The effect of high temperature on the insecticidal properties of Bt Cotton by Dehua Chen, Guoyou Ye, Changqin Yang, Yuan Chen, Yunkang Wu - Environmental and Experimental Botany 53 (2005) 333-342 | 12 Sep 2005 Investigates whether high-temperatures may be a cause of Bt cotton's problems with resistance to bollworm in China. Investigates whether high-temperatures may be a cause of Bt cotton's problems with resistance to bollworm in China.
Temporal and intra-plant variability of Cry1Ac expression in Bt-cotton and its influence on the survival of the cotton bollworm by K. R. Kranthi* et al., Current Science, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 2005 | 2 Sep 2005 Study by India's Central Institute for Cotton Research demonstrating inability of Bt cotton hybrids to withstand attack from cotton bollworm. Study by India's Central Institute for Cotton Research demonstrating inability of Bt cotton hybrids to withstand attack from cotton bollworm.
Is there a role for Bt cotton in IPM for smallholders in Africa by R.J. Hillocks, International Journal of Pest Management 51(2): 131-141. | 1 Sep 2005
The Limits of Cotton: White Gold Shows its Dark Side in Benin by Leif Brottem, FPIF Policy Report | 1 Sep 2005
July 2005 by GRAIN | 30 Jul 2005 Seedling - July 2005 SPECIAL SEED LAW SEEDLING! This Seedling takes us through a number of experiences and brutal shifts going on with seed laws in different parts of the world today, in the hope of raising further debate and new ideas about how we can support truly autonomous and farmer-controlled seed supply systems. SPECIAL SEED LAW SEEDLING! This Seedling takes us through a number of experiences and brutal shifts going on with seed laws in different parts of the world today, in the hope of raising further debate and new ideas about how we can support truly autonomous and farmer-controlled seed supply systems.
Seed laws: imposing agricultural apartheid by GRAIN | 29 Jul 2005 Seedling - July 2005 Back in the 1960s "seed laws" referred to rules governing the commercialisation of seeds: what materials could be sold on the market under what conditions. Agencies like the FAO and the World Bank played a very strong role in getting developing countries to adopt these seed laws, the main idea, officially speaking, was to ensure that only "good quality" planting materials reach farmers in order to raise productivity and therefore feed growing populations. However, the marketing rules, that the FAO and the World Bank effectively pushed, came from Europe and North America, the very place where the seed industry is in place. And the seed industry produces seeds by specialised professionals and no longer on the farm by farmers themselves. If we look at them today, seed laws are all about repression. They're about what farmers can't do. Back in the 1960s "seed laws" referred to rules governing the commercialisation of seeds: what materials could be sold on the market under what conditions. Agencies like the FAO and the World Bank played a very strong role in getting developing countries to adopt these seed laws, the main idea, officially speaking, was to ensure that only "good quality" planting materials reach farmers in order to raise productivity and therefore feed growing populations. However, the marketing rules, that the FAO and the World Bank effectively pushed, came from Europe and North America, the very place where the seed industry is in place. And the seed industry produces seeds by specialised professionals and no longer on the farm by farmers themselves. If we look at them today, seed laws are all about repression. They're about what farmers can't do.
Seed laws: biases and bottlenecks by Niels Louwaars | 26 Jul 2005 Seedling - July 2005 Most countries of the world have some kind of seed law or seed regulatory system in place. In the countries of the South, they are largely patterned after the US or European models. Niels Louwaars, a Dutch researcher with the Centre for Genetic Resources in the Netherlands, has been studying and analysing seed laws in developing countries since 1992. He gives some background on how these systems work and highlights a few key issues related to diversity and small farmers' needs. Most countries of the world have some kind of seed law or seed regulatory system in place. In the countries of the South, they are largely patterned after the US or European models. Niels Louwaars, a Dutch researcher with the Centre for Genetic Resources in the Netherlands, has been studying and analysing seed laws in developing countries since 1992. He gives some background on how these systems work and highlights a few key issues related to diversity and small farmers' needs.
Seed laws in Europe: locking farmers out by Guy Kastler | 22 Jul 2005 Seedling - July 2005 In Europe, the commercial seed supply system is highly organised and controlled. European law on seed marketing has evolved over the years to ensure that only uniform seeds for industrial farming can be sold on the market, condemning farmers ' seeds and traditional varieties to the black market if not complete illegality. Together with strong intellectual property rules and the production of hybrids, European seed laws lock farmers out of the seed system. This article is an extract from a longer work by Guy Kastler. Kastler is a French farmer involved with the Réseau Semences Paysannes, the Confédération Paysanne and Nature et Progrès. The article focuses on France which has taken the strictest approach to implementing seed laws in Europe, and perhaps the world. In Europe, the commercial seed supply system is highly organised and controlled. European law on seed marketing has evolved over the years to ensure that only uniform seeds for industrial farming can be sold on the market, condemning farmers ' seeds and traditional varieties to the black market if not complete illegality. Together with strong intellectual property rules and the production of hybrids, European seed laws lock farmers out of the seed system. This article is an extract from a longer work by Guy Kastler. Kastler is a French farmer involved with the Réseau Semences Paysannes, the Confédération Paysanne and Nature et Progrès. The article focuses on France which has taken the strictest approach to implementing seed laws in Europe, and perhaps the world.
Collective rights over farmers' seeds in Italy by GRAIN | 18 Jul 2005 Seedling - July 2005 In Italy, eight of the 18 administrative regions have adopted their own laws on local genetic resources since 1997. They generally aim to protect and promote traditional plant varieties and animal breeds in local farming systems as a heritage of the region. Since 2000, when the regional law of Latium was adopted, they also establish collective rights over the local genetic heritage. Below is an extract from an interview with Antonio Onorati, President of the Italian development NGO Crocevia, who has been very much involved in this movement. This segment focuses on the experience with collective rights in Italy and strategy ideas for protecting farmers ' seeds in Europe. The full interview can be accessed on the web at http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=336 In Italy, eight of the 18 administrative regions have adopted their own laws on local genetic resources since 1997. They generally aim to protect and promote traditional plant varieties and animal breeds in local farming systems as a heritage of the region. Since 2000, when the regional law of Latium was adopted, they also establish collective rights over the local genetic heritage. Below is an extract from an interview with Antonio Onorati, President of the Italian development NGO Crocevia, who has been very much involved in this movement. This segment focuses on the experience with collective rights in Italy and strategy ideas for protecting farmers ' seeds in Europe. The full interview can be accessed on the web at http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=336
Protecting and promoting farmers' seeds in Europe: Italy's experience with regional laws by GRAIN | 15 Jul 2005 Seedling - July 2005 An interview with Antonio Onorati In Italy, eight of the 18 administrative regions have adopted their own laws on local genetic resources since 1997. They generally aim to protect and promote traditional plant varieties and animal breeds in local farming systems as a heritage of the region. Since 2000, when the regional law of Latium was adopted, they also establish collective rights over the local genetic heritage. Below is an extract from an interview with Antonio Onorati, President of the Italian development NGO Crocevia, who has been very much involved in this movement. An interview with Antonio Onorati In Italy, eight of the 18 administrative regions have adopted their own laws on local genetic resources since 1997. They generally aim to protect and promote traditional plant varieties and animal breeds in local farming systems as a heritage of the region. Since 2000, when the regional law of Latium was adopted, they also establish collective rights over the local genetic heritage. Below is an extract from an interview with Antonio Onorati, President of the Italian development NGO Crocevia, who has been very much involved in this movement.