Sunday, September 23, 2012

Food Crops News 123

 
 Food Crops News 123 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
 
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Draft Agenda | FARMD Annual Conference 2012:
Risk & Rice in Asia
Pre-Day, Tuesday October 16
Pre-Conference Registration and Evening Drinks Reception
18:00 - 20:00
·        Early conference registration open for delegates
·        Networking Event – “Getting to Know Each Other” 
·        Drinks and canape provided
·        Location: Level 23 Nightspot, Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers

Day 1 - Wednesday October 17
Registration and Coffee
08:00 - 09:00
·        Conference registration open
·        Location: Foyer of the Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers 
Introductions and Welcomes
09:00 - 09:55
Welcome Address
Welcome from MDTF Donors
Introduction to Conference & The Role of FARMD
Regional Rice Overview: Regional and Global Trends
Introduction to Supply Chain Risk Assessment Framework
Session 1A: Production Risk in Rice: Pest & Disease and Weather Risks
9:55 - 10:00
Introduction to Production Risk in Rice
10:00 - 11:30
Introductions about production risks from leading experts including an overview of how they can tackle such risk.
11:30-12:00 - Morning Coffee Break
Session 1B: Production Risk in Rice: Stakeholders
12:00 - 13:15
Introductions from panelists relating to the challenges and risks that production risk creates for them and the mechanisms they utilize for risk management of these risks.
13:15 - 14:30 - Lunch and Discussion of “The Big Picture”
  • 30 minute lunchtime talk on "Climate Change and Rice"
Session 2: Enabling Environment Risk
14:30 - 16:30
Brief Introduction to Enabling Environment Risk
Presentation: “The role of policy in enhanced risk management. Governments role in improving risk management.”
A consideration of beneficial government policies that can benefit producers and consumers in Asian countries.
16:30 - 17:00 Afternoon Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:30
Summary of key messages from Day One.
17:30 - 19:30 Cocktail Reception

Day 2 - Thursday October 18
08:00 -09:00 Breakfast / Coffee
Summary of Day 1 and Introduction to Day 2
09:00 - 09:15
Restatement of Day 1 and format for Day 2
Session 3A: Market Risk – Price Risk for Rice Exports
09:15 - 09:20
Introduction to Price Risk
09:20 -0 9:50
Presentation on drivers in rice export price volatility
09:40 - 11:00
Panel discussion presentation focused on what can be done, what is being done and what might work.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
Session 3B – Market Risk: More than Just Price
11:30 - 13:30
Presentation on non-price market risks.  Focusing on non-rice price related market risks including input prices, changing consumer patterns, infrastructure, contract default, etc.  The session will consider the transition that is taking place from state management of the rice sector in Asian countries to more market oriented operations. 
13:30 - 14:45 – Lunch and Discussion of “The Big Picture 2”
  • 30 minute lunchtime talk on "Changing Consumer Preferences and the Impact on the Industry"
Session 5: Moving Forward – Next Steps in Risk Management in Asian Rice Organizations
14:45 - 16:45
Moderated session where a panel of International Organizations, Regional Organizations, National Bodies and Private Sector discuss what needs to be done going forward to improve risk management for Asia’s rice sector.
 16:45- 17:00 Closing
Day Two Wrap-Up



"Health" Labels on Food
ABC 4

Crops- A plant that is grown to be harvested as food, livestock feed,
fiber, or used to add nutrients to the field. To be certified as organic,
it must be produced without the use of synthetic or sludge based
fertilizers. The use of chemical pesticides ...
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Global 2012 corn crop to be second largest in history

Ethanol Producer Magazine

... unsubstantiated comments targeting the role of biofuels mandates in
food price inflation. Evidence from a recent World Agricultural Supply and
Demand Estimates report stated that farmers globally will harvest the
second largest corn crop on record ...
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Cash Crops: Farmland Could Be the New Gold

Kapitall Blog (blog)

Randy Bateman recently wrote about the biggest bottleneck in food
production: the availability of land. Even in America, a country that
prides itself on great expanses of land, agricultural productivity has a
ceiling. This means there are (and have ...
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GM Food Study Has Shocking Findings

Daily Gossip

In 2010, the WA government lifted a ban on genetic modified crops, sparking
international controversy. Over the past few years scientists have
researched how safe GM foods really are. A recent study on rats fed with
genetic modified food has shocking ...
<http://www.dailygossip.org/gm-food-study-has-shocking-findings-4585>
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Syngenta Boosts Foothold in Rice Market

Wall Street Journal

ZURICH—Agrochemicals maker Syngenta AG said Friday it plans to buy
Devgen, a Belgium-based maker of crop protection products, for €403
million to boost its foothold in the market for rice, a key food source for
the growing global population. The deal ...
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The world's shrinking food basket: why it is critical we increase crop diversity

Forests Blog, Center for International Forestry Research (blog)
“The food security of the world relies on thousands of species.
Unfortunately commercialisation of mainstream agriculture has concentrated
on very few of those crops, which raises serious concerns about the
sustainability of feeding the world today and ...
<http://blog.cifor.org/10801/the-worlds-shrinking-food-basket-why-it-is-critical-we-increase-crop-diversity/>
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Cover crops help retain nitrate, prepare for future crops

agprofessional.com

Poor cash crop yields equal less crop residue being returned to the soil.
Cover crops can offset some of that loss by protecting against soil erosion
and providing food for soil organisms. As the cover crops decompose during
the next year, some of the ...
<http://www.agprofessional.com/news/Cover-crops-help-retain-nitrate-prepare-for-future-crops-170515946.html?ref=946>
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In support of genetically engineered crops

Mail Tribune

And the list goes on, with each introduction making for more food, more and
cleaner runoff, less pesticides — more "green." Admittedly, if farmer A
plows and plants a field of organic popcorn near Urbana, Ill., some seeds
will come up as engineered ...
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Research and Markets: 2012 Report on the $205 Billion US Crop Production ...

The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Research and Markets: 2012 Report on the $205 Billion US Crop Production
Industry Including Major Companies like Dole Food, Chiquita Brands and
Sunkist Growers. Published: September 21, 2012 Updated 4 minutes ago.
2012-09-21T09:53:25Z. Tweet ...
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=== Web - 2 new results for [food crops] ===


Which food/crops adding mods do you prefer? - Minecraft Forum

I apologize if this is inappropriate but it has been bothering me lately.
The lack of variety of crops/foods in minecraft has always bothered me. I
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Crop diversity essential for resilient food systems | World ...

CIFOR Forests News Blog asks “are we becoming too dependent on the same
crops” and reports on comments made by scientists at the IUCN World ...
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