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Giant Strawberries
www.kitchengardeners.org/food_news/
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ISAAA Global Area of Biotech Crops 2007
www.isaaa.org
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The rise and rise of GM crops
ENDS Report (2008) Ministers and scientists urge
rethink on GM crops. ENDS Report, July, pp
25-17 http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Bt/ENDS-Art
icle-GM-crops-2008.pdf
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Fig.10, Meta-analyis, economic effects
Gruère Guillaume P., Mehta-Bhatt Purvi,
Debdatta Sengupta (2008) Bt Cotton and Farmer
Suicides in India Reviewing the Evidence, IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808, Environment and
Production Technology Division pp 64 IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808 Washington
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Cotton/Gr
uere-IFPRIDP200810.pdf AND http//www.ifpri.org/pu
bs/dp/IFPRIDP00808.pdf
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Share of farmers sucides
Gruère Guillaume P., Mehta-Bhatt Purvi,
Debdatta Sengupta (2008) Bt Cotton and Farmer
Suicides in India Reviewing the Evidence, IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808, Environment and
Production Technology Division pp 64 IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808 Washington
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Cotton/Gr
uere-IFPRIDP200810.pdf AND http//www.ifpri.org/pu
bs/dp/IFPRIDP00808.pdf
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Total suicides
Gruère Guillaume P., Mehta-Bhatt Purvi,
Debdatta Sengupta (2008) Bt Cotton and Farmer
Suicides in India Reviewing the Evidence, IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808, Environment and
Production Technology Division pp 64 IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808 Washington
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Cotton/Gr
uere-IFPRIDP200810.pdf AND http//www.ifpri.org/pu
bs/dp/IFPRIDP00808.pdf
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Average cotton yield s 1975-2007
Gruère Guillaume P., Mehta-Bhatt Purvi,
Debdatta Sengupta (2008) Bt Cotton and Farmer
Suicides in India Reviewing the Evidence, IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808, Environment and
Production Technology Division pp 64 IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808 Washington
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Cotton/Gr
uere-IFPRIDP200810.pdf AND http//www.ifpri.org/pu
bs/dp/IFPRIDP00808.pdf
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Average cotton yields 1980-2007
Gruère Guillaume P., Mehta-Bhatt Purvi,
Debdatta Sengupta (2008) Bt Cotton and Farmer
Suicides in India Reviewing the Evidence, IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808, Environment and
Production Technology Division pp 64 IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808 Washington
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Cotton/Gr
uere-IFPRIDP200810.pdf AND http//www.ifpri.org/pu
bs/dp/IFPRIDP00808.pdf
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Share of farmers suicides in total Indian
sucicides 1997-2006
Gruère Guillaume P., Mehta-Bhatt Purvi,
Debdatta Sengupta (2008) Bt Cotton and Farmer
Suicides in India Reviewing the Evidence, IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808, Environment and
Production Technology Division pp 64 IFPRI
Discussion Paper 00808 Washington
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Cotton/Gr
uere-IFPRIDP200810.pdf AND http//www.ifpri.org/pu
bs/dp/IFPRIDP00808.pdf
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Backus-EU-Policy-Economy
Backus, G., Berkhout, P., Eaton, D., de Kleijn,
T., van Mil, E., Roza, P., Uffelmann, W., Franke,
L., Lotz, B. (2008) EU policy on GMOs, A quick
scan of the economic consequences, LEI Wageningen
UR, The Hague. Report 2008-070, Project number
21177, ISBN/EAN 978-90-8615-265-0 pp 77 Report
2008-070, Project number 21177
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Regulatio
n/Backus-EU-Policies-economic-2008.pdf AND Slide
economic costs
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Backus-EU-Policy-Economy
Backus, G., Berkhout, P., Eaton, D., de Kleijn,
T., van Mil, E., Roza, P., Uffelmann, W., Franke,
L., Lotz, B. (2008) EU policy on GMOs, A quick
scan of the economic consequences, LEI Wageningen
UR, The Hague. Report 2008-070, Project number
21177, ISBN/EAN 978-90-8615-265-0 pp 77 Report
2008-070, Project number 21177
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Regulatio
n/Backus-EU-Policies-economic-2008.pdf AND Slide
economic costs
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Backus-EU-Policy-Economy
Backus, G., Berkhout, P., Eaton, D., de Kleijn,
T., van Mil, E., Roza, P., Uffelmann, W., Franke,
L., Lotz, B. (2008) EU policy on GMOs, A quick
scan of the economic consequences, LEI Wageningen
UR, The Hague. Report 2008-070, Project number
21177, ISBN/EAN 978-90-8615-265-0 pp 77 Report
2008-070, Project number 21177
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Regulatio
n/Backus-EU-Policies-economic-2008.pdf AND Slide
economic costs
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Backus-EU-Policy-Economy
Backus, G., Berkhout, P., Eaton, D., de Kleijn,
T., van Mil, E., Roza, P., Uffelmann, W., Franke,
L., Lotz, B. (2008) EU policy on GMOs, A quick
scan of the economic consequences, LEI Wageningen
UR, The Hague. Report 2008-070, Project number
21177, ISBN/EAN 978-90-8615-265-0 pp 77 Report
2008-070, Project number 21177
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Regulatio
n/Backus-EU-Policies-economic-2008.pdf AND Slide
economic costs
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Backus-EU-Policy-Economy
Backus, G., Berkhout, P., Eaton, D., de Kleijn,
T., van Mil, E., Roza, P., Uffelmann, W., Franke,
L., Lotz, B. (2008) EU policy on GMOs, A quick
scan of the economic consequences, LEI Wageningen
UR, The Hague. Report 2008-070, Project number
21177, ISBN/EAN 978-90-8615-265-0 pp 77 Report
2008-070, Project number 21177
(Report) http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Regulatio
n/Backus-EU-Policies-economic-2008.pdf AND Slide
economic costs
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Bonny, forecast global soy production
Bonny, S. (2008) Genetically modified
glyphosate-tolerant soybean in the USA adoption
factors, impacts and prospects. A review.
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 28, 1, pp
21-32 http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Soya/Bonny-
Soy-review-USA-2008.pdf
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Bonny, Main herbicides 1990-2006
Bonny, S. (2008) Genetically modified
glyphosate-tolerant soybean in the USA adoption
factors, impacts and prospects. A review.
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 28, 1, pp
21-32 http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Soya/Bonny-
Soy-review-USA-2008.pdf
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in the US maize yields have accelerated in the
last ten years

• actual breeding plus cultural practice gain

Source March 2006. Crop Science. Ref 46528-543
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corn yields in France and Italy in the last 10
years fail to show the same trend
Source Eurostat
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Average US state corn and soybean yields 1866
2005 Egli 2008
Egli, D.B. (2008) Comparison of corn and soybean
yields in the United States Historical trends
and future prospects. Agronomy Journal, 100, 3,
pp S79-S88 http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Soya/
Egli-Comparison-Corn-Soy-Yields-2008.pdf
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Cotton in India, new statistics
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Agrarian-Industrial-Knowledge based Agriculture,
Antony Trewavas 2001
Figure 1.   A diagrammatic indication of the
relationship between economic development and
environmental concern. The three primary economic
systems of agrarian-, industrial-, and
knowledge-based service are indicated with
arbitrary indications of wealth and development.
SO2 emission is used merely as an indicator of
industrial development and the subsequent
environmental concern generated
The Population/Biodiversity Paradox. Agricultural
Efficiency to Save Wilderness Anthony J.
Trewavas Plant Physiology Jan. 2001
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Financing Research and Success
Research Expenditure In of GDP 2003
Research Expenditure , of GDP
Gross Domestic Product GDP
Keller, B., Randegger, J.R., Schreiber, H.P.
(2003) Schweizerische Wissenschafts-Politik Und
Der Rasche Wandel in Der Gentechnologie.
Biofocus, 63, pp 1-11 http//www.botanischergar
ten.ch/Science-Politics/Wiss-Politik-BioFokus65-20
03.pdf
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Financing Research and Success
No. Nobelprices per 1mio inhabitants
No. Nobelprices in of GDP
Distribution Nobelprices 1945-2002
Keller, B., Randegger, J.R., Schreiber, H.P.
(2003) Schweizerische Wissenschafts-Politik Und
Der Rasche Wandel in Der Gentechnologie.
Biofocus, 63, pp 1-11 http//www.botanischerga
rten.ch/Science-Politics/Wiss-Politik-BioFokus65-2
003.pdf
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Rice Yield since the Middle Ages
Development of Rice Yield since the Middle Ages
MendelLiebigJ. Deere
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Cartogram World Rice Production
www.irri.org/gis/cartograms/cartograms.htm
World Rice Production
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Cartogram World Wheat Production
www.irri.org/gis/cartograms/cartograms.htm
World Wheat Production in a Cartogram from IRRI
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Cartogram World Maize Production
www.irri.org/gis/cartograms/cartograms.htm
Cartogram World Maize Production
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Wheat Yields, Pardey et al.
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Researcdh Intensities US, output shares
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Fertilizer use development and crop yield
Fertilizer use development and crop yield
evolution in Asian, European and Latin American
countries and the United States (Source Joly,
1993) Joly, C. 1993. Plant nutrient management
and the environment, In Prevention of Water
Pollution by Agriculture and Related Activities.
Proceedings of the FAO Expert Consultation,
Santiago, Chile, 20-23 Oct. 1992. Water Report 1.
FAO, Rome. pp. 223-245. www.fao.org/docrep/w2598e
/w2598e06.htm
http//www.fao.org/docrep/w2598e/w2598e06.htmTopO
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Agricultural Research Intensity, very negative
trend in the developing world
Agricultural research intensity in the LDCs and
Other Developing Countries (ODC), 1971-2003
(Investment in agricultural research as of
agricultural output)
Source UNCTAD, Least Developed Countries Report
2007
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Bio-era-teleconference April 22, 2003 Prometheus
Unbound Revolutionary Advances in Biological
Technologies
Dramatic Acceleration in Analysis
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Growth of GenBank, exponential
www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp/statistics-e.html
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Pfeiffer, W.H. McClafferty, B.
(2007) HarvestPlus Breeding crops for better
nutrition. Crop Science, 47, pp S88-S105
http//www.botanischergarten.ch/Biofortification/
Pfeiffer-HarvestPlus-Nutrition-2007.pdf