﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>CropLife International</title><link>http://www.croplife.org</link><description /><copyright /><item><title>Plant Science Innovators Honoured on World Intellectual Property Day</title><description><![CDATA[In recognition of World Intellectual Property (IP) Day today, the plant science industry celebrates innovation fostered through IP to help meet agricultural challenges. Advances in agricultural technologies can increase food production for a rapidly growing world population while protecting the environment.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3576</link><pubDate>2012-04-25T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Farmers Share Their Stories of the Benefits of Plant Science Innovations</title><description><![CDATA[To celebrate Earth Day 2012, CropLife International is releasing 34 video profiles of farmers from around the world sharing their stories of how advances in plant biotechnology and crop protection products have made them more profitable and improved their livelihoods, as well as enabled the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices.  The videos showcase smallholder and large-scale farmers from 11 different countries, harvesting a variety of crops]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3573</link><pubDate>2012-04-22T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Plant Science Innovations are Helping to Conserve Global Water Supplies</title><description><![CDATA[Today, agriculture accounts for 70% of global withdrawn fresh water usage, and by 2030 it’s estimated that nearly half the world’s population will be living under severe water stress. It is clear just how important it is for agriculture to use water wisely. Working together with plant scientists, farmers have embraced this challenge by adopting new technologies and techniques that conserve water. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3558</link><pubDate>2012-04-15T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Small Holder Farmers in Developing Countries Continue to Benefit from Biotech Crops</title><description><![CDATA[In 2011, of the 16.7 million farmers worldwide growing 160 million hectares of biotech crops, 90 percent were small holder farmers in 19 developing countries, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).....]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3460</link><pubDate>2012-04-15T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Rising Regulatory Burden and Cost Risk Impacting the Global Food Supply</title><description><![CDATA[In the past decade the amount of time and resources to bring a new biotech crop to market has peaked at over 13 years and US$136 million according to a new survey released by CropLife International and Phillips McDougall, a global business research organization. The first ever survey of the six major biotech crop developers, measured the time and cost of this process and examined the long and intricate path a new biotech crop must navigate in order to move from the laboratory to the marketplace and finally to a farmer’s field.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3561</link><pubDate>2012-04-15T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Farmer Education and Technology Adoption Crucial to Feeding World Population of Seven Billion</title><description><![CDATA[The United Nations estimates that by the end of today the world’s population will have quietly shot past seven billion. This means in the past decade the world has grown by nearly a billion people, and since 1940 the population has more than tripled. To meet the challenge of feeding this exponentially growing world, the plant science industry has created innovative technologies that provide farmers with the means to boost yields, increase farm income and protect natural resources.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3560</link><pubDate>2012-04-15T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>CropLife International &amp;amp; U.S. State Department to Host Town Hall Discussion on Resistance to Agricultural Innovation</title><description><![CDATA[Session will feature experts and agriculture ministers discussing how barriers to agricultural innovation threaten global food security.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3310</link><pubDate>2011-10-06T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>CropLife International Supports Commitment to Anti-Counterfeiting</title><description><![CDATA[Signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) enables a strong international framework against counterfeit pesticide products.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3311</link><pubDate>2011-10-06T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>CropLife International Press Release World Environment Day 2011</title><description><![CDATA[World Environment Day Serves as a Reminder that Farming Innovations will Preserve the Environment and Support Economic Development.  
]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3187</link><pubDate>2011-06-05T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>CropLife International Press Release on Earth Day 2011</title><description><![CDATA[In observance of Earth Day and the call to action to perform “acts of green,” CropLife International renews its commitment to helping farmers grow food and feed in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3123</link><pubDate>2011-04-26T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>CropLife International Press Release World IP Day 2011</title><description><![CDATA[With an increasing world population and precious finite natural resources, World Intellectual Property day allows us the opportunity to reflect on how innovation can help meet these challenges. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3121</link><pubDate>2011-04-25T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Detection Methods Database Launch - 30 March 2011</title><description><![CDATA[CropLife International has launched a new online Detection Methods Database to serve as a global resource for testing information for commercialised biotechnology-derived plant products.  ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3059</link><pubDate>2011-03-29T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Press Release World Water Day 2011</title><description><![CDATA[As World Water Day focuses on responding to the urban challenge of ‘Water for Cities,’ it is also a global reminder of the critical role water plays in food production. ]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3043</link><pubDate>2011-03-21T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Global Momentum for Plant Biotechnology Continues</title><description><![CDATA[Adoption of plant biotechnology continues to grow worldwide as confirmed by the ISAAA announcement that 15.4 million farmers in 29 countries grew biotech crops on 148 million hectares in 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=3008</link><pubDate>2011-02-21T23:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>News Release - Scientists say we can feed the world and protect biodiversity at Biodiversity World Tour</title><description><![CDATA[A distinguished scientific panel has offered hope to conservationists, by suggesting that greatly increasing food needs can be met while protecting biodiversity.  The panel drew particular attention to the environmental costs being borne in the developing world due to the deceleration of European productivity, and warned that it is imperative not just to farm for food but also to farm for biodiversity. 

CropLife International, the global plant science industry federation, hosted the Brussels event together with the European biotechnology association, EuropaBio and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) as part of a series of three ‘Town Hall’ debates on different continents, examining global priorities for biodiversity preservation.

Panelists were Prof. Harald von Witzke, Humboldt University Berlin; Prof. Tim Benton, University of Leeds; Prof. Agnes W. Mwang’ombe, University of Nairobi; and Dr. Shardul Agrawala, Senior Economist at the OECD. The discussion was moderated by Lisbeth Kirk (Editor in Chief of EUObserver)
]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2840</link><pubDate>2010-10-26T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>News Release - Potocnik says we have no luxury of choice on biodiversity, at Biodiversity World Tour</title><description><![CDATA[EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik has warned a scientific gathering in Brussels that decision-makers soon to be negotiating the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan have to act now, and globally, to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss. 

“We don't really have a choice about whether to act or not. We lost the luxury of choice a long time ago”, the Commissioner said. 

In a video message introducing a scientific discussion panel, as part of the CropLife International Biodiversity World Tour, the Commissioner stressed the dependence of food production on a foundation of biodiversity. “Food and agriculture do not exist in a vacuum”, Potocnik underlined. “Both depend on biodiversity for the fertile soils and the varieties of plant and animal resources it provides”. 

CropLife International, the plant science industry federation, hosted the Brussels event together with the European biotechnology association, EuropaBio and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) as part of a series of three ‘Town Hall’ debates on different continents, examining global priorities for biodiversity preservation.
]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2841</link><pubDate>2010-10-26T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>News Release - CropLife International Supports Outcome of Cartagena Biosafety Protocol</title><description><![CDATA[The plant biotechnology industry appreciates the opportunity to participate in the
negotiations. The outcomes impact how farmers and consumers will access innovative
agricultural technologies that can increase crop productivity and protect biodiversity.]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2834</link><pubDate>2010-10-17T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>News Release - World Food Day 2010</title><description><![CDATA[Brussels, 15 Oct 2010. At a CropLife International event in advance of World Food Day Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture, reiterated the importance of science-based regulation and the need to maintain a diverse choice of technologies for farmers.

]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2833</link><pubDate>2010-10-17T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Press Release - Plant Science Industry Establishes The Compact</title><description><![CDATA[CropLife International today announced that The Compact, a clearly defined, efficient, and fair process for countries to file and process claims related to damage to biological diversity caused by living modified organisms (LMOs), is now in force.  Members of the Compact include the six major plant biotechnology providers — BASF, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, Monsanto, and Syngenta.  

]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2776</link><pubDate>2010-09-14T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>New Release - G8 Must Follow Through with Food Security Pledge</title><description><![CDATA[Brussels, 25 June 2010 – As leaders of the G8 nations meet in Canada, the plant science industry calls for clarification and a reiteration of the pledge to address food security made in L’Aquila last year.

In the year since the G8 committed to addressing food security and sustainable agricultural development through a US$22 billion  dedicated fund, little clarity has been gained over how much new funding is actually being committed, and how the funds will be channeled to make a difference to the one billion hungry today, and the food and nutrition needs of the coming decades.
]]></description><link>http://www.croplife.org/view_document.aspx?docId=2710</link><pubDate>2010-06-24T22:00:00Z</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
