Saturday, November 8, 2014

Food Crops News 257

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Update of Food Crops News from 31 Oct. to 08 Nov., 2014.
food crops
Daily update November 8, 2014


NEWS

China to extend direct farm subsidy to other crops only if cotton a success
BEIJING: China will extend its direct subsidy policy to other agricultural ... Beijing will soon switch to direct support for farmers of non-food crops such ...
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Wall Street Journal

US approves first genetically modified potato for commercial planting
But the potential adoption of genetic modification has been more controversial in food crops such as wheat, where no GM varieties are approved in the ...
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KCET

No to GMO labels
... labels on foods made with ingredients from genetically engineered crops. ... health, and that consumers have the right to know what's in their food.
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AgWeb

World Food Prices Drop a 7th Month in Longest Dip Since 2009
Food prices are falling amid an outlook for bigger grain crops, rising milk ... The FAO's index rose to a then-record in 2008, and surging food prices ...
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The Guardian (blog)

The legalisation of marijuana isn't just about liberal values - it's about dollars
We scored some data on yearly harvested area, production weight and wholesale value for the most common food crops from the UN Food and ...
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Phys.Org

Questioning GMOs
In food crops, this can include increasing a plant's nutritional value by having it naturally produce more vitamins. Or the new gene may allow plants to ...
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Start working to deal with climate change
He should promote funding for research into new food-crop hybrids that can flourish in changed climatic zones and tolerate weather extremes.
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The New Indian Express

'Start Field Trial of GM Crops'
Again, while release of GM crops for commercial cultivation through the ... However, he pointed to the era of hope on the food production front and ...
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food crops
Daily update November 7, 2014


NEWS


Genetic Literacy Project

Could genetics convert food crops to perennials, revolutionizing farming?
“So how are we going to feed more people with higher quality food? ... planting by developing perennial crops, essentially revising thousands of years ...
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Business Standard

Activists get considerable funding to put out biased information about GM crops: Ram Kaundinya
The regulatory process is very stringent and adequate tests are carried out before GM crops, especially food crops, are approved for cultivation.
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TheCropSite

Expected Floods to Ruin Somalian Crops
Expected Floods to Ruin Somalian Crops ... Many current food security indicators across Somalia resemble or are worse than those seen in the ...
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School garden yields more crops than imagined
The first year the school yielded a major crop, it distributed some of the food to students. “Fifty-five to 60 percent of our students receive free and ...
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Winter weather brings new locally grown crops to your dinner table
Winter weather brings new locally grown crops to your dinner table ... It also impacts what locally fresh foods you put on your family's dinner table.
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Traditional Foods Best - CS Koskei
"We want to promote these crops to boost the country's food security. The crops can mature early and are not vulnerable to diseases," said Koskei.
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DesMoinesRegister.com

Global food prices continue decline, UN says
Food prices are down more than 16 percent since 2011 due partly to a record global corn crop in 2014 and cereal stockpiles - grains such as corn, rice ...
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Americans need to know who grows their food: Chip Bowling
The agricultural sector contributes over $173 billion to U.S. economic output. Thirty-seven percent of ... Those crops are more than just food. Corn, for ...
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Old Gold & Black

Vandana Shiva speaks on international food issues
Shiva pointed out that our lack of tolerance of diversity in food — meaning the manufacturing of crops to meet distribution specifications rather than ...
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food crops
Daily update November 6, 2014


NEWS


New York Times

Election Day Entailed Casting Votes for Soda Taxes and Food Issues Too
He said interest in genetic engineering of crops is a result of people wanting to know the “story” of the food they eat. “They want to know where it came ...
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KITV Honolulu

On Maui, voters ban farming of genetically modified crops
While Oregon's ballot measure on the labeling of genetically modified foods remains too close to call, voters on the Hawaiian Island of Maui passed ...
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Forbes

Faster Food: Inside Cargill's Plan To Make The World's Biggest Food Business Even Bigger
... storing, shipping and selling the crops farmers grow around the world. In 1998 Cargill assured its dominance at the heart of the global food market ...
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ABC Online

New Chinese owners of Elizabeth Downs in the Northern Territory looking forward to a future of ...
The new Chinese owners of Elizabeth Downs station in the Northern Territory are planning to export cattle and also food crops from the Top End.
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George Washington Carver still influences food science
By the late 1800s, the South's mono-crop (cotton) agricultural economy had seriously depleted the region's soil, and the ensuing Dust Bowl of the early ...
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The Hindu

Innovative methods in vegetable growing bring good yields
It is not what crops a farmer grows; it is the net profit he is able to get that is really important. Be it cash crops or food crops, the bottom line is profit and ...
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Sacramento Business Journal

Startup RF Biocidics makes equipment sale to major nut company
The company's two existing products are for food crops. One, called Apex System, is a chamber with a conveyor belt used to treat nut and seed crops.
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Jakarta Post

Govt plans to improve irrigation system
On the eve of the 34th commemoration of World Food-Crop Day tomorrow, the Agriculture Ministry has pledged to improve the country's irrigation ...
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Munchies_ Food by VICE

We Spoke to a Monsanto Exec About Solving the World's Food Crisis
If we don't figure out how to raise twice the amount of food we currently ... Yeah, but China will send back corn and soybeans if the crops came from ...
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Crop Biotech Update
November 5, 2014

Despite the rapid adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops by farmers in many countries, controversies about this technology continue. Uncertainty about GM crop impacts is one reason for widespread public suspicion. Wilhelm Klümper and Matin Qaim from the University of Goettingen (Germany) have carried out a meta-analysis of the agronomic and economic impacts of GM crops to consolidate the evidences. The analysis covers 147 original studies that were carried out internationally over the last 20 years. On average, GM technology adoption has reduced chemical pesticide use by 37%, increased crop yields by 22%, and increased farmer profits by 68%. Yield gains and pesticide reductions are larger for insect resistant crops than for herbicide tolerant crops. Yield and profit gains are higher in developing countries than in developed countries. The meta-analysis reveals robust evidence of GM crop benefits. Such evidence may help to gradually increase public trust in this technology.
The results were published recently in PLOS ONE. The open access article can be downloaded at: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111629.
More than 20 of Europe's most prominent plant scientists signed a joint letter warning that Europe may lose its research lead unless plant science is adequately funded. The most influential plant scientists from Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden are concerned that European basic and applied plant science may be relegated to a second tier status.
The signatories are concerned that Europe may fall short on its current 'Horizon 2020' goals of producing "world-class science" and removing "barriers to innovation" unless European policymakers take a more pro-science stance. The scientists state that the current EU "de facto moratorium on transgenic plant approvals has been detrimental for applied plant science and has effectively eliminated possibilities for publicly funded scientists and small companies to address the big challenges for society."
The open letter calls for a fundamental revision of GM regulation, and warns that "in most European countries permits to perform field experiments with transgenic plants are blocked, not on scientific but on political grounds," and that where field experiments are permitted "these are often systematically vandalized, causing huge scientific and financial losses," hampering scientific efforts to tackle agricultural pests and respond to climate change. They reveal that "some of us have even been threatened and had private property vandalized."
The open letter is available at: http://www.umu.se/digitalAssets/151/151958_open-letter-to-decision-makers-in-europe.pdf. For more details, read the news release at: http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/news/newsdetailpage/europes-leading-plant-scientists-call-for-urgent-action-to-defend-research.cid242017.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) released a position statement on new techniques on genetic improvement of crops together with GM regulations that can be adopted by the EU. BBSRC recommends trait-based system in assessment of GM crops, instead of focusing on the techniques used in the transformation because the boundaries between established genetic modification (GM) and non-GM techniques will become increasingly blurred as techniques develop. BBSRC also urged policy makers to be knowledgeable about the costs of not introducing proper regulatory processes.
Read the position paper at http://www.bbsrc.com/web/FILES/Policies/genetic-crop-improvement-position-statement.pdf.
Ghanaian Members of the Parliament of select committees on food and agriculture and environment and trade visited the Bt cotton confined trial site at Nyankpala in North Ghana to be familiar with biotechnology. The Bt cotton trials is part of Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) project on the introduction of GMOs and biotechnology products in Ghana.
According to Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in-charge of Crops, scientific evolution had come to stay and the country could not afford to be left behind. He also said that genetic modification would not replace conventional techniques in agricultural production because farmers can still choose the best system that works for them. On the other hand, Dr. Emmanuel Chamba of CSIR-SARI urged the government to establish an effective body to regulate the cotton industry.
The field visit was organized by Program for Biosafety Systems.
For more details, visit http://biotech.einnews.com/article/232112668/MuggY9oyimCutn7y.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) organized a three-day workshop of the Parliamentary Agriculture Committees from India, Africa, and South Asia Regions last October 29-31, 2014 at the Punjab Legislative Assembly, Chandigarh, India.
The workshop was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Punjab Sh Prakash Singh Badal, Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly Dr. Charnjit Singh Atwal, and Honorable Speaker of Indian Lok Sabha Smt. Sumitra Mahajan. It was attended by leaders of Parliamentary Agriculture Committees, legislatures and delegates from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The workshop aimed to devise ways to increase food productivity and achieve food security. Discussions stressed that technical innovations are vital to meet today's challenges of food security and that countries should focus on crop improvement and on sustainable use of resources. Other issues tackled include the myths and realities of GM crops, safety of GM food and the parliamentary agricultural committees' role in strengthening the agriculture sector.


(from left): Dr. BS Dhillon, Vice Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Mr. Tony Worthington of University of Greenwich; Dr. Charnjit Singh Atwal, Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly; Prof. IS Dua of Punjab University; and Mr. Bhagirath Choudhary, Director of ISAAA South Asia CentreFor more details, contact Bhagirath Choudhary of ISAAA South Asia Centre at b.choudhary@cgiar.org.
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food crops
Daily update November 5, 2014
NEWS

Rancho Tissue Technologies launches new food crops division
Hazelnuts (Corylus) are the first crop available through Rancho Tissue's new division. Plant material is sourced from the USDA-ARS National Clonal ...
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Some One Million Somalis in Urgent Need of Food Aid, Says UN
Some one million Somalis are in urgent need of food assistance as raging floods have destroyed thousands of hectares of crops, aggravating an ...
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NPR (blog)
On The Trail To Preserve Appalachia's Bounty Of Heirloom Crops
On The Trail To Preserve Appalachia's Bounty Of Heirloom Crops .... Preserving a food that is more in demand means preserving farming with ...
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Great Lakes in New Bid to Control Crop Pests, Diseases
Maize, cassava and bananas are among the basic food crops in Eastern and Central Africa. Yet, they are prone to pests and diseases that dent them ...
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Open letter: Slow to adopt GM crops, Europe becoming ag backwater
“We all depend on plants for providing us with food, building material, textiles, medicine and fuel. Among the greatest challenges facing mankind are ...
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Insight: US jockeys with China over GMO crop issues
Insight: U.S. jockeys with China over GMO crop issues ... and the USDA promotes the crops as a means to enhancing global food security, many other ...
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Indian NGO leader: Don't lift Indian moratorium on Bt eggplant and other GM crops
The Indian government is currently debating whether to life an 18-month freeze on trials of 13 genetically modified food crops, including the ...
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The Guardian
India air pollution 'cutting crop yields by almost half'
The finding has implications for global food security as India is a major rice ... Comparing crop yields in 2010 to what they would be expected to be if ...
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Wired
This High-Tech Greenhouse Tests What Crops Will Survive Climate Change
Food and Water | A system of computer-controlled tubes sends precise amounts of water and nutrients to each pot. Syngenta has 13 types of fertilizers ...
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Discovery News
Drying Wells May Lead to Conflict, Food Shortages
For thousands of years, irrigation has enabled farmers to grow crops that feed the world's population, and about 40 percent of that water comes from ...
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food crops
Daily update November 4, 2014


NEWS



Science Codex
Getting more out of nature: Genetic toolkit finds new maximum for crop yields
"There is an immediate need to find new ways for plant breeders to produce more food." Worldwide more than 842 million people do not receive ...
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Center for Research on Globalization




The Nation
Food traders, processors 'begging for large working capital loans'
Small and medium-sized food traders and processors have been begging banks for huge working capital loans to buy up bumper crops from farmers ...
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Modi to hold meeting today to firm up WTO strategy
The current WTO norms limit the value of food subsidies at 10% of the total value production of a particular food crop, which is based on prices ...
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eco-business.com
Salt's poisonous effect is growing threat to crops
As global warming increases the world's arid areas, scientists warn that restoring productivity to salt-affected agricultural land will be essential to feed ...
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The Scottish Farmer
Pesticides - EU bans are too much, too soon
"We currently import just under 50% of our food and crop yield reductions due to reduced use of pesticides will almost certainly increase that reliance ...
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Save the bees? Environmental groups call on Health Canada to not approve new insecticide
That's a problem because about 25 per cent of the world's food crops ... 2013 PMRA statement that claimed “agricultural practices related to the use of ...
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food crops
Daily update November 3, 2014


NEWS



Science 2.0
Biofortification: The New 'Green Revolution' Of Genetically Engineered, More Nutritious Crops
Scientists working on crop biofortification have to select their crops carefully. “There has to be a cultural acceptance of food,” Chin said. That's why one ...
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In the Garden: Community Crops harvests more than food
At Community Crops — a nonprofit organization with more than a decade of experience in creating opportunities for Lincoln residents to grow food for ...
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USA NEWS
Honest Food Labels Can Help Save Monarchs
Honest Food Labels Can Help Save Monarchs (Op-Ed) ... GM corn and soy, also known as "Roundup Ready" crops, were specifically engineered to ...
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We do not have the competence to play around with GM foods: Suman Sahai
To Bt or not to Bt? The debate rages again with the government lifting an 18-month freeze and clearing field trials of 13 genetically modified food crops ...
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Science 2.0
Bradford Heap: Vote yes on Prop. 105, GMO labels
Colorado's Proposition 105 calls for the mandatory labeling of foods containing ingredients from transgenic crops derived in the laboratory through ...
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Statesman Journal
Anti-science activists play politics with kids' food
The CFS study implies that the crops we grow to produce food for our families and yours (crops that repeatedly pass the strictest regulatory system in ...
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Live Trading News
More Toxic Breed Of GE Crops Get Approved
Center for Food Safety also cites a 2012 study published in the journalBioscience, which concluded that this new generation of GE crops “will trigger ...
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Truthdig
Salt's Poisonous Effect Is a Growing Threat to Crops
Think of an area about the size of 3,000 football fields that can no longer be used to produce food each day. And then remember that the global ...
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Rainfall‚ hailstorm damage crops
Rainfall‚ hailstorm damage crops ... Mugu are likely to face food crunch after millet and paddy crops were damaged by incessant rainfall and hailstorm.
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food crops
Daily update November 2, 2014


NEWS

New Calif. law moves crop authority from county to state
The bill authorizes the California Department of Food and Agriculture secretary to adopt a list of plants and crops that the secretary finds are or may be ...
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food crops
Daily update November 1, 2014


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Daily Mail
Poor drainage systems are reducing crop yields and could lead to food shortages in 2050, study ...
Salt is damaging crop-growing soil around the world and it could lead to a shortage of food by 2050. That's according to a UN study that says 7.7 ...
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Tuvalu farmers get EU help to boost crops
ITAIA LAUSAVEVE: Agroforestry is a sustainable land use system where you want to integrate tree species together with food crops, perennials as ...
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National Post
GMO crops have fans, critics
They cite scientific studies that show GMO crops contribute to health and environmental problems and are not needed to improve global food ...
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Hain Celestial wants to grow its own crops on LI
The company's other brands include Celestial Seasonings tea, Earth's Best baby food, Terra vegetable chips, Spectrum cooking oils and Dream ...
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Al-Shorfa
Yemen seeks to enhance agricultural production
Work is under way at the Yemeni Agriculture Ministry to expand the cultivation of food crops and limit the cultivation of qat, which it says has become a ...
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GM food: saving lives, or lining corporate pockets?
“For example, in Missouri, they're growing GM cassava, which is an important food crop for 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. The cassava ...
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The Land Newspaper
Govt 'gutless' on GM: ABCA
AGRICULTURAL Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) chair Ken ... GM crops also had a key role to play in aiding the future food demand task ...
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Phys.Org
Lab breakthrough can lead to cheaper biofuels, improved crops, and new products from plants
This breakthrough technique can also be used in fungi and for a wide variety of uses in plants, for example, to increase food crop yields or to boost ...
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Voice of America
CAR Food Security Hard Hit
Violence in Central African Republic has taken a heavy toll on food security. A new U.N. assessment says crops, livestock and fishing have all been ...
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food crops
Daily update October 31, 2014


NEWS



Science 2.0
Not All Science Is Created Equal: The Story Of Genetically Engineered Crops
There is tremendous controversy about genetically modified (GM) crops and derived food. Even the definition of what is a GM crop can differ ...
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Could salt-tolerant crops be solution to sustainable food production?
Around 2,000 hectares of agricultural land is lost each day due to the salinity in soil. Could breeding salt-tolerant crops be a new way to sustainable ...
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Trade Deal Threatens Farmers and Food Businesses
The secret Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations are a direct threat to food businesses and farmers, and a moratorium on the release of GE crops ...
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indiatvnews.com (press release) (blog)
'Declining crop area has potential to cause food inflation'
Chandigarh: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said declining area under crops has the potential to cause food inflation and hit farm output ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Genetically modified crops: an open letter to Europe
"We all depend on plants for providing us with food, building material, textiles, medicine and fuel. Among the greatest challenges facing mankind are ...
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Daily Times
Crop forecasting system
The system, procured and installed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation ... With US funding, FAO provided the software and hardware for crops ...
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Proactive Investors USA & Canada
The Latest Agricultural Revolution
Without food, nothing else matters. ... But there has been a price to pay for increased crop yields, and populations are now looking for high quality and ...
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Feeding 9 billion people by 2050 global challenge
Finally, researchers in the United States and other developed nations need to understand breeding programs for food crops in Africa, like those here, ...
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