Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Food Crops News 204






BBC News

Crop diversity decline 'threatens food security'
Combine-harvester working in a wheat field (image: AP) A growing reliance on crops like wheat help feed a growing population - but at what cost?
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ZIZ Live

St. Kitts registers increase in food crop production in 2013
Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) — Food crop production in St. Kitts increased by 15 percent last year, from 1,176 metric tonnes in 2012 to 1,356 metric ...
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Food Poisoning Bulletin

Organic farm supporters say GMO contamination needs USDA controls
Farmers trying to grow non-GMO crops have to take many steps and spend ... Food & Water Watch is calling for USDA to start tracking and analyzing ...
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The Most Genetically Modified Crops
There's a lot of talk about genetically modified crops today, but the truth is that there ... Before they [crops] can be planted in the U.S.," according to Thomas ... including: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Environmental ...
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Economic Times

Monsanto India extends rally after government approves field trials of GM crops
... field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops on a conditional basis. ... USA is a seed company focusing on maize and agricultural productivity.
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A Ban On Genetically Engineered Crops?
On February 25, 2014, this statement was made by the Center for Food ... Their petition against the use of GE crops shows the legal authority to ban ...
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Sandusky Register

Hummus craze drives chickpea growth; farmers benefit
Historically, about 70 percent of the chickpea crop in this region was ... Hummus, once an exotic Middle Eastern food that was hard to find, is now sold ...
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Claim: Food production in the northeastern US may need to change if climate does
Their results are based on calculations of regional agricultural land use and production between 2001 and 2010. In that time, over 100 crops were ...
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Draft biotechnology strategy documents highlights importance of GM crops
The vision document deals with matters relating to human health, marine biotech, aquaculture, food and nutritional security, industry biotechnology, ...
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Crop insurance fails to ease climate woes of India's poorest
Since 2000, the state has offered crop insurance - a service currently used by 7.2 million farmers in 22 districts. It covers a range of food crops ...
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BLOGS

Increasing homogeneity of world food supplies warns of serious implications for farming and nutrition
"More people are consuming more calories, protein and fat, and they rely increasingly on a short list of major food crops, like wheat, maize and ...
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Biotechnology benefits ag, environment, consumers
Biotechnology has brought numerous benefits to farmers and consumers, and thousands of studies support the safety of food from GMO crops.
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Food supply safe
All new crops undergo extensive safety reviews by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada to ensure they are safe for people, ...
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GMO Crops: Five New Reasons Monsanto's 'Science' Doesn't Add Up
To hear the pesticide and junk food marketers of the world tell it, anyone ... And oh-by-the-way, no, GMO crops will not feed the world, nor have they ...
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Rules on genetically modified food are unfair to farmers
As contamination is unavoidable, the Safe Food Foundation is calling for a moratorium on all GM crops grown in the open air in Australia. Specific ...
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Oman Daily Observer

Ethiopia's teff grain set to be world's next 'super-food'
The crop, mostly grown in the Horn of Africa, is a key part of the country's heritage and a crucial food staple, but is also gaining increased interest ...
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Economic Times

Farmers seek livelihood security from parties
Shah said, "Use of pesticides has affected our food crops and its quality. We demand that agriculture should be shifted towards ecological farming on ...
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The Hindu

A food crisis waiting to happen
Ketheeswaran's crops have never failed this way. Walking along his field which sprouts harvest-ready paddy and some rough-edged weeds, ...
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Somaliland Sun

Somaliland: Agriculture Ministry Marks Food and Water Security 2014 Week in new Buildings
This will reduce the need of importing food that has taken us hostage the V.P ... the need for imported food by increasing planting of different crops.
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News Bites: RI DEM Farm Viability Grants, Providence Storefront Improvement, The Revolving Door
“The Specialty Crop Block Grant program is one of many efforts by DEM to support the local agriculture and food economy,” noted Ken Ayars, chief of ...
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Daily News

Tanzania tipped for more farming glory
The associate director noted that in Tanzania, several crop varieties have ... A number of principal food crop include maize, cassava, rice, beans and ...
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SikhSangat News

GM crops akin to killing agriculture with acid: Ramadoss
The centre's sanction to field trials for around 200 genetically modified (GM) food crops, including paddy and wheat, is equivalent to killing Indian ...
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No field trial of GM crops in Kerala
Field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops would not be permitted in the State under any circumstances, said Minister for Agriculture K.P. ...
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Agricultural Robots Market Overview 2014: Industry Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide ...
Robots contribute to the freshness, variety and quality of food. Projects are ongoing. High value crops are a target of agricultural robotic development.
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Mintpress News

Organic Agriculture: 'The Way Forward' In The Age Of Climate Change
Cling to a food system that contributes to climate change and jeopardizes food security, or adopt a regenerative system that strengthens food security ...
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Potential must be nurtured
The displays involving both food crops and vegetables, as well as animal husbandry, tell the story that there are still many people committed to ...
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Jamaica Gleaner

Revive Montpelier Farms for agro-processing expansion
The exterior of one of the food-processing plants at the 2,000-acre ... so when people produce their crops, they can go and take their produce there.
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Families risk a lot in Delaware farming
Delaware farmers and their land provide a “food shed” for the state, the ... A lot can happen to that crop, both good and bad, between planting and ...
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World Bank commits $30m to PNG agriculture project
... population lives in rural areas and most depend on small-scale agriculture for their food and livelihoods. Coffee and cocoa are two major cash crops ...
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Will limited water resources kill California agriculture?
The California Department of Food and Agriculture published these statistics about how much water it takes to grow these crops: one head of broccoli, ...
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Boeing helps Balinese farmers
New start: A farmer plants seeds in a rice paddy in Jatiluwih, a UNESCO ... we're promoting the goodness of growing and consuming organic food.
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GM crop production soar, new report shows
Despite the ample belief by some scientists that the Genetically Modified Organic food is not very safe for human consumptions, farmers are now ...
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Sido Touts Establishment of Food Processing Factory
Residents of Tarime stand a better chance to benefit more from a wide range of food crops grown in the area with the availability of what Mara ...
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Economic Times

Moily rolls back curbs on GM field trials
It is also appreciated that the regulatory mechanism for GMOs, including food crops, in our country is still evolving… I feel that until the Biotechnology ...
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`Tuber crops will provide food security`
BISHNUPUR, February 28: A one-day training programme on scientific cultivation of tuber crops held at Khonghampat, Imphal West district organised ...
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Independent Online

Call to put traditional plants on menu
People are not aware of the nutritional value of these crops and often looked down on them. “While South Africa produces enough food for local use ...
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Petition Seeks Nationwide Refuge Ban of GE Crops and Neonicotinoid Pesticides
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--February 27, 2014. Beyond Pesticides joined Center for Food Safety (CFS), Public Employees for Environmental ...
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What's Limiting the Impact of GMOs on Global Food Security?
As I pointed out in my piece on Why GMOs Matter, Especially In the Developing World, over at Grist, there are genetically modified food crops that ...
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Attracting pollinators
By providing food for the pollinators, they in turn pollinate our food crops, which then create food for us — a win-win situation for all involved.
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Farming Life

Climate change puts wheat crops at risk of disease
Wheat, one of the world's most important crops for human food, is milled for use in bread, breakfast cereals, cakes, pizzas, confectionery, soups and ...
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Recycling News

Biofuels could slash transport sector's need for oil
... research by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and consultancy the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) has shown.
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8276-Call for Speakers at World Corn Congress 2014

From: Abby2 Abby2@wcamcongress.com


Dear Dr.Hoang Kim Vietnam,

It’s Ada Yang
, the coordinator of the 1st Annual World Corn Congress, with a theme of “Bright Future for Maize Industry”, which will be held during August 29-31, 2014 in Changchun, China. I'm writing to follow-up my last invitation to express my sincere wish for your participation to be the Speaker of Forum 2: Corn Production Science and Modernization at the upcoming World Corn Congress 2014. We are aware of your valuable contributions to Forum 221: High Yield Cultivation and Planting Techniques and feel that your unique and inspirational speech would be the perfect for the conference.

The 1st World Corn Congress features a very strong program which will continue to bring together academic researchers and industrial chemist’s worldwide. The program will highlight recent breakthrough stories and successes in this particular field by organizing a Scientific Program, Industrial Program, Business and Career Development, and Social Activities.

The 1st World Corn Congress will be an important part of the 4th Annual World Congress of Agriculture (WCA-2014). WCA-2014 will seek the views and creative ideas on technologies for improvement and application of agriculture biotechnology. WCA-2014 will bring together industry leaders, investors, policy makers, scientists, researchers and other professionals working in the area of Agriculture and discuss the latest scientific advances in agriculture and future directions of the technologies.
The program of the 1st World Corn Congress are as the following
Forum 1: Corn Genetics, Genome and Genomic Technologies
Forum 2: Corn Production Sci-tech and Modernization
Forum 3: Corn Deep Processing and Extended Applications
Forum 4: Fruit Corn                                                                                                           
Forum 5: Global Corn Development Strategies and Market Trend
Forum 6: Corn Business and Trades

For the details of the program, please visit: http://www.bitcongress.com/WCA2014/program-wcc-1.asp

If you would like to attend this event, the congress will become more perfect. For further information, please visit: the conference website at

With my best wishes to you and see you in Changchun!

Sincerely Yours,
Ms. Ada Yang
Organizing Committee of World Corn Congress,China
East Wing, 11F, Dalian Ascendas IT Park
No. 1 Hui Xian Yuan, Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone
LN 116025, P.R.China
Tel: 0086-411-84575669 ext 872
Fax: 0086-411-84796897
Email: ada@bitconferences.com
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