February 27, 2010
HCIA President Adolph Helm said the recently released ISAAA report confirms that the research work being conducted by the seed industry in Hawaii is having a profound impact on agriculture worldwide. “The increased demand for biotech crops is proof that the technology has become a vital tool for farmers in developing countries who [...]
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications – February 23, 2010
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) has released its annual report on the global status of commercialized biotech crops. In addition to sharing the state of agricultural biotechnology worldwide, the ISAAA report discusses major developments impacting biotech crop adoption, including [...]
Atrazine Update from Syngenta – February 2010
A second EPA scientific advisory panel reviewed “ecological” studies of the herbicide atrazine, which has been used for 50 years by farmers around the world to fight weeds in corn, grain sorghum and other crops. EPA panelists questioned the design of the studies as well as the reliability of [...]
Honolulu Star-Bulletin – February 18, 2010
Kenneth Kamiya, president of the Hawaii Papaya Industry Association and Hawaii’s preeminent papaya breeder and grower, explains why some papayas don’t have seeds in them and how today’s papayas are able to protect themselves against the devastating ring spot virus, which nearly wiped out the state’s papaya industry in [...]
