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Moderated conference on GMOs in the pipeline, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum in 2012

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I am Abdulmojeed Yakubu, a senior lecturer of animal breeding and genetics at Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Shabu-Lafia Campus, Lafia, Nigeria. 

Please I will like someone to share the experience of the latest GMOs in livestock in China.
 
Abdulmojeed Yakubu,
Senior Lecturer (Animal Breeding and Genetics),
Department of Animal Science,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Nasarawa State University,
Keffi, Shabu-Lafia Campus,
Lafia, 950101, 
Nigeria.
e-mail: abdul_mojeedy (at) yahoo.com
 
[Yes, insights from participants regarding GM livestock in the pipeline in China are warmly welcome. In the conference Background Document, we wrote "In livestock, Vàzquez-Salat and Houdebine (2012) reported that a small number of countries, particularly Argentina and China, have invested heavily in GM animals for food production while more have focused on GM animals for medical purposes. In China, it is reported that nearly 800 million US dollars were invested in GM pigs, cattle, sheep and crops between 2008 and 2012 and that over 20 GM food animals are being developed, including a fast-growing carp (Maxmen, 2012)". The last reference is to a News in Focus article in the 18 October 2012 edition of the journal Nature where, inter alia, Amy Maxmen wrote: "China invested nearly $800 million in transgenic pigs, cattle, sheep and crops between 2008 and 2012, says Ning Li, director of the State Key Laboratories for AgroBiotechnology in Beijing. More than 20 GE food animals are in development in China, he says, including a fast-growing carp and cows that produce milk with reduced allergenic potential. However, a Chinese researcher who asked to remain anonymous because he did not have permission to speak to the press predicts that approval for the animals will lag because the government has not determined how to ensure that the products are safe"...Moderator].

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