December 2008
Dec 17,The Daily Time	Monsanto receives top award Monsanto Company recently earned the 2008 Corporate Secretary Magazine Award for ‘Best Governance, Compliance and Ethics Programme’. The award recognizes the company for its efforts in displaying integrity and skill in ensuring Monsanto upholds the highest standards of a publicly traded company, a press release stated issued here on Tuesday
Dec 15,The News	Narrowing the demand and supply gap A recent report says that almost one billion people are facing hunger in the world. In human terms, it means every sixth person is sleeping hungry everyday in the word. An option for raising food output is to employ biotechnology as part of the solution for feeding the world. Modern biotechnology refers to various scientific techniques used to produce specific desired traits in plants, animals or micro-organisms through the use of genetic knowledge.
Dec 15, The Dawn	BT Cotton technology: cost and benefits Cotton is vital for Pakistan’s economy. It is an important source of livelihood for millions, and provides raw material for the textile industry the largest employer of non-farm labour and the biggest foreign exchange earner.
Dec 05,The Dawn	US firm to provide cotton seed technology Pakistan has decided to seek support from Monsanto, an American company dealing in Bio-technology, particularly in introduction and expansion of the Bt cotton crop. The decision was made in a meeting of the steering committee on Bt cotton on Thursday in which the federal minister for food and agriculture was given a briefing by officials of Monsanto.