.S. Experience", Presented at the Conference on GMOs and Agriculture. by Dr. Charles M. Benbrook, Paris France, June 20, 2003

The Environmental Challenge, Peter H. Raven, Presented at the Natural History Museum, London, 22 May 2003 -- sponsored by Sense about Science

A Global Citizen’s Declaration for Biosafety and Food Security: U.S. and International Citizens Oppose the U.S./WTO Intervention Against European Controls on Genetically Modified Foods, Issued and ratified at the 7th international grassroots gathering on Biodevastation, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, May 16-18, 2003 (www.biodev.org)

2003 Marks the 20th Anniversary of Modern Plant Biotechnology, Council for Biotech Information

The Benefits of Biotech, Regulation, Spring 2003 (Posted on AgBioWorld - April 24, 2003)

Reinvigorating Genetically Modified Crops, by Robert L. Paarlberg, U.S. National Academy of Sciences's 'Issues In Science & Technology', Spring Issue 2003 (Posted on AgBioWorld - April 24, 2003)

Planting A Seed, The Economist, March 27, 2003

Is There Not Room For Breeding, Agroecological Approaches and Biotechnology?, by Larry R. Beach, Posted to FAO News group

'The Science and Politics of Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond' by Presidential address at the meeting "Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond," Orlando Florida, June 23-28, 2002

Much ado about nothing, New Scientist, May 18, 2002

Battling Hunger with Biotechnology, Economic Perspectives (An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State) Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2002

Advanced agricultural biotechnologies and sustainable agriculture - ABSTRACT, Trends in Biotechnology, Volume 20, Issue 5, May 1, 2002, pp. 193-196

Proper Regulation of Unapproved Gmo Crops a Must for U.S. Food Security, PR Newswire, April 18, 2002

GM Food Disasters -- Of Mice and the Royal Society, by Devinder Sharma, February 2002

ASA Study Confirms Environmental Benefits of Biotech Soybeans, American Soybean Association Conservation Tillage Study results, November 12, 2001

Do GM Crops Mean Less Pesticide Use?, VIEWPOINT in "Pesticide Outlook," published by the U.K. Royal Society of Chemistry, October 2001

The genetically engineered pause that refreshes: an interview with Bill Lambrecht, author of "Dinner at the New Gene Café", Salon.com, October 19, 2001

Sowing Technology: Do We Really Want To Pit Agriculture Against Nature?, (expanded version of an article that appeared in Sierra, July/August, 2001), A Publication of The Nature Institute, Volume 123, October 2001

Non-technical abstracts from the Fifth International Conference on the Economics of Biotechnology that took place in Ravello Italy in June, 2001. The Conference was organised by The International Consortium on Agricutltural Biotechnology ( ICABR ) in cooperation with the University of Rome " Tor Vergata ", The Economic Growth Center of the University of Yale, New Haven and the Center of Sustainable Resource Development of the University of California at Berkeley.

No bumper crop of genetically altered plants, Christian Science Monitor, August 30, 2001

Rodney Nelson, Troy Roush, other farmers take their struggle to Indiana lawmakers, CropChoice News, September 9, 2001

Nature Rejects Scientific Debate on UK Farmscale Field Trials Unpublished letter to Nature by Mae-Wan Ho and Angela Ryan, Institute of Science in Society, August 29, 2001

Global GM market starts to wilt. Static profits, tighter laws and consumer health doubts slow growth of disputed technology - except in US. The Guardian (UK), August 28, 2001

From Environmental Protection to Broader Governance Needs: Biotechnology and the Law, World Future Society 2001 by Philip J. Regal, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

The r-DNA debate is too clever by half, The Hindu, June 20, 2001

Playing God In The Shadows, South China Morning Post, July 19, 2001

New Monsanto and GMO Propaganda, Le Monde diplomatique July 2001

Tech's promise, Financial Times, July 11, 2001

Do We Back Away From Biotechnology Now?, University of Illinois Extension Specialist -- June 17, 2001, Rooster.com

The Genetically Modified Crop Debate in the Context of Agricultural Evolution, Plant Physiol. (EDITOR'S CHOICE) 2001 126: 8-15

Polarization Over Biotech Food, Chemical and Engineering News, May 21, 2001

Who benefits from GMO?, Iowa Farmer Today, March 29, 2001

NPR’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly: Conversation on Genetically Modified Foods, Transcript of Tim O’Brien of National Public Radio discussing plant biotechnology with several interested players.

ISIS in US National Academy of Science,Taking Science Seriously in the GM Debate, Delvered by Mae-Wan Ho to the Workshop on Agriculture and the Developing World of the US National Academies Standing Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology, Health, and the Environment, Washington DC, 16 April 2001

Biotech Fearmongers, Washington Post, April 11, 2001

The Risks on the Table, Scientific American, March 20, 2001

Crops of an Uncertain Nature? Controversies and Knowledge Gaps Concerning Genetically Modified Crops, An Inventory. Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen r.12 Aug00 A.J.C. de Visser, E.H. Nijhuis, J.D. van Elsas & T.A. Dueck

Biotechnology is a weapon loaded with future, by Tony Blair, Clarín and La Repubblica

The greener revolution, Editorial, New Scientist, February 3, 2001

The Debate Over Food Biotechnology: Is a Societal Consensus Achievable? Presented at the Symposium on Biotechnology Communications: Fortune or Fiasco? at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), San Francisco February 19, 2001 by Edward Groth III, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Consumers Union of United States, Inc.

Prospects for Value-Enhanced Grains, AgDayta.com News Release, February 9, 2001

Campaigning for organic food and farming and sustainable forestry -- Marker Assisted Plant Breeding, Policy Paper, The Soil Association, UK

Thank you for the genes we eat, New Statesman, January 15, 2001

Embattled Bioengineers Out to Prove They're the Good Guys; Scientific world split on biotech food, San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2001

Is the university-industrial complex out of control?,
Nature Magazine, January 11, 2001

Pope Expresses Opposition to GMOs, Cites Need for 'the Respect of Nature', BNA: No. 221, November 15, 2000

Testing, Finance and Death, Andrew Apel (AgBioView Post), October 2000

Questions We Aren't Asking in Agriculture: Beginning the Journey Toward a New Vision, by Fred Kirschenmann, Shivvers Lecture, Iowa Beta Chapter, Gamma Sigma Delta, Ames Iowa, September 12, 2000

Organic Farming Will Feed the World, The Guardian (London), August 24, 2000

Words To 'Take To Heart', Robert Shapiro, CEO of Monsanto,
Center for the Study of American Business, CEO Series, No. 37, February, 2000

Agronomic Problems With Cotton, June, 2000

GM Foods, Areas of Concern, by Dr. Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign (India)

A Natural Success Story, 1999-2000 Annual Report of the International Rice Research Institute

Super Seeds Sweeping Major Markets, and Brazil May Be Next, New York Times, May 16, 2000

Availability of background papers from ASSESSING THE SAFETY OF GM FOOD, The OECD Edinburgh Conference on the Scientific and Health Aspects of Genetically Modified Foods

National Academy of Sciences(NAS) released a report on April 5, 2000 examining the safety of crops engineered for pest resistance. To obtain a copy of the report,"Genetically Modified Pest Protected Plants: Science and Regulation", go to the online version or click here for Ag BioTech InfoNet coverage of the report.

The precise problem with GM food, The Age, April 14, 2000.

Farmers are turning away from genetically engineered crops, Associated Press/Reuters, March 31, 2000.

A Tale of Two Botanies, Wired, March 2000

Alex Avery and Chuck Benbrook discuss 'Genetic Engineering and Implications with Agriculture with Host, Jeff Ishee on The Valley Farm Forum(PDF version)

Genetic Engineering Does Not Yield Pesticide Reduction, WWF Press Release and Report, March 7, 2000

Beware the Appliance of Science; These Scientists Act as if They Live on Another Planet to the Rest of Us, The Guardian, February 24, 2000

The key to GM is its potential, both for harm and good, statement by British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledging concerns about the safety of GMOs, February 27, 2000.

Blair: GM may be a health risk, The Sunday Independent, London, February 27, 2000

The GM Debate: Science or Scaremongering? , The John Innes Center

Hundreds of Scientists Sign Biotechnology Declaration, International Consumers for Civil Society, PR Newswire, January 24, 2000

Golden Rice and Superbugs, Washington Post, Page A18, Saturday, January 22, 2000.

Science in Response to Basic Human Needs, Science, 287:425, January 21, 2000.

Rocky Outlook for Genetically Engineered Crops, New York Times, December 20, 1999

Biotech Foods: Second Thoughts, Los Angeles Times, December 19, 1999

CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR: GM Foods Under Attack, Science, December 17, 1999.

Genetically modified plants may still need pesticides, New Scientist, December 15, 1999

Applications of Biotechnology to Crops: Benefits and Risks, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Issue Paper #12, December 1999. (PDF 100K)

Genetically Modified Plants: monsters or miracles?, Nina Fedoroff, Pennsylvania State University, November 30, 1999

GM Crops in the Cross Hairs, Science, November 26, 1999

Much food, many problems, Nature, 402:231-232, November 18, 1999.

GM foods can save lives - if we use them sensibly, OpEd, The Independent, November 15, 1999

Fear of Biotechnology: Hysteria or Due Caution?, Science, 286:1089, November 5, 1999.

GM Backlash Leaves U.S. Farmers Wondering How to Sell Their Crops, Nature, 401:107, September 9, 1999

Vertical Integration in Agribusiness, SANET post from Greg & Lei Gunthorp, September 10, 1999

A summary report of the International Conference on Biotechnology in the Global Economy, (pdf 65K) Harvard International Conference on Biotechnology in the Global Economy, September 2-3, 1999 -- can also be viewed at: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidbiotech/homepage.htm

Patenting, Post to SANET (Dick Richardson), September 2, 1999

Biotech Food Raises a Crop of Questions, Washington Post, August 15, 1999

Briefing on GM Crops: Long-term effect of GM crops serves up food for thought -- a series of reports and articles in Nature, Vol. 398, April 22, 1999

Biotechnology on the Ground: What Kind of Future Can Farmers Expect and What Kind Should They Create? , paper presented to the 1999 National Agricultural Biotechnology Council meeting, Lincoln, Nebraska -- June 7, 1999

Bt Technology: Does it Really have to be this Powerful?, Corner Post Farm Commentary, May 21, 1999

Europeans Aren't Hungry for Gene-Altered Food, Arizona Republic, May 19, 1999

How to Price What We Put on Our Plate, New Scientist, February 17, 1999

    Adoption of Transgenics

Adoption of Bioengineered Crops, USDA Report, Released June 28, 2002
This report uses USDA survey data to examine the extent to which US farmers have adopted bioengineered crops, factors affecting adoption of these crops, and the impacts of bioengineered crops on input use and farm-level net returns.
ERS research identifies benefits, costs of GE crops to farmers, Feedstuffs, Issue 35: Volume 74, August 26, 2002

Biotech group finds significant use of GM crops in developing countries, PRNewswire via NewsEdge Corporation, December 13, 2001

Global GM Crop Area Continues to Grow - Likely to Reach 50 Million Hectares, or 125 Million Acres, in 2001, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), October 18, 2001

Thousands of Field Tests of GE Crops Across the U.S., PANUPS, June 16, 2001

Use Of Genetically Modified Seed By U.S. Farmers Increases 18%, Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2001

News from Chile, Transgenic Crops in Chile, Season 2000/2001

Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2000, Executive Summary, ISAAA Board of Directors International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, 2000

World Use Of Genetically Modified Crops Up 11% In 2000, Dow Jones Newswires Prime Sarmiento, December 19, 2000

Report on forecast of GMO crops for the 2000 planting season, From the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's AgLetter of February 2000.

Global Review of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 1999, Executive Summary, No. 12 - 1999 ISAAA, 1999

Global Review of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 1998, The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), October 22, 1999

Global Status of Transgenic Crops in 1997, The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)

Global Review of the Field Testing and Commercialization of Transgenic Plants, 1986 to 1995: The First Decade of Crop Biotechnology, Brief No. 1 - 1996, The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)

    Food Security

A new report by the Food Ethics Council: "Engineering Nutrition: GM Crops for Global Justice?" is highlighted in the linked press release. The full report can be downloaded from the following website link: http://www.foodethicscouncil.org.

World hunger needs a simple solution rather than hi-tech GM food, The Guardian, August 4, 2003

New York Times Op-Ed Focus on Biotechnology and Africa, July 11, 2003
Sowing Seeds of Destruction, by Charles M. Benbrook
The Next Green Revolution, by Norman E. Borlaug
Your Farm Subsidies Are Strangling Us, by Amadou Toumani Touré and Blaise Compaoré
Commentary: GM 'assistance' for Africa; in The Nation, August 4, 2003
Ag BioTech InfoNet information on nutritionally-enhanced Provitamin A Rice

Save the Seeds, The Washington Post, January 3, 2003

Comments to the Zambian Delegates, submitted by Dr. Charles Benbrook, September 13, 2002

Transgenic DNA Discovered in Native Mexican Corn, According to a New Study by UC Berkeley Researchers, University of California - Berkeley press release, November 28, 2001

The needs of the starving masses, Biotech debate (biotechdebate@iatp.org) Posted 11/17/2001

GM crop research slow to reach hungry Third World, Reuters, November 7, 2001

GM maize and potato types are developed, Daily Nation (East Africa), November 1, 2001

Helping to Feed Almost Half the Planet, IRRI Press Release, October 29, 2001

Meetings launch international program to protect food security and conserve biodiversity EurekAlert.org, October 31, 2001

Biotechnology: Exploiting the Poor and Hungry, Transcript of a speech delivered at a National Convention on Biotechnology and hunger, organised by the Andhra Pradesh Coalition in Defence of Diversity, Deccan Development Society and the Centre for World Solidarity, Hyderabad, India; July 2, 2001

Taking the Food Out of Our Mouths, The Washington Post, August 24, 2001

"Genetic Engineering of Food Crops for the Third World: An Appropriate Response to Poverty, Hunger and Lagging Productivity?" Dr. Peter Rossett, Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First), May 28, 2001

Food scientists are hungry for investment, Financial Times, July 27, 2001

Move to Curb Biotech Crops Ignores Poor, U.N. Finds, New York Times, July 8, 2001

The role of science in sustainable agriculture by Boru Douthwaite, Impact and Adoption Specialist, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, June 20, 2001
SIRC (Social Issues Reseach Centre) Editorial

People, Not Technology, Are the Key to Ending Hunger; The debate over biotechnology is a tragic distraction, Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2001

A Global Appeal To Help Distribute 40 Million Tonnes Of Surplus Food In India To 360 Million Hungry Indians, From: Devinder Sharma

To Feed a Growing World Family, Fund Science for Farmers, International Herald Tribune, March 14, 2001

Agricultural Biotechnology and Moral Imperatives, By Willy de Greef, Head Regulatory and Government Affairs, Novartis Seeds, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland (Published in "In Vitro Plant" Vol 36(5), pp309-311)

FAO report reveals GM crops not needed to feed the world, August 2000

'Twixt cup and lip — biotechnology and resource-poor farmers, Nature Biotechnology, Vol 19:2 page 93, February 2001

Infrastructure for Biotechnology?, Posted to AgBioView, by Brad Mitchell, February 9, 2001

An ordinary miracle, New Scientist, February 3, 2001

Critics of Biotechnology Are Called Imperialists, New York Times, February 4, 2001

"Push-pull biocontrol versus Bt corn -- an African example", Biotech and Sus ag/ICIPE project
     For details of how to obtain a video about ICIPE's work

Indian Farmers Judge GM Crops, Based on an article in The Ecologist, Sept-Oct, 2000

Engineering Crops in a Needy World, NPR Broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio, December 26, 2000

Biotechnology and the Poor, Plant Physiology, September 2000, Vol. 124

A matter of life or starvation -- To ignore modern biotechnology as a possible solution to pressing food security challenges would be most unwise, By Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Bangkok Post, November 26, 2000

Executive Director of ISAAA shares a positive vision for biotech in service of mankind -- "Food Biotechnology: Promising Havoc or Hope for the Poor?", Proteus - a journal of new Ideas; (2000) 17:38.

Biotechnology’s Greatest Challenge, Can the great potentials of biotechnology be directed towards ensuring food security and economic development in the developing world?, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Manuscript No. 00-17

Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture, Report prepared under the auspices of the Royal Society of London, the USA National Academy of Sciences, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Third World Academy of Sciences
Remarks on "Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture" by Dr. Charles M. Benbrook, July 13, 2000
Remarks on "Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture" by Saliem Fakir, Head of the World Conservation Union Country Office in South Africa, FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture

"ISAAA in Asia -- Promoting Corporate Profit in the Name of the Poor," an October, 2000 critique of this organization's agenda and activities, and intended and actual beneficiaries, by GRAIN.

Entry of GMO BB-Rice Stirs Hornet's Nest, The Philippine Post, October 2000

Ten reasons why GE technology cannot ensure food security, protect the environment and reduce Third World poverty, Miguel Altieri & Peter Rosset, in Third World Resurgence magazine, issue No.118/119

The potential of agroecology to combat hunger in the developing world, Miguel Altieri, Peter Rosset & Lori Ann Thrupp, in Third World Resurgence magazine, issue No.118/119

FAO's Annual Report on the State of Food and Agriculture: Despite the Progress, 13 Percent of Humanity Still Suffers From Hunger and Related Disease, Paris, September 15, 2000

Declaration of Hamburg, International Crop Science Congress August 17 -23, 2000

Divided over a diet for the poor: SCIENCE MALNUTRITION, Financial Times (London), September 8, 2000

Angry Thai Farmers Say Ban GM Rice, from Mrs Y. Royals , (ISIS Co-ordinator), September 2000

Enormous Impact of Rice Breeding Efforts Recognized News about Rice and People, 07 August, 2000

The "Political Economy" of Agricultural Biotechnology for the Developing World, by Klaus M. Leisinger, Novartis Research Foundation, Distributed August 3, 2000 by AgBioView list.

India's New Farm Policy: Seving the American Interest, by Devinder Sharma, July 2000

Biotechnology in the Battle Against Poverty and Hunger: Roger Beachy Testimony to U.S. Senate, July 12, 2000

Biotechnology: Not the Answer To Hunger, By Devinder Sharma, The Hindu Business Line, New Delhi/Chennai/Mumbai/Bangalore, July, 2000

Green Revolution turns sour, New Scientist, July 8, 2000

A review of World Hunger: Twelve Myths , Z Magazine, March, 2000

Can Biology End World Hunger?, LA Weekly, July 7-13, 2000

When Malthus Meets Mendel, Foreign Policy, Reference No. 3622, The Biotechnology Knowledge Centre, June 29, 2000

Sustainable Agriculture in the New Millennium -- The Impact of Biotechnology on Developing Countries, The Contribution to Concluding Comments from Dr Adrian C Dubock, Zeneca Plant Science, FoE Organised Meeting: Brussels, May 28-31 2000

Hungry for Biotech, Technology Review (MIT Press), July/August 2000

Bio-foods are perfectly safe, non-polluting and our best bet for ending global hunger, Knight Ridder/Tribune, June 10, 2000

Metabolically Modified Rice Exhibits Superior Photosynthesis and and Yield, Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) News Report, May 2000

Slow Progress Towards Sustainable Agriculture Since RIO, FAO Warns, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Reference No.: 3221, April 24, 2000

Hi-tech crops are bad for the brain, Independent, April 23, 2000

"Highlights of FAO Electronic Conference on Biotech and Food Security"

Promise And Pitfalls Of Using Genetically Modified Crops In Developing Countries, National Public Radio Talk Of The Nation/Science Friday from Friday April 14, 2000; Ira Flatow hosts a debate between Dr. Peter Rosset, Executive Director, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy (IFDP) and Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Listen to the show on RealAudio at: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/totn/20000414.totn.rmm

Agbiotech and world food security — threat or boon?, Nature Biotechnology, 18(4):361, April 2000.

Biotech Will Not Feed the World, The San Fransisco Chronicle, Thursday, March 30, 2000.

Steve Smith of Novartis talks about biotech and food security, Tittleshall Village Hall, Norfolk, March 29, 2000, Norfolk Genetic Information Network (NGIN).

Lessons from the Green Revolution -- Do We Need New Technology to End Hunger?, by Peter Rosset, Joseph Collins, and Frances Moore Lappé, Tikkun Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 52-56, March/April 2000

Joint letter to Channel Four Television and the Times newspaper, UK: In protest to documentary, (Equinox, 19th March 2000) and article (GM Foods and the Luxury of Choice, 21st March 2000), using Southern scientists to make Europeans feel guilty for not supporting genetic engineering, Dr. Tewolde Gebre Egziaber, March 2000.

President of Rockefeller Foundation, Gordon Conway's interview with Fortune Magazine, February 21, 2000

Are GMOs essential for effective sustainable agriculture in a hungry world?, Mark Griffiths, Environmental Spokesman of the Natural Law Party (UK), January 12, 2000.

Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture: Developing Country Perspectives, Center for International Development at Harvard University, February 2000

Feeding the world in the twenty-first century, Nature, 2 December 1999, Nature 402:C55.

Rice Expert Says Asia Still Risks Famine, Press Release, IRRI, December 1999

Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor, report of CGIAR meeting at the World Bank in October 1999.

The Ethical Challenges of Green Biotechnology for Developing Countries, Klaus M. Leisinger, October 21, 1999 (PDF 50K)

Developing Countries Look for Guidance in GM Crops Debate, Nature 401, 831 - 832, October 28, 1999

Collaborations Essential for Food in the Developing World, Nature 401, 829, (Opinion); Editorial, October 28, 1999

Biotech and the Poor, Washington Post, October, 17, 1999

Harness the Gene Revolution to Help Feed the World, International Herald Tribune, October 23, 1999

Clear-Cutting the Last Wilderness: Compromising the genomes of our major crops, by Wes Jackson, Published in The Land Report, Number 65, Fall 1999, a publication of The Land Institute.

Ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment and reduce poverty in the developing world, Miguel Altieri and Peter Rosset (PDF 23K)

Eco-activists to the poor - "Let them eat cake", Asian WSJ, March 9, 1999

Why Genetically Altered Food Won't Conquer Hunger, New York Times, September 1, 1999

Biotechnology and Food Security in the 21st Century, Science, July 16, 1999

Monsanto Sees Asia Warm to Bio-Crops for Food Security, Dow Jones Wire, June 30, 1999

President of the Rockefeller Foundation, Gordon Conway's address to Monsanto Board of Directors, June 24, 1999

Rockefeller Foundation Asks Monsanto To Drop Gene, DJ Wire Service, June 24, 1999.
President of Rockefeller Foundation, Gordon Conway's interview with Fortune Magazine, February 21, 2000

Sold on Hi-Tech Farming, Bangkok Post, June 9, 1999

The greening of the green revolution, Nature. 396: 211-212, November 19, 1998. (PDF 231 K)

Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses, Nature, 396: 262-265, November 19, 1998. (PDF 239 K)
Green revolution still too green, Nature, 398: 556, Letter in response to study on legume cropping systems, Nature, 398: 556, April 15, 1999.
Reaping the benefits of cropping experiments, Nature, 399: 14, May 6, 1999.

Food Production, Population Growth, and the Environment, Science, 281:1291-1292, August 28, 1998.

    Farmer Cost and Returns

Bioengineering saves farmers money; High-tech agriculture could raise profits in U.S. by $1 billion, report says, The San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 2002

The Economics of Bt Cotton, by Suman Sahai, posted on AgBioIndia Mailing List, June 19, 2002

EU Suppresses Study Showing Geneticfally Engineered Crops Add High Costs for All Farmers and Threaten Organic, Greenpeace, May 16, 2002

Elevators fear segregation standstill, The Western Producer, March 14, 2002

U.S. farmers look sold on gene-altered crops, Reuters, March 4, 2002
GMO Crop Economics, presentation at an American Seed Trade Association meeting by Mike Duffy, Iowa State University

New company's delegates wary of GM crops, The Western Producer, November 15, 2001

Money matters to U.S. farmers as they embrace GMOs, Reuters, November 6, 2001

Genetically Unmodified Corn Gains Share of Value-Enhanced Market, AgJournal, October 10, 2001

Wisconsin Farmers Give GM Crops Mixed Reviews Rooster News Network, August 29, 2001

Borlaug: Will farmers be permitted to use biotechnology?, Knight Ridder/Tribune, June 14, 2001

Monsanto sues Nelson farm: A North Dakota family's frustrations with genetically engineered soybeans, Farm News from Cropchoice.com, May 16, 2001

Nebraska organic farmer bears costs of GM testing, Farm News from Cropchoice.com, April 11, 2001

GMO Issues Facing Indiana Farmers in 2001, Corny News Network, Purdue University, March 2001

Purdue professors downplay importance of transgenics to Indiana farmers, CropChoice News, March 13, 2001

Impacts of adopting genetically engineered crops in the United States, Economic Service Research Report, ERS, March 7, 2001

Biotech crops, energy prices top farmers' concerns this year, News Release, Associated Press Leased Line via NewsEdge Corporation, March 6, 2001

Farmers Unclear About Biotech Rules, Associated Press, January 31, 2001

Monsanto Contracts: To Sign or Not to Sign, Mississippi Farmer, a Farm Progress publication, December 1, 2000

Study: Larger Farmers Benefit More From GM Crops, Agweb.com, January 2, 2001

Farmers warned to be careful what type of corn they plant next season, The Associated Press, November 20, 2000

Proposed guidelines for pre-commercial evaluation of transgenic and conventional cotton cultivars. (Abstract) 2000 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, USA, 4-8 January, 2000: Volume 1. p.503-507

Executive Summary of findings in Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Research Report No. 243 -- "New Zealand Farmer and Grower Intentions to Use Genetic Engineering Technology and Organic Production Methods" by Andrew Cook, John Fairweather and Hugh Campbell
New Research Shows New Zealand Farmers Clearly Favour Organic Over GM, Press Release, September 11, 2000

Do GMOs Pay?, Progressive Farmer, August 2000

Economic Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops on the Agri-Food Sector: A SYNTHESIS

Corn Growers Assert That Increased Corn Yields Is the Wrong Reason To Plant Genetically Modified Corn, American Corn Growers Association, July, 2000

Information on Prices of Genetically Modified Seeds in the United States and Argentina, GAO Testimony before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, June 29, 2000

Biotech Crops Still Popular, Philip Brasher, AP Farm Writer, June 30, 2000

Corn Growers Commission New National Survey on Genetically Modified Crops, PR Newswire, June 23 2000

Poverty and Globilisation, a BBC Reith lectures, delivered by Vananda Shiva to an invited audience in New Delhi

Survival kits: How farming is reinventing itself. The Economist, U.S. Edition, March 25, 2000.

A not-so-perfect market: Trade barriers of many kinds are making agriculture less efficient than it could be, The Economist, U.S. Edition, March 25, 2000.

General Accounting Office (GAO) report shows that U.S. farmers pay more for Monsanto's RR soybean seed than their Argentine competitors, February 2000. (PDF file)
Soy growers blast Monsanto for seed price gap vs Argentina, Dow Jones, February 24, 2000.
US soybean farmers seek $300m-$600m refund from Monsanto, Chemical News and Intelligence, February 25, 2000

Corn Growers Complete Survey on Farmer Planting Intentions for Upcoming Growing Season, News Release from the American Corn Growers Association, February 21, 2000

Genetically Altered Crops - Will We Answer The Questions?, Presentation by Dan McGuire, American Corn Growers Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4, 2000

Purdue Corn Specialist Talks Turkey on Transgenics, AgAnswers, February 9, 2000

Engineered crops face barren season, Chicago Tribune, January 22, 2000

Iowa farmers worry about non-GM seed availability, Associated Press, January 19, 2000

Are GMOs essential for effective sustainable agriculture in a hungry world?, Mark Griffiths, Environmental Spokesman of the Natural Law Party (UK), January 12, 2000.

The economics of Bt corn: Adoption implications, Purdue University Agricultural Communication Online, ID-219:1-15, 1999. (PDF 62 K)

Crops without profit: Britain is paying an extraordinary price for its agriculture, New Scientist, December 18, 1999.

Farmers Stick with BioTech Crops, New York Times (AP), December 4, 1999

Family Farmers Warn: If Your Next Crop is GMO, It May Be Your Last, PR Newswire, November 23, 1999

Midwest Farmers Lose Faith They Had in Biotech Crops, Wall Street Journal, November 19, 1999

Corn Growers Believe Future for GMO Crops Remain Uncertain. News Release from American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), October 21, 1999

Organic Growers Join with ARS to Retain Crop Diversity, USDA - ARS News Service, October 20, 1999

Ten Reasons why farmers should think twice before growing GE crops, E. Ann Clark (PDF 51K)

US Farmers Paid Premiums for Non-GMOs, Genetic Market Intelligence, September 1999

Farmers' Declaration on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture, National Family Farm Coalition, October, 1999

Look at Bt Benefits with an Open Mind, Des Moines Register, September 14, 1999

Biotech firms seek to calm farmers, St Louis Post Dispatch, September 26, 1999

Food War Claims Its Casualties; High-Tech Crop Fight Victimizes Farmers, Washington Post, September 12, 1999

U.S. grain merchants paying up for non-GMO crops, Reuters Business Report, September 7, 1999

A Poll in Progressive Farmer magazine asks: "What effect do you think recent consolidation in agribusiness (example: the Cargill/Continental merger) will have on your operation?" July 1999

World Food System Challenges and Opportunities: GMOs, Biodiversity, and Lessons from America's Heartland, University of Illinois World Food and Sustainable Agriculture Program, January 27, 1999

Seed Firm Works to Tailor Crops to Users, Journal of Commerce Staff, February 6, 1998

Monitoring Potential Adverse Impacts

Protect Corn Crop Value by Protecting Crop Identity, Purdue University, May 9, 2000

Pockets of resistance, new Scientist, April 15, 2000

Extensive discussion on monitoring resistance to Bt-transgenics in the section 'Managing Resistance'

Liability and Risk Sharing

National Research Council Report Raises GMO Liability Concerns For Farmers Corn Growers Want Biotechs Held Liable for Pollen Drift from Pharmaceutical Corn, News Release from American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), May 9, 2002

Litigation in the Wind, ISB News Report, April 2002

Genetic Engineering and Liability Insurance: The Power of Public Perception , Swiss Re Life and Health Publication, 2000.

Corn Growers Believe Elevator Actions will Reinforce Farmer Decisions to Seek Alternatives to GMOs, Press Release, ACGA, December 14, 1999

Corn Growers Work With Congress To Develop a Universal Certificate for Non-GMO Crops, News Release from The American Corn Growers Association, September 28, 1999

Life Science Groups Face Lawsuits, Financial Times (London), September 13, 1999

Regulatory Costs and Compliance

Study reveals hidden costs in IP supply chain, the Economics & Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC), University of Missouri-Columbia

Quantitation of genetically modified organisms in food, Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 17, November 1999

Marketing

Crop regulators debate market acceptance, The Western Producer, March 14, 2002

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Production of Transgenic Crops, Iowa State University, April 14, 2000

Rice industry to set apart altered crop, Sacramento Bee, February 5, 2000

Safe Seed Pledge, Safe Seed Initiative

Grain Quality Issues Related to Genetically Modified Crops, Purdue Pest and Crop Newsletter, No. 25, September 24, 1999

GM Free Food Chain Hits Problems in US, posted by Natural Law Party Wessex, October 7, 1999

Handling GMO Grain During & After Harvest, ICN Conference, Iowa State University Extension, September 15, 1999

Evolution of the demand for non-GMO corn and soybeans, Robert Wisner (pdf 41K)
Soundbytes from the Iowa State University Extension Market News broadcasts (on GMO issues)
Genetically Modified Crops: Guidelines for Producers, by Neil E. Harl (pdf 42K)
Proposed Uniform Certification Form (pdf 15K)
Proposed Purchaser Certification Statement Form (pdf 4K)
Testing and Handling Procedures for Segregation of Non-GMO Grain, PowerPoint Slide Show, Charles Hurburgh, Jr.

Ontario Corn Industry To Meet Needs of Customers for Biotechnology-Modified Corn, Agnet, May 19, 1999 -- 1999 Ontario Corn Producers' Association

Public Relations (PR) Campaigns and Impacts

Environment in a spin, The Guardian, May 16, 2002

Corporations are inventing people to rubbish their opponents on the internet, The Guardian, May 14, 2002

Seeds of Dissent The Big Issue, No 484, 15-21 April 2002

Amazing Disgrace The Ecologist, Vol 32 No 4, May 2002

Prakash Admits Agbioworld Bastard Child of "well-funded front for corporations", Norfolk Genetic Engineering Network - NGIN, 6 March 2002

Welcome to the Spin Machine, by Michael Manville, Freezerbox.com, April 5, 2001
e-mail exchange which occured between the editors of freezerbox.com and PR firm representing the Council for Biotechnology Information (CBI) prior to the publication of 'Welcome to the Spin Machine'.

Comments from Professional Communications Specialist, Jamie Bishop, Vice President/Bader Rutter & Associates, on biotech issues

Foundation E.A.R.T.H. drives first farmer-based campaign dedicated to advancement of biotechnology, Press Release, April 12, 2000.

Biotechnology companies ready to launch joint advertisement campaign, Bridge News, March 31, 2000.

Biotech industry uses antiquated weapons to battle adversaries (or, how to miss the mark with a $50-million communications campaign), ePublic Relations, March 2000.

Insiders View of the BIODEV 2000 Conference, Alissa Ferranto worked the hotel lobby during the conference and came away with some very interesting insights on the corporate world of biotechnology and its priorities. Her email includes a listing of the topics covered at the conference, March 2000.

Food Fight: Industry Response: Ag Biotech Moves to Mollify Its Critics, Science, November 26, 1999

Monsanto Faces Its Many Options, St. Louis Dispatch, November 14, 1999.

PR Watch special issue on biotechnology, Vol. 6(4), Fall 1999.

Less Spin, More Science -- an editorial in The Sunday Independent (London), May 23, 1999

Surviving Monsanto: Emerging Industry PR Strategies, Monsanto Monitor, January 1999

Other Impacts and Analyses

3 Effects of GMOS on Organic Farms, Post to Biotech-Activists List, September 7, 1999

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