Monday, August 27, 2012

Food Crops News 88

FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 88 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
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Biotech food measure Prop. 37 on ballot
San Francisco Chronicle

Indeed, the Food and Drug Administration, many scientists and medical
organizations have deemed genetically modified foods safe. "Bioengineered
crops are the safest crops in the world," said Bob Goldberg, a molecular
biologist, professor at UCLA and ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Biotech-food-measure-Prop-37-on-ballot-3788811.php>
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Food crisis strengthens EU biofuel critics, may hasten deal
Reuters

BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Drought-stricken crops and
record-high grain prices have strengthened critics of the European Union
biofuel industry, adding fears of a food crisis to their claims that it
does not ultimately reduce carbon dioxide ...
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/15/eu-biofuel-idINL6E8JAD7B20120815>
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Mizzou researchers win $5.4 million biofuel grant
Bizjournals.com (blog)

Shibu Jose and his team of researchers in the Mizzou College of
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources received the $5.4 million grant
from the U.S. Department of Energy to study non-food biofuel crops, such as
switchgrass, which can grow in land ...
<http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/BizNext/2012/08/mizzou-researchers-win-54-million.html>
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Global food crisis could hit very soon, according to food policy group
Deseret News

A global food crisis could hit very soon as corn crops in the U.S., the
world's largest corn producer, have struggled due to extreme drought, the
International Food Policy Research Institute told Bloomberg. Danny
Johnston, Associated Press. Enlarge ...
<http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865560721/Global-food-crisis-could-hit-very-soon-according-to-food-policy-group.html

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US downgrades crop outlook
World Socialist Web Site

Food inflation that year precipitated food protests worldwide and pushed
100 million people into hunger. (See “Spiking grain prices raise specter
of global food crisis”). On Monday, the USDA reported that 51 percent of
the corn crop was in “poor” or ...
<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/crop-a15.shtml>
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Deficient monsoon to add to food, non-food inflation: CMIE
The Hindu

The monsoon rains, which have been deficient by about 21 per cent this
season, are likely to spur prices of food and non-food articles, economic
think tank CMIE has said. “We expect the South-West monsoon to remain
deficient and the major crop ...
<http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/article3775304.ece>
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Sen. Pat Roberts: Don't Play Politics with Our Food
CNBC.com (blog)

For most farmers, there is crop insurance. It is a safety net where a
farmer must put his own skin in the game to buy a policy that protects his
operation from losses like this disaster, or from market fluctuations.
Usually, crop insurance allows ...
<http://www.cnbc.com/id/48612291>
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Officials: Drought may push food prices up in Georgia
Henry Herald

And, Georgia's robust poultry industry is threatened because of depleted
corn crops. Combined, agriculture officials say, food prices are expected
to eventually go up nationwide. For now, though, residents like Lorraine
Wimberly of Stockbridge are ...
<http://www.henryherald.com/news/2012/aug/15/officials-drought-may-push-food-prices-georgia/>
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