Biotech Crops Experience Remarkable Dozen Years of Double-Digit Growth Socio-economic Benefits Becoming Evident Among Resource-Poor Farmers
After a dozen years of commercialization, biotech crops are still gaining ground with another year of double-digit growth and new countries joining the list of supporters, according to a report released today by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). In 2007, biotech crop area grew 12 percent or 30.3 million acres to reach 282.3 million acres, the second highest area increase in the past five years.
The MedZilla Report: February Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
According to The MedZilla Report: February Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health, while millions of people bemoan the financial market and their job prospects, those in the medical field continue to be in an enviable position: members of a profession whose positions have grown since the start of 2008.
The MedZilla Report: July 2008 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
The shrinking number of layoffs in pharmaceuticals coupled with promising increases in job postings and searches has at least one firm hopeful that the downward swing in pharmaceutical employment could be about to change direction.