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Why farmers like genetically engineered crops
The Province - Some claim genetically engineered crops are not sustainable and ... Together these GE crops have allowed farmers to produce more food while ...
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Impact of climate change on agriculture crops
Frontier Post - Rice which is another major food crop is more responsive to climate change. The rice production would decline by two to four percent due to climate ...
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Press TV

Global farm ministers call for higher, diverse food production
Reuters - The Berlin meeting called for genetic databanks to be set up to prevent the loss of traditional types of food crops as newly developed seeds replace ...
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Washington Post

With California's strong nut market, thieves see chance to steal the ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter - ESCALON, California — The soaring value of California's nut crops is ... them have prompted a nut orchard boom in the state's agricultural heartland.
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Ban on GMO crops, subsidy for 'healthy' agriculture sought
Davao Today - DAVAO CITY – Activists here appeared to be gaining headway in blocking the inroads of genetically modified food products in the market, as some ...
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nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper

Seed security is food security
nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper - And, by this proposal on seed, it is to them that our right to grow our food is to be ... What is proposed is not limited to paddy and other food crops.
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What You Need to Know About GMOs, GM Crops, and the ...
HealthNewsDigest.com - Genetically modified (GM) crops and foods and ingredients made available with the techniques of modern biotechnology have recently been ...
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Zim Can Restore Its Breadbasket Status
The Herald - Instead, this season must herald the restoration of the country's food ... Most of the farmers are shunning growing food crops in favour of cash crops ...
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ICRISAT's Dr Hari Upadhyaya bags top germplasm award of US body
Times of India - In his award lecture on "Crop germplasm to overcome challenges to global food and nutritional security," Dr Upadhyaya emphasized on how large ...
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Inside Indiana Business

More Crop Production Means Lower Food Costs
Northeast Indiana Public Radio - Consumers have seen high food prices because of crop shortages and dry weather across the country for the past few years. But that's expected to ...
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Irish Times

Plague of locusts compounds Madagascar's food crisis
Irish Times - The swarms will return later this month, devastating food crops. ... per cent of rice crops in 17 of the country's 22 regions, and threatens the livelihoods ...
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Ghana Business News

Passage of Plant breeders bill generates disagreement
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - Biotechnology in agriculture involves the use of scientific methods to produce genetically modified food crops that are more pest, disease and drought ...
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Why grow food?
Napa Valley Register - As I have become a more knowledgeable vegetable gardener, I have wanted to increase the variety of crops I grow and to harvest year-round.
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Brentwood Gazette

Waitrose helps fund new Barleylands food scheme for youngsters
Brentwood Gazette - Green tokens collected by Waitrose shoppers and a grant have allowed for a new polytunnel to be created at Barleylands Farm, where crops can be ...
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Science World Report

First Comprehensive Test to Detect Genetic Modification in Food
Science World Report - The genes of GM plants used for food are tweaked to make them more healthful or pest(icide)-resistant, but some consumers are wary of such ...
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AGRI-CULTURE: Conference offers education, support for cover ...
Circleville Herald - ... more growers discover the benefits of cover crops to their overall soil health and use them on their farmland, Ohio State University's College of Food...
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Food inflation at record high but farmers not getting any richer Indian Express
The two crops where inflation continues to be a worry are fine cereals and the fruits and vegetables (F&V) complex.
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Opposition to biotech crops slowing government approval, hurting ... DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
The opposition to biotech crops is slowing the approval by U.S. regulators of ... Food and biotechnology companies point to studies from the Food and ...
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Letter: Support GMO labeling bill Concord Monitor
Foods are often genetically modified so that growers can spray them with ... that are applied to our GMO food crops each year, and they aren't pretty.
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Around the crop circles North Queensland Register
In its five year supply and demand projections, the IGC said China would ramp up its production of food staple crops such as wheat and corn, but ...
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Ag Firms Sue to Block Anti-GMO Law Wall Street Journal
Three agricultural companies sued Friday to overturn a new law in Hawaii that would restrict the planting and spraying of genetically modified crops...
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Food inflation may ease but supply-side woes pinch farmers ... Indian Express
... where repeated MSP (minimum support price) boosters have served to push up returns, prices of key food crops have seen a unprecedented crash ...
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Enhanced gene-modified corn for livestock soon in the market Business Mirror
... such as pesticide sprays, the report titled “Crop Biotechnology: Impact and Future Prospects for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture,” said.
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