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White House FACT SHEET: Harnessing Innovation for Global Development GISuser.com (press release) We're expanding scientific collaboration with other countries and investing in game-changing science and technology to help spark historic leaps in development.” – President Obama, September 2010 President Obama's Global Development Policy, ... and more »

Triple Pundit

Monsanto Fails UCS Test for Sustainable Agriculture Triple Pundit Monsanto's RoundupReady and Bt technologies lead to resistant weeds and insects that can make farming more difficult and reduce sustainability. As I discussed in a post last week, this is an inevitable result of this kind of biological tampering. 2. and more »

USA TODAY

Are Biotech Crops Winning Over Farmers? Sustainable Business Forum In his 2012 annual letter from the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, who has a near-religious faith in technology and innovation, argues that an “extremely important revolution” in plant science, ie, genetically-engineered crops, can help farmers in poor ... Annual ISAAA 'State of Play' report a fudgeFarming UK all 25 news articles »

The (Plant) Doctor is In USDA.gov (press release) (blog) ... Department of Agriculture's research and genetic information accessible to “plant doctors” working to prevent disease and pests in developing countries at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

New Haven Register

How to Be Your Own Exterminator New Haven Register They can still spread disease if allowed to roam free, and even if they don't get you sick it's still unnerving to have a pest problem. No one wants to find mouse droppings in the cupboard or see roaches scatter every time they turn on the lights. and more »