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...develop characteristics valuable to rich farmers and rich consumers - such as tomatoes with a longer shelf life. It will take far greater public investment to turn the tools of GM to the needs of poor communities. The potential is to develop crops that have better drought tolerance, greater pest resistance, higher yields and greater nutritional content - and all of those characteristics are important in improving the food security of poor rural communities...
...Shrek's sidekick, a pest, a troublemaker, a nonstop talker, and he may just harbor secret dreams of pop stardom. Mostly, though, he represents the reality principle in the movie--hooves on the ground, big ears swivelingly alert for false and dangerous notes. His vocal characterization is supplied by Eddie Murphy, and it is fair to say that not since Robin Williams in Aladdin has an actor so deliciously appropriated a movie. Whether he's fending off the sudden amorous attentions of Fiona's dragon, proposing an evening of man-to-man conversation with Shrek--to be followed...
...ServiceMaster's headquarters outside Chicago, international vice president Ralph Odman, 55, oversees pest control, housecleaning and other service franchises in 13 Asian countries. Technology has allowed the corporate office to become more involved in the franchises than at any other time during his 33-year tenure there, he says. He and ServiceMaster's team of three U.S.-based managers support franchises across six continents--helping implement new contracts and maintain quality standards. But Odman still packs his bags and goes to Asia about 10 times a year...
...what about the international spat over the presence of Cry9C, a protein produced in genetically modified StarLink corn to kill the European corn borer, a common pest? U.S. exports to Asia have suffered because of fear that Cry9C could cause food allergies. The chance that this protein could cause of food allergy is miniscule; its structure differs from known allergens and there have been no reported cases of an allergic reaction. Its presence might even be healthy: farmers need to use less pesticide if the plant provides its own protection. You may have already eaten some Cry9C in your corn...
...DELHI, MAY 2000 The government approves large-scale field trials of Bollgard, Monsanto's pest-resistant GM cotton. Two years earlier, activists and angry farmers had burned fields planted with transgenic cotton...