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CIAO DATE: 11/03
Volume 8, Number 3, September 2003
Agricultural Biotechnology (Download the complete issue in PDF format, 43 pages, 260.1 kbs)
Welcome (PDF, 1 page, 35.1 kbs)
Focus Articles
Trade and Development Dimensions of U.S. International Biotechnology Policy (PDF, 2 pages, 46.1 kbs), by Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs
Agricultural Biotechnology and the Developing World (PDF, 3 pages, 47.4 kbs), by J. B. Penn, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Understanding Biotechnology in Agriculture (PDF, 4 pages, 49.5 kbs), by Lester M. Crawford, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
A Green Famine in Africa? (PDF, 2 pages, 45.5 kbs), by Ambassador Tony P. Hall, U.S. Mission to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (PDF, 3 pages, 47.3 kbs), by U.S. Department of State, July 2003
Commentary
The Role of Agricultural Biotechnology in World Food Aid (PDF, 3 pages, 50.7 kbs), by Bruce Chassy, Professor and Executive Associate Director of the Biotechnology Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Role of Plant Biotechnology in the World's Food Systems (PDF, 3 pages, 51 kbs), by A. M. Shelton, Professor of Entomology, Cornell University/New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Improving Animal Agriculture Through Biotechnology (PDF, 3 pages, 47.7 kbs), by Terry D. Etherton, Distinguished Professor of Animal Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University
Biotechnology in the Blobal Communication Ecology (PDF, 3 pages, 50.5 kbs), by Calestous Juma, Professor and Director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Resources
Press Release: U.S. Request for a WTO Dispute Panel Regarding the EU Biotech Moratorium (PDF, 2 pages, 46 kbs)
Plant Biotechnology Timeline (PDF, 2 pages, 43.1 kbs)
Glossary of Biotechnology Terms (PDF, 3 pages, 47.6 kbs)
Addintional Readings on Biotechnology (PDF, 2 pages, 44.7 kbs)
Key Internet Sites (PDF, 2 pages, 35.9 kbs)