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Top 10 Food Crops Cultivated In India | Spot On Lists
Agriculture is the most important activity in India. Many different verities of crops are grown all over India. Around two third of all the population residing in our ... <http://spotonlists.com/food/top-10-food-crops-cultivated-in-india/>

Genetically Modified Food: Can It Help Fight the Obesity Crisis?
PolicyMic
Historically, genetic engineering of food plants has been aimed squarely at making them suitable for the industrial food system. Tomatoes, typically fragile fruits, were engineered to survive months in storage and transport without spoiling or being ...
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Egypt's Battle With GM Crops (and Food Poverty)
Green Prophet
Back in 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt made the bold statement that no Genetically Modified (GM) crops were to be planted in Egypt. Although this may have been a relief to various campaigners and the average Egyptian concerned about their ...
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Genetically modified crops gaining ground in China: Report
Times of India
Clive James, chairman of the NGO, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications ( ISAAA), said China should ease restrictions on bio-technology and promote the use of GM food crops, China's Caixin Media reported. In 2009, China ... <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Genetically-modified-crops-gaining-ground-in-China-Report/articleshow/18847379.cms> See all stories on this topic: >

GM crops gaining ground in China
Global Times
James suggested that China should ease restrictions on bio-technology and promote the use of GM food crops, Caixin Media reported. In 2009, China certified GM rice and maize strains that were developed by Chinese scientists, but it still has not ...
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Farmers dump sugarcane for food
The Observer (blog)
Luvaluka is part of a growing group of farmers in Busoga who have found the transition to sugarcane farming too tough, but one they have very little choice over. In 2001, hundreds of farmers were persuaded to grow sugarcane after food crop prices ... <http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24023:farmers-dump-sugarcane-for-food&catid=38:business&Itemid=68> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.observer.ug/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D24023:farmers-dump-sugarcane for-food%26catid%3D38:business%26Itemid%3D68&hl=en&geo=us>


Awareness campaign mulls tuber crops in lieu of principle foods
KanglaOnline
Dr AK Bijaya Devi, PI AICRP (TC), CAU, Imphal Centre in her key note assress said the tuber crop farming system is practiced on a national level. She said, ” The rapid change in climate has affected the production of principle food crops like wheat and ...
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Plight of the bumblebee may affect food crops
Herald and News
Two new studies in Thursday's journal Science conclude that wild bees, like the American bumblebee, are increasingly important in pollinating flowers and crops that provide us with food. And, at least in the Midwest, they seem to be dwindling in an ...
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Program promotes Georgia food crops
The Albany Herald
Georgia is known for is its high-quality agricultural products. But it never hurts to be reminded of this. It's an often overlooked contributor to our state's economy. The University of Georgia Extension Service points out
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U.S. Food-Inflation to Ease on Bigger Grain Crops, USDA Says
Bloomberg
U.S. food inflation may ease later this year as larger crop inventories lessen cost pressures, assuming the worst drought since the 1930s ebbs further, the Agriculture Department's top food economist said. The drought led to record corn and soybean ...
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Foreign investment in Australia's food crops - The Future of ... - ABC
Foreign investment in Australia's food crops is a double-edged sword that brings the benefits of new markets and financial capital, but also concerns over foreign ... <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-19/foreign-investment-in-australias-food-crops/4527244>

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