Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Food Crops News 186



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“So many of the crops we depend on now — not just for food but fuel and clothing and all these other things — they're based on crops we developed in the New ...


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Moga farmer says 'bye' to rice-wheat crops in future; think for maize ... Hindustan Times

Rice-wheat crop rotation enhanced the prosperity of farmers and ensured the food security of the nation, but had resulted into the fall out in terms of depleting ...
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Farm and Food: Big Ag tests the weather Lincoln Journal Star

Farm and Food: Big Ag tests the weather ... “charges roughly forty dollars per acre to insure crops,” notes the New Yorker, and Monsanto believes the $1 billion it ...

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Burning food crops to produce biofuels is a crime against humanity The Guardian
EU policies promoting biofuels have, since 2008, diverted crops out of food markets at the bidding of powerful agribusinesses, in their pursuit of private profit.

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Food prices fall as record crop forecast Financial Times
Food prices have dropped further from last year's record highs as farmers encountered favourable weather around the globe, the World Bank said. The broad ...

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Climate change, food security in Asia Bangkok Post
For example, studies are showing that the major food crops _ wheat, corn, and rice _ grow best within a fairly narrow temperature range: about 15C for wheat, ...


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Digging Into Crop Diversity Is Key Martha's Vineyard Gazette
Writing back in September, I bemoaned the lack of crop diversity feeding our ... have been bringing back heirloom food crops and heritage breeds of animals that ...

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Organic farmers question food safety regulations Capital Press
Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal, developed as part of the ... The restriction applies to crops that can come in direct contact with the soil, ...

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Boosting Phytochemicals in Crops Food Product Design
WASHINGTON—The possibility of increasing healthful pterostilbene in crops, such as grapes and berries, may be more likely than before due to a new ...

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Healthy attitude Hindu Business Line
Often referred to unsympathetically as “Frankenstein foods,” genetically modified crops have time and again been the theme of public disquiet and the target of ...


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Close Results on GE Labeling in Washington State Raises Public ... eNews Park Forest
The bills, the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, H.R. 1699 and S. ... the island, and prohibits the growing of all GE crops except for the GE papaya.


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Advancements in High-Speed DNA Synthesis to Drive Growth in the ... DigitalJournal.com
Other areas with commercial potential include the use of synthetic biology for creating crop-enhancing fertilizers and new food additives, such as artificial ...

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Top 10 reasons I'm thankful to be part of a farming family KLTV
From naming crops and farm equipment to livestock stewardship and husbandry, I've learned about our food from gate to plate. And I'm still learning, because ...

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Commercial Farmers Union Urges Zimbabwean Farmers To Grow ... Bernama
HARARE, Nov 25 (BERNAMA-NNN-NEW ZIANA) -- The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has encouraged farmers to grow food crops to mitigate ...





Increasing cropping frequency offers opportunity to boost food supply Phys.Org
Harvesting existing cropland more frequently could substantially increase global food production without clearing more land for agriculture, according to a new ...


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Food safety concerns: How to stop a deadly fungus affecting billions Gant Daily
According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), an estimated 25 percent of the world's food crops are affected by aflatoxins. This briefing looks at ...


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Food Tank: indigenous crops for a food-secure world Fresh Fruit Portal
At U.S.-based think tank, Food Tank, crop diversity and preservation plays an important part of the organization's larger goal to promote a food secure and ...


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Around the crop circles North Queensland Register
WIRE reports suggest the debate over genetically modified (GM) food crops continues in China. There is a concerted push to promote GM food products but it is ...


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Maximum use of cultivable land can ensure food security Financial Express Bangladesh
RANGPUR, Nov 25 (BSS): The nation can attain food security through ensuring ... and newer cropping patterns to produce more crops despite climate change.

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Should Congress just put funding toward crop insurance? CattleNetwork.com
In his recent analysis of crop insurance guarantees, University of Illinois Farm ... While food and nutrition programs have received the most attention because of ...
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Growing Power tools Capital Press
By developing a research lab in a greenhouse, Allen has fine-tuned system components to produce two food products: crops and fish. Tilapia has become a ...

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Book links food security to political stability Cornell Chronicle
While drought-withered crops and starving livestock make cover stories, policymakers' actions taken now to address “food security stressors” ultimately could ...


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Briefing: How to stop a deadly fungus affecting billions IRINnews.org
According to Davesh Roy, a research fellow in the markets, trade and institutions division of IFPRI, standards on acceptable levels of aflatoxin in food crops set ...
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Today's food plants have changed Mail Tribune
I recently read a fascinating book about the original plants that have become the food we eat today. "Eating on the Wild Side," by Jo Robinson, offers information ...


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The Root of It All: Plastics and plants Journal Times
Are the standard plastic pots you get at a garden center OK to grow a food crop in? What about the plastic containers that hold things like tomatoes and herbs?

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Paul MacDonald: Bee vectoring is the latest buzz in organic food The Province (blog)
It provides food for bees, immunity for plants and potential economic benefits for consumers. While it is unrealistic to assume that chemical spraying will soon be ...
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In odd-looking mutant, clues about how maize plants control stem ... The Almagest
This work has powerful implications for efforts to increase the yield of basic food crops like maize (or corn, as it is called in North America). In a paper appearing ...
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Food Dialogue at ISU focuses on biotech crops Radio Iowa
The first-ever Food Dialogue was held at Iowa State University this week, an effort to help educate consumers about how their food is produced. Katie Olthoff, a ...
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SA GM ban panned North Queensland Register
Mr Bignell said an initial four-year prohibition was extended in 2008 because the SA government was concerned about the impacts of GM food crops on the ...
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The Independent Investor:Averting a future food crisis North Adams Transcript
New products such as Bt corn, which produces its own insecticide, and Roundup Ready crops (genetically-altered food substances), were hailed as saviors of ...
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Regulatory Similarities Between GMO Foods and Pharmaceuticals DailyFinance
Similarly, each GMO food must undergo a range of tests mandated by specific regulatory ... How specifically do pharmaceuticals and biotech crops compare?


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Conference held on environmental imbalance at BHU Times of India
VARANASI: A conference on 'Systematic approach in implementation of informational and resource saving technologies in food-crop production: Prerequisite for ...
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