La Biotecnologia y los Edulcorantes Naturales TAUMATINA
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En combinacion con otros edulcorantes recientement desarrollados, estos productos tienen la capacidad potencial de erosionar los mercados tradiciones del azucar.
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Vanilla and Biotechnology
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Issue: Natural vanilla production via tissue culture technology.
Crop: Vanilla planifolia - the commercially important species of Vanilla orchis
Countries affected: Madagascar, Comoros islands, Reunion, Indonesia
Impact: possible loss of $67 million in annual export earnings.
La Vainilla y la Biotecnologia
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Vanilla Planifolia, la orquidea de la cual se obtiene la produccion comercial de vainilla.
Bovine Growth Hormone
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Product: Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) or Bovine Somatotropin (BST)
Purpose: Designed to dramatically increase milk production in dairy cattle
Counties affected: USA and Europe initially
Impact: Drop in milk prices, loss of 25-30% of dairy farmers, changes in cropping patterns, narrowing of genetic base of dairy cattle
Hormona de Crecimiento Bovino
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Producto: hormona de crecimiento bovino (bGH o HCb), tambien llamada somatotropina bovina (BST o STB).
New Substitutes Threaten to Displace Export Market for Water Soluble Gums: Gum Arabic
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Issue: Replacement of major cash crop (Gum Arabic)
Countries affected: Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and others
Impact: Possible loss of $ 60 million in annual export earnings and seasonal employment
New starch-based substitutes for gum arabic and other water soluble gums threaten to replace a major portion of gum exports from several African countries.
Law of the Seed-an issue of Development Dialogue
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This report was published by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation in 1983.
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