Via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Conference speaker notes that biotechnology has automatically come to mean transgenic. "He said some of the confusion has been caused by scientists themselves and he criticized those who have oversold and over-promised the technology."
optical disks; AGRISEARCH, search through journal, AGRISEARCH, produced by SilverPlatter, is a CD-ROM product which aims at coordinating current agricultural research [projects in Africa, Canada, Europe, and the United States. The database includes current project information concerning agriculture, food, and nutrition. In addition, AGRISEARCH provides contact names and addresses of research centers working on agriculture related projects. Considering that this is the first attempt to harmonize agricultural research project information, the database has much to offer towards the development, planning and coordination of agricultural research. (author)
