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November 8, 1999 / CNN Interactive / From Financial Correspondent Todd Benjamin

Powerfarm.com News / 11/8/99

New York Times / AP / Nov. 6 1999 WASHINGTON -- A study from the International Food Policy Research Institute was cited as saying that the world's farmers will have to increase grain production by 40 percent to meet global needs in 2020.

National Journal's CongressDaily | November 16, 1999 ROME - Agriculture Secretary Glickman told CongressDaily here this past weekend that he did not find as much opposition to biotechnology, including genetically modified organisms, as he expected at the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization's 30th annual conference.

Associated Press | November 18, 1999 | JOE KAFKA, Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS - Midwestern US farmers will cut back on genetically modified crops next year in reaction to demands for labels on foods made from them, a commodities analyst predicts.

Reuters | November 18, 1999 | By K.T. Arasu CHICAGO - The global debate over the safety of genetically modified foods found a stage here at the first in a series of Food and Drug Administration public hearings over whether they are safe for the environment and for human consumption.

Press Release | November 23, 1999 | Contact: Brenda K. Foster (202) 331-4323 Washington, DC - Family farm groups from across the country today warned that the use of genetically-altered seed could be the ruination of an already tenuous farm economy.

Bankok Post | November 12, 1999 | By Anjira Assavanonda The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation and non-governmental organisations on HIV/Aids will ask the Intellectual Properties Department to consider compulsory licensing for production of didanosine (ddl), an important drug in the treatment of HIV patients.