DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: ‘Protato’ Leaves Bad Taste in Critics’ Mouth

India's plans to develop an indigenously developed, genetically modified (GM) potato are a distorted way of addressing the needs of the poor and hungry in India, environmentalists and food security experts here say.

DEVELOPMENT: EU Under Pressure over GM Crops

Prominent African writer and activist James Shikwati made a strong appeal at a forum in Brussels this week for introduction of genetically modified crops to feed the hungry.

CANADA: Greenpeace, Farmers Shut Down GE Wheat Research Centre

Greenpeace activists joined with farmers to shut down a Canadian government research centre in the province of Manitoba on Thursday to protest open-air trials of genetically engineered (GE) wheat.

PHILIPPINES: Harvest of GM Corn Reaps Fears of Contamination

As genetically modified corn began to be harvested for the first time this month, the focus of the Philippines' debate on biotechnology crops is shifting to fears that the commercial planting of this corn variety may lead to the contamination of other agricultural produce.

HEALTH-ROMANIA: Worries Rise over GM Crops

Romanian groups have started to warn consumers of health dangers as evidence emerges of growing cultivation of genetically engineered crops.

DEVELOPMENT: Iraq Rift May Harm Africa at G8 Summit

As G8 leaders prepare to meet next Sunday in Evian-les-Bains in the French Alps, the fall-out of the diplomatic rift over Iraq is threatening to push Africa to the fringes.

TRADE: U.S. WTO Dispute Could Bend Poor Nations to GMOs – Groups

The U.S. decision to confront a European Union (EU) de facto ban on genetically modified (GM) food might knock down the world's main resistance to the controversial process and scare developing countries into opening their doors to GM crops, say analysts here.

TRADE: EU Defies U.S. in Row over Genetically Modified Foods

The European Commission has condemned the U.S. decision to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation against the European Union's de facto ban on genetically modified foods.