Panama is first to benefit from fund to tackle biopiracy
A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.

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A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.
Nepal plans to expand its household biogas programme, a model for developing countries, into commercial use.
24 January 2012 | EN
The benefits to poor farmers of new crop varieties are hotly debated, but a new study shows they can help reduce poverty.
The new model of sustainable development ― the 'green economy' ― could benefit large firms at the expense of the poor, warns a report.
Thousands of rice varieties are in the pipeline for genome sequencing in a major push for crops able to provide better food security.
Malaysia will soon have the technology to speed up crop breeding and aquaculture by analysing DNA for desirable traits.
16 December 2011 | EN
A US–Nepal project to promote hybrid maize is up in the air following concerns over the potential loss of local maize varieties.
30 November 2011 | EN
The sequencing of the pigeon pea genome will allow researchers to find higher-yielding varieties of the crop in a shorter time.
14 November 2011 | EN
Mexican scientists have modified toxins made by Bt bacteria, making them more effective than native strains at fighting resistant pests.
4 November 2011 | ES
New rice varieties, including those resistant to flooding, are producing higher yields for farmers across South-East Asia, says a report.
25 October 2011 | EN
The Borlaug Institute South Asia promises a new edition of the 'green revolution'.
Banana growers in the Philippines faced with a virulent fungal disease have won backing from scientists to establish a new research centre.
7 October 2011 | EN
Pakistan hopes to stem economic losses from foot and mouth disease with support from US scientists.
4 October 2011 | EN
Taking into account gender differences in adoption of GM crops could positively impact women and their families, says a study.
Crops planted in deforested land near rainforests gain more rain — but at the expense of rainfall within the forest itself, finds a study.
27 September 2011 | EN
Newspaper reports have made the public more tolerant of biotechnology in the Philippines, a study suggests.
16 September 2011 | EN
Angry plant breeders have forced the Thai government to reconsider plans to enforce a law to regulate plant varieties.
12 September 2011 | EN
India's biodiversity authority may prosecute the developers of GM eggplant after claims they illegally used local samples.
25 August 2011 | EN
Fungi can help rice plants tolerate drought, salt and cold weather, a study has found.
26 July 2011 | EN
Six programmes worth more than US$950 million, which will target the poor's access to food and markets, have been conditionally approved.