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Food Crops News 82


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Bar GM food crops, says parliamentary panel
The Hindu
In a major setback to the proponents of genetically modified technology in
farm crops, the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture on Thursday asked
the government to stop all field trials and sought a bar on GM food crops
(such as Bt. brinjal). The ...
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3747247.ece>
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Bad Weather Pushes Up Food Prices
Wall Street Journal
"All the attention now is going to be on the forthcoming crops," said Ms.
Calpe. Officials at international organizations, including the World Bank
and the U.N. World Food Program, worry governments will react to tighter
food supplies by curbing food ...
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India Should Be More Wary of GM Crops, Parliamentary Panel Says
Science Now
NEW DEHLI—A high-profile Indian parliamentary panel on agriculture has
urged a retreat from genetically modified (GM) food crops and is seeking
the mandatory labelling of all GM foods. The report from a 31-member
standing panel of parliament ...
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Easing US ethanol mandate would help prevent food crisis-UN
Reuters
As the surge in corn prices revives a fierce food versus fuel debate, José
Graziano da Silva, the director-general of the UN's Food and Agricultural
Organization, wrote in the Financial Times newspaper that competition for a
U.S. corn crop that has ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/ethanol-world-bank-idUSL2E8J9JHO20120809>
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US crops tell story of future world food prices
BBC News
This year he will be lucky to make $200000. Crop insurance and his own
prudence, conservatism as he calls it, should mean he will weather the lack
of storm. But there is no getting around the fact that two of the staples
of the world food industry are ...
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19188333>
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Global Food Reserves Falling as Drought Wilts Crops: Commodities
Businessweek
Stockpiles of the biggest crops will decline for a third year as drought
parches fields across three continents, raising food-import costs already
forecast by the United Nations to reach a near-record $1.24 trillion.
Combined inventories of corn, wheat, soybeans ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-08/global-food-reserves-falling-as-drought-wilts-crops-commodities>
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Critics Challenge Monsanto's Claims Extolling Benefits of Genetically ...
Between The Lines
The Monsanto corporation, an international leader in biotechnology, is
currently spending millions of dollars on an advertising campaign to
convince the public and politicians that the genetically engineered food
crops that they've developed and are ...
<http://www.btlonline.org/2012/seg/120817af-btl-perry_stillerman.html>
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Is Summer Drought Dire Straits for Crops, Food and Agri Sector?-BMO ...
Equities.com
"Agricultural prices have probably gotten ahead of themselves and could
back down once there is greater clarity as to what the crop yield will be,"
said Mr. Rinneard. "Agri inputs account for less than 50 per cent of the
total cost of processed food; labour and ...
<http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-08-08&val=361645&cat=material>
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Police to Grow Own Food
AllAfrica.com
The Uganda Police Force is set to open up plantations to grow food crops as
a solution to the meagre pay given to its officers and as a way of
alleviating the effects of inflation. The Inspector General of Police, Lt.
Gen. Kale Kayihura, said the programme will be ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/201208080165.html>
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Agriculture chief says food prices should not skyrocket because of drought
KTVL
He says even if commodities prices were to double, "you would probably only
see a half a percent to maybe as much as a percent increase in food costs."
And Vilsack says crop yields may not come up as short as some have
suggested. He says the effects ...
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ANN LOVEJOY | Nurturing homegrown food crops - Kitsap Sun Mobile
ANN LOVEJOY | Nurturing homegrown food crops. By Ann Lovejoy Published
Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Since the whole country has been experiencing ...
<http://m.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/aug/07/ann-lovejoy-nurturing-homegrown-food-crops/>

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