Sets of Scientific Issues Being Considered by the EPA Bt Plant

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting, October 18-20, 2000, held at the Marriott Crystal City Hotel Sets of Scientific Issues Being Considered by the Environmental Protection Agency Regarding: Bt Plant-Pesticides Risk and Benefit Assessments

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting, October 18-20, 2000, held at the Marriott Crystal City Hotel Sets of Scientific Issues Being Considered by the Environmental Protection Agency Regarding: Bt Plant-Pesticides Risk and Benefit Assessments

FIFRA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL Subpanel on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant-Pesticides and Resistance Management The Subpanel on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant-Pesticides and Resistance Management of the FIFRA

The above mentioned meeting of the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) Subpanel on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant-Pesticides and Resistance Management was an open meeting held in Arlington, Virginia to review a set of scientific issues and specific questions posed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) based on its "White Paper". Please find attached the Subpanel's final report of fi...

Planting Trouble Update – September 10 , 2003

On June 19, 2003, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) issued “Planting Trouble: Are Farmers Squandering Bt Corn Technology?” That report presented data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that found significant noncompliance by farmers in Iowa (IA), Minnesota (MN) and Nebraska (NE) with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) refuge requirements for corn...

Underlying Constructs of Farmers’ Perceptions towards Bt Cotton Among Former Cotton Farmers in Northern Ghana: Empirical Application of Q Methodology

It is often argued that learning from best examples in the neighbouring Burkina Faso and elsewhere, Ghana can succeed in revamping the collapsing cotton industry by introducing Bt cotton to farmers. This paper therefore presents a survey findings on farmers’ views and perceptions towards the possible introduction of Bt cotton. A stratified random sampling techniques was applied in selecting 254...