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[Martin Sundermann]

Hallo Miteinander,
zwei Hinweise: - auf die Datenbank des Economic Research Service beim USDA (bei der z.B. für Basmati und Jasmine Trefferquoten im Bereich von je 60-70 Einträgen zu finden sind), - und des neuen Grain_Seedling, mit interessanten Texten. Letzteres Heft wiegt allerdings 2,1mb. Das erinnert mich daran nochmal kurz zu erwähnen, dass der ISP-Report dank Andi nun nur noch ca. 600kb wiegt (s. www.bukoagrar.de).
Friedliche Grüsse,
Martin

Agricultural biotechnology intellectual property
November 2003
Amber Waves
For the complete document go to: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/biotechpatents/
The Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property database identifies and describes U.S. utility patents on inventions in biotechnology and other biological processes used in food and agriculture with issue dates between 1976 and 2000. The database provides information about the ownership of these patents, and tracks changes in patent ownership due to mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and similar changes. Other aspects of the database include a system of technology classification and other forms of agricultural biotechnology intellectual property (plant patents, plant variety protection certificates, regulatory approvals for release of genetically modified organisms).


NEW from GRAIN
October 2003
www.grain.org/seedling

October 2003 issue of Seedling now available. In this issue:


EDITORIAL: WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT OVER GMOS

by Tewolde Egziabher

As the world's attention was focusing firmly on the Cancun World Trade
Organisation summit in September, an important international agreement,
which aims to regulate trade in genetically modified organisms, quietly made
its entry on the world stage, one which holds immense implications for
developing countries: The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.


ARTICLE: THE NEXT TRADE WAR?

by Duncan Brack, Robert Falkner and Judith Goll

The US-EU dispute over the EU's de facto moratorium on GM crops and products
has generated much heat on both sides of the Atlantic. The verdict of the
WTO's dispute panel will have significant implications for other countries
thinking about rejecting GM crops. It may also be an important case to test
the political muscle of the newly adopted Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
which the EU may use in its defence


ARTICLE: GLOBAL PATENTS FOR WORLD DOMINATION?

By GRAIN

For three years, a new international patent treaty has been under
negotiation at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in
Geneva. This treaty would pave the way for a future world patent granted
directly by WIPO. This is bad news for developing countries and their
citizens, who would lose even the limited freedom they have left to adjust
patent systems to national development goals. However, it is not too late
for the developing world to say 'no thanks' and stop the negotiating
process.


ARTICLE: CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: PRIVATIZING NATURE, PLUNDERING
BIODIVERSITY

By Aziz Choudry

Conservation International's corporate sponsor list reads like a list of the
US' top fifty transnational corporations. Biodiversity conservation is at
the top of Conservation International's list of goals. But as the list of
Conservation International's dubious ventures and questionable partners
around the world grows, Aziz Choudry is starting to wonder if it is time to
'out' this 'multinational conservation corporation' and show its true
colours.


ARTICLE: IZWI NETARISIRO - ZIMBABWE'S CITIZENS JURY

Elijah Rusike

As Zimbabwe struggles with economic hard times and land reform problems, its
farming sector is in disarray. A citizen's jury was held in a bid to improve
the quality and relevance of policies that affect smallholder farmers. At a
time when GM crops are being billed as the road to food security for Africa,
Zimbabwe's citizen's jury showed that for many farmers, seed of any kind is
only one of a large number of factors that affect their ability to feed
their families.


INTERVIEW: WITH FRANCISCA RODRIGUEZ - VIA CAMPESINA'S SEED CAMPAIGN

Francisca Rodriguez is part of the international coordination commission of
Via Campesina, an international movement which coordinates peasant
organisations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers,
rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and
Europe.


SPROUTING UP: SEED SECURITY FOR AFRICA'S FARMERS

Fulvio Grandin, Coordinator of the Africa Biodiversity Network Seed Security
Programme, explains what the ABN stands for and what they've been doing.


COMMENT: SEEDS OF A NEW MISERY

Roger Gbegnonvi explains why we need to rebel against the imposition of GMOs
in Africa.

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