Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Food Crops News 98


FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 98 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
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UN Food Chief Calls For Coordinated G20 Response To Rising Prices
Huffington Post
STOCKHOLM, Aug 27 (Reuters) -- The Group of 20 nations must agree on
coordinated action to ease worries about food prices as they account for
most of the production of the crops at the center of concern, the head of
the U.N.'s food agency said on ...
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The Outlook for Food Crops - Procurement Issues and Problems Ahead?
Spend Matters UK/Europe
Whilst it has moved down the headlines somewhat, the drought in parts of
the USA – and extreme weather in other parts of the world – will have
an effect on commodity and food prices for some time to come. My own
micro-commodity intelligence source (my ...
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Family food bills to soar: British shoppers face paying more for bread, pasta ...
Daily Mail
Families face punishing food price rises triggered by a catastrophic U.S.
drought, experts warned yesterday. They said the American crisis is forcing
up the global price of crops used to make staples such as bread and pasta.
Meat is also tipped to cost ...
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194436/Family-food-bills-soar-British-shoppers-face-paying-bread-pasta-meat-devastating-drought-ravages-crops-U-S.html>
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Expanding food production in a carbon constrained future
The Hill (blog)
We recognize that water scarcity is going to get more common and widespread
and will threaten key U.S. crop production regions. Technologies and
policies must be put in place to reduce water utilization and increase
efficiency. Agriculture must address ...
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Scientists look at genetic crops to beat drought
Summit Daily News
Colorado State University professor Phil Westra says attitudes are changing
toward crops that have been altered to resist drought and pests because of
a continuing drought that has slashed harvests and increased the price of
food. Westra said a new ...
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GE crops backfire, campaign says
Voxy
Consumers are also being exposed to increased toxins as crops for food and
clothing become increasingly loaded with the very same pesticides
originally positioned to be a way of reducing chemicals, and as a way of
saving farmers time and money.
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UN food chief warns high and volatile prices here to stay
Globe and Mail
... better co-ordination,” said Mr. Graziano. He urged countries to
discontinue using food crops such as corn to produce fuels, but said such a
problem could be avoided in the future as the biofuel technology advances
and non-food crops are ...
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Withering crops lead to soaring issues
Royal Gazette
Recently the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that only 49
percent of the crops were either in “good” or “very good”
condition. Yields per acre may hit the lowest levels since 1995.
Seventy-five percent of the corn and soybeans used in food ...
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Prevent food shortages, eat less meat: report
GlobalPost
Animal protein-rich food consumes five to 10 times more water than a
vegetarian diet. One third of the world's arable land is used to grow crops
to feed animals. Other options to feed people include eliminating waste and
increasing trade between ...
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Sharad Pawar suggests alternate crops for Punjab and Haryana
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Depleting water table and worsening soil health in key food
grain growers Punjab and Haryana have prompted agriculture minister Sharad
Pawar to explore possibilities of introducing alternative crops such as
pulses, oilseeds, fodder crops and ...
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Food Crops News 97


FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 97 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
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Drought in Midwest to have widespread impact
Yuma Sun
The impact is already being seen in sharply higher prices for corn and
soybeans, two of the most important food crops worldwide for humans and
animals, noted Kurt Nolte, executive director of the Yuma County
Cooperative Extension. In turn, this is ...
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Soybeans susceptible to man-made materials
Grand Island Independent
Researchers contend that manufactured nanomaterials may be detrimental to
the quality and yield of food crops, such as soybeans. Manufactured
nanomaterials are man-made materials produced by manipulating matter on an
atomic and molecular scale.
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CA Prop 37: Is it too late to protect organic food?
Eco Child's Play
Other common GE crops include alfalfa, canola, cotton, papaya, sugar beets,
and zucchini. In addition, GE crops are used to make food ingredients (such
as high fructose corn syrup) that are often included in processed foods
(meaning foods that are not ...
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Blueberries: Enjoy a taste of Michigan's finest fruit crop
Detroit Free Press
By Susan M. Selasky Detroit Free Press staff writer. Filed Under. Life ·
Food ... And this year, it's one of the fruit crops that fared OK following
the warmer-than-average spring. Local blueberries are still available at
many farmers markets and ...
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Crop Yield Prices Balancing Fund to be introduced
Daily News Egypt
Fluctuations in food prices create a supply problem for crops in high
demand. In the case of a decline in the price of a certain crop, farmers
tend to refrain from growing that specific crop as it is unprofitable. As a
result, supply shrinks while ...
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Calls to lower ethanol quota rise
UPI.com
26 (UPI) -- Lawmakers and activist groups are calling on the U.S.
government to lower the ethanol quota in the face of a possible domestic
and international food crisis. Currently, the U.S. renewable fuel standard
uses about 40 percent of the nation's ...
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Unfair price of major crops induces farmers to go for poor production
Financial Express Bangladesh
Experts raised alarm as cultivation of major crops has declined in the
country recently that may give rise to food insecurity. Price deprivation
in almost all crops forced the peasantry to reduce cultivation, farmers
claimed. Farmers disinterest ...
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Food Crops News 96

FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 96 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
CROPS FOR BIOFUEL Cây Nhiên liệu Sinh học http://cropsforbiofuel.blogspot.com
 
 
USDA panel gets altered-crops pay plan
San Francisco Chronicle
But the Department of Agriculture is already tied in knots over how to deal
with the contamination of organic and conventional foods by biotech crops.
On Monday, a USDA advisory panel will consider a draft plan to compensate
farmers whose crops have ...
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Better picture of drought's effects comes into view
Columbia Daily Tribune
We all knew the drought was bad, but now we have some official estimates of
what the drought will mean for the food sector. Two weeks ago, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture estimated that the U.S. corn crop will be 25
percent smaller than expected ...
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5 Ways to Store Fresh Foods Through Winter
Care2.com
Try the following storage methods for these five crops, and you can be on
your way to enjoying fresh food year-round! 1. Potatoes. Place cured
potatoes in a burlap bag, tuck the bag into a plastic storage bin left open
a wee bit, and keep in an ...
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Ministry of Agriculture report on Cultivation of genetically modified food crops
The Hindu
Ministry of Agriculture report on Cultivation of genetically modified food
crops. Share · Comment · print ·. T+ · T- · Tweet. Click here to read
the full report submitted to the 15th Lok Sabha by the Committee on
Agriculture. More In: Resources | News ...
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Emerging global developments threaten food security
Nation on Sunday
Inclement weather has affected crop production in other countries as well.
Drought in parts of China has resulted in high prices of several food crops
including rice and sugar. In India the monsoon failed and reduced food crop
harvests including a ...
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Keeping the food bowl full
The Age
... for food – they wanted a more reliable food supply. So they stayed
put near wild fields of palate-pleasing plants such as wheat, barley, peas
and lentils, and began saving seeds to cultivate crops, while tending to
the sheep, cows, pigs and goats ...
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=== Web - 5 new results for [food crops] ===

"Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops - Prospects and ...
“*Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops – Prospects and
Effects*”: Thirty Seventh Report. Prepared by Parliamentary Committee on
Agriculture ...
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Off The Grid News » food crops
The debate over using America's food crops to produce fuel has been brewing
since 2008 when a boom in commodities and surging food prices brought into
...
<http://www.offthegridnews.com/tag/food-crops/>

Soil And Food Crops Being Contaminated by Nanomaterials ...
A study says that man-made nanomaterials (MNMs), used in popular cosmetic
products such as shampoos, gels, hair dyes and sunscreens, may also be ...
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Food crops production disturbed by floods « Kalongo Food reporting
Much rain has destroyed crops in Kalongo region in the month of July 2012
with seasonal ...
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Antara News : Drought begins to severly affect farmers, food crops
The ongoing drought in Indonesia has begun to affect food crops in various
parts of the country, as farmers continue to face a shortage of irrigation
supplies, ...
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FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 95 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
CHÀO NGÀY MỚI hoangkimvietnam https://sites.google.com/site/hoangkimvietnam/
 
Fewer Crops Mixed With Ethanol Policy Makes for Volatile Food Prices
Minyanville.com
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL If sensational stories about farmers feeding cattle
candy or Peter Luger Steak House prices skyrocketing haven't highlighted
the severity of this year's drought and the impact of soaring grain and
crop prices, then Bill Lapp, the ...
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No relief seen in forecast food-price rise
San Antonio Express
About 40 percent of the corn crop is used to feed livestock. Feed costs
account for 50 percent to 70 percent of livestock and poultry production,
according to the American Feed Industry Association, a trade group. The
increase in feed prices has caused ...
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Food Prices Rise After Bad Weather
Yahoo! News UK
"The biggest problem with lack of sun is the colour of the crop and the
growth rates, but also with too much rain you get disease problems where
crops become unsaleable," he said. "If they have got disease they won't
hold up in the bag and the consumer ...
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Global record low grain stocks may engender food price crisis
Saudi Gazette
“Exportable (maize) supplies in the US and Ukraine had tightened and,
while the next crops in Brazil, Argentina and South Africa may be large,
harvests are still several months away,” the inter-governmental body
said. The US Midwest has suffered its ...
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Supporters of genetically modified food labeling make their case
San Diego Reader (blog)
Instead, he said that a signed affidavit from a farmer supplying a crop
testifying that no modified plants were used in production would be
sufficient to protect manufacturers from liability – if all farmers
guaranteed that they were supplying crops ...
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World Food Security: Investment In Small-Scale Irrigation May Protect Africa ...
Huffington Post
It won't replace the need for staple cereal crops, but it gives farmers
more insurance against a food crisis." Small-scale irrigation schemes
usually cover areas less than 2 hectares. Farmers largely initiate and
finance irrigation equipment ...
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How Food Production Impacts Water Quality
ThinkProgress
Our water systems are currently being threatened by the crops we grow and
food we produce. In many countries, agriculture is the leading source of
nutrient pollution in waterways—a situation that's expected to worsen as
the global population increases ...
<http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/24/738961/how-food-production-impacts-water-quality/>
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=== Web - 3 new results for [food crops] ===

Nanoparticle 'risk' to food crops
"Whilst many of their effects have been well documented, some of their
mechanisms of action are not fully understood. Concern has arisen that
widespread ...
<http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1964492/pg1

Nanomaterials contaminating soil, food crops?
Nanomaterials contaminating soil, food c...Nanomaterials (NMS) are
synthesized by manipulatin..."As MNMs are used more and more in consumer p.
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DAILY FOOD CROPS
The term “nutrition” refers to all aspects of food, the nutrients
contained in them and the processes taking food into the body. People eat
because they are hungry ...
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