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  Survey says farmers feel GMOs are unsafe
Monsanto may ditch GM corn investment
SCIENTISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER MONSANTO’S GM MAIZE MON863
 

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  Open info "Patent on Kaw Kreu" Thai Herbs
Jasmine Rice for U.S. Farmers
The Support Statement from International Organizations
 

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  Free or even fair ?
CP to supply 10 million more saplings above contract
THE GREEN REVOLUTION AND THE GENE REVOLUTION
 

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  PLANT VARIETIES PROTECTION ACT, B.E. 2542(1999)
 

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Free or even fair ?
          As the 4th round of Thailand-US free-trade negotiations start today in Montana, a key issue will be the shape of any future intellectual-property regime. The survival of Thai jasmine rice, and the people who grow it, may very well depend on whatever system is finally agreed upon
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Open info "Patent on Kaw Kreu" Thai Herbs
          The object of the invention is to provide a new external preparation for skin having high melanine formation inhibition and also anti-aging effect, and desired drug effect can be obtained without degradation in a pharmaceutical preparation. The external preparation for skin includes the extract of Pueraria mirifica in conbination with an active ingredient selected from the group consisting of a whitening agent, an anti-oxidant, an anti-inflammation agent, an ultraviolet-ray shielding ingredient, a cell activation agent and humectant.
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Survey says farmers feel GMOs are unsafe
          Consumers and farmers are not confident of farming involving genetically modified organisms (GMOs) due to their lack of access to scientific information about the advantages and disadvantages of such farming, a new study has found.
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Monsanto may ditch GM corn investment
          Phitsanulok _ Agribusiness giant Monsanto, a leading developer of genetically modified (GM) crops, has threatened to scrap its plans to invest in GM corn production in Thailand unless the government lifts its ban on open field trials and the commercialisation of transgenic crops.
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SCIENTISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER MONSANTO’S GM MAIZE MON863
          On Friday, 24 June, EU environment ministers will vote on whether to place MON863 on the EU market, as well as on national bans imposed by five member states against the use and cultivation of GMOs.
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Scary Genetically Modified Trees
          Pulp and paper corporations are interested in Campbell's research into GM trees because they believe it might help them increase their profits, not because they think it might improve the lives of local communities. Communities from India to Cambodia to Thailand to Indonesia to Brazil to
Chile to Uruguay to South Africa are protesting the impact these companies are having on their lands and livelihoods.
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The TRIPS review at a turning point?
          Will there finally be some adjustments to the TRIPS life patenting regime as a result of the Cancun trade summit? After more than four years of stalemate between developed and developing countries, there are signs of movement. One comes from discussions at the World Trade Organisation about whether patent applicants have to disclose – make public – where they got genetic materials or leads on inventions involving traditional knowledge. The other comes from a parallel debate about whether and how the patent system recognises traditional knowledge in its own right. The Africa Group at WTO has added a new dimension to the debate by tabling a proposal to put traditional knowledge formally under TRIPS rules.
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News Update !!
 

  • Rice prices to remain volatile
    On..9 May 2008
  • Oil palm growers block road
    On..9 May 2008
  • Commerce minister warns rice mills not to exploit farmers
    On..9 May 2008
  • Thai Commerce minister warns against rice price distortion
    On..9 May 2008
  • Holland urges Thailand to maintain its rice exports
    On..8 May 2008
  • Thailand to sell 500,000 tonnes of rice to Malaysia
    On..8 May 2008
  • Rice associations promise to buy rice from farmers, need borrowings
    On..8 May 2008
  • Rice prices said to be easing as purchasing slows down
    On..7 May 2008
  • Rice prices said to be easing as purchasing slows down
    On..7 May 2008
  • Rice contract volume rises with speculators moving in
    On..7 May 2008
  • Rice contract volume rises with speculators moving in
    On..7 May 2008
  • Rice prices not likely to dip despite recent decline
    On..7 May 2008
  • Rice prices not likely to dip despite recent decline
    On..7 May 2008
  • Keep focus on farmers
    On..7 May 2008
  • Keep focus on farmers
    On..7 May 2008
  • Food exports likely to grow at least 10% this year
    On..7 May 2008
  • Food exports likely to grow at least 10% this year
    On..7 May 2008
  • Farmers to get cheap land for rice
    On..6 May 2008
  • Rice sellers aim for new markets
    On..6 May 2008
  • Agribusiness stocks soaring
    On..6 May 2008
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