These amendments will of course contribute to a level of transparency which is even higher than the one in the proposal, and in addition the main elements of the proposal, in particular the competitive nature of the selection mechanism, the basic structure of the selection process and the main milestones and selection criteria, have remained largely unchanged.

in the area of 'higher education', one of the specific objectives is to 'promote better understanding of European higher education in Asian developing countries', and the proposed activities include: 'mobility schemes for students and for academics; networking and transfer of best practice between EU and Asian universities' and 'workshops, higher education fairs, stakeholders' meetings, promotional activities, production of working papers, supporting mutual recognition of qualifications, surveys'; there are no provisions to ensure that the fields of study eligible under the programme will be selected in the light of the development needs of the region, or that the selection of the be ...[+++]neficiaries of the programme will support the poorer strata of the population and not widen the gap between rich and poor, nor are there specific provisions to prevent a 'brain drain';

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The phenotypes that we see, tall plants, higher yielding, are all based on genes and traits that we call the genotype.

We are now selecting for what we call phenotypes.

In history, we have employed breeding to advance agriculture through visual means, what we call a phenotype.