Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Food Crops News 245


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Update of Food Crops News from  21 Aug to 26 Aug, 2014.

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Sweetpotato Weevils Differentially Attracted to Certain Colors

Jan. 3, 2014 — New research shows that sweetpotato weevils are attracted to different colors, depending on whether they are indoors or ... full story
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Optimizing Sweetpotato Production

Apr. 28, 2014 — The yield increase and grade proportions for 'Beauregard' and 'Evangeline' sweetpotato have been evaluated in a new study, with regard to plant spacing and extension of growing ... full story
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New Methods Increases Food and Bioenergy Production from Cassava

Sep. 24, 2013 — New ways to utilize starch from cassava can provide food to an additional 30 million people without taking more arable land than today. By 2030, the figure will be 100 million. In addition, the same ... full story
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Experts Voice Concerns Over Arsenic in Rice

July 15, 2014 — Inorganic arsenic in rice and rice-based foods poses health concerns in infants and young children, and steps should be taken to minimize exposure, according to experts. The inorganic arsenic levels ... full story
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Genetically Modified Sweet Corn Can Reduce Insecticide Use

Oct. 7, 2013 — A new study suggests that genetically modified sweet corn is better for the environment because it requires fewer pesticide applications than conventional ... full story
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Delaying Resistance to Bt Corn in Western Corn Rootworm

Nov. 26, 2013 — While Bt corn has been highly effective against the European corn borer, it has been less so against the western corn rootworm. A new article explains why and recommends an integrated pest management ... full story
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Increasing Rice Production on Acidic Soils in Malaysia

June 19, 2014 — Adding lime is a cost-effective means of increasing rice production on marginal acidic soils, according to a new study. The study examined the effects of applying lime from various sources on an acid ... full story
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Environmental Impact of Ontario Corn Production Assessed

Feb. 14, 2014 — Researchers examined the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with corn production in ... full story
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Rice Gets Trendy, Adds Nutrients, So Much More

Apr. 21, 2014 — Rice is becoming a trendy culinary selection of many restaurant menus, but also the go-to solution for consumers looking for gluten-and allergen-free choices rich in nutrients. The National ... full story
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New Technique Promises Cheaper Second-Generation Biofuel for Cars

Feb. 24, 2014 — Producing second-generation biofuel from dead plant tissue is environmentally friendly -- but it is also expensive because the process, as used today, needs expensive enzymes, and large companies ... full story
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Combating Obesity With New Okinawan Rice

Mar. 27, 2014 — In recent years, Okinawa has recorded the dubious distinction of having the highest obesity rate in Japan. Preventing obesity-related diseases is an urgent issue. A new research project has been ... full story
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First Step to Reduce Plant Need for Nitrogen Fertilizer Uncovered

Sep. 27, 2013 — Nitrogen fertilizer costs US farmers approximately $8 billion each year, and excess fertilizer can find its way into rivers and streams, damaging the delicate water systems. A new discovery could be ... full story
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Research Raises Concerns About Future Global Crop Yields

Dec. 20, 2013 — Yields of rice, wheat and corn appear to have maxed out on 30 percent of the world's agricultural croplands, according to a ... full story
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Rice Seed Treatments Effective, Worth Investment: Study

Feb. 14, 2014 — When every extra expense makes a difference in profitability, farmers often wonder which management decisions are worth the extra cost. Researchers studied rice seed treatments for effectiveness in ... full story
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Corn Pest Decline May Save Farmers Money

Dec. 19, 2013 — Populations of European corn borer (ECB), a major corn crop pest, have declined significantly in the eastern United States, according to researchers. The decline suggests that the use of genetically ... full story
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Team Models Photosynthesis, Finds Room for Improvement

Mar. 4, 2014 — Teaching crop plants to concentrate carbon dioxide in their leaves could increase photosynthetic efficiency by 60 percent and yields by as much as 40 percent, researchers report in a new study. The ... full story
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Better Sweet Corn Research, Better Production

Jan. 29, 2014 — While grain yield is economically important in field corn production, there are other metrics more important in sweet corn grown for processing, says a crop sciences ... full story
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Weeds Grow Bigger Among Corn; Weeds Influence Gene Expression, Growth in Corn

May 13, 2014 — The axiom, “growing like a weed,” takes on new meaning in light of changes in gene expression that occur when weeds interact with the crops they infest, according to a plant scientist. Using ... full story
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China's Clean-Water Program Benefits People and the Environment

Sep. 5, 2013 — Rice farming near Beijing has contaminated and tapped the city's drinking water supply. For the past four years, China has been paying farmers to grow corn instead of rice, an effort that ... full story
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Foods Toxins That Can Cause Cervical, Liver Cancer

Sep. 30, 2013 — Mexican scientists identified and quantified the amount of aflatoxins (carcinogenic) in food such as corn tortilla, rice, chili pepper, processed sauces, chicken breast and eggs, and revealed its ... full story
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The Express Tribune
GM crops could put food security goal at stake
It also vowed that GM food would not be allowed without full scientific ... He suggested that the proposal of putting a stamp mark on food crops ...
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South Jersey farmers support GMO crop use and safety
If the Legislature passes a state Assembly bill mandating labeling for foods containing ingredients traced to GMO crops, however, the Probascos and ...
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KITV Honolulu
US court overturns law limiting biotech crops on Hawaiian island
The Kauai law required large agricultural companies to disclose pesticide use and genetically modified (GMO) crop plantings while establishing buffer ...
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Spalding Guardian
Kirton Holme vegetable grower talks about the world-wide effects on his crops
Saying all that, how do we keep prices of British food up to a sustainable level? Last year's potato crop is still being moved out of stores at £10 a ton for ...
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Economic Times
Government pitches for biotech crops to achieve 2nd green revolution
Government pitches for biotech crops to achieve 2nd green revolution ... in strengthening employment security and food security for tribal population ...
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Care2.com
Do We Need to Grow More Food or Just Grow It Smarter?
If people are hungry, surely the best way to ensure that they stop being hungry is to produce more crops, thus providing more access to food.
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New study backs health advantages of eating organic
The largest study of its kind, European and American researchers reviewed nearly 350 studies and determined that organic crops and foods contain ...
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Punting on Australian food bowl
He said infrastructure also was inadequate, which meant that even if crops could ... Any food bowl in northern Australia would therefore require a lot of ...
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spyghana.com
Re-fixing the Ghanaian economy: The role of agribusiness
The major problem in Ghana with respect to food security, which has .... A search conducted by this paper has revealed that the food crops module of ...
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Nigerian Observer
Assessing Nigeria's Strategies To Eradicate Poverty
IN 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) named Nigeria as one ... have produced more nutritious food crops, thereby increasing the body ...
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SFGate
Demand For Local Food Makes New England Fertile For Crop Of Young Farmers
Across the region, young people are choosing crops over cubicles, new farms are popping up and the local food movement is spreading. Farmers and ...
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BBC News
Russia EU food ban: Polish apple crop feels the crunch
Poland is the world's largest producer of apples and it was the biggest supplier to Russia before the ban on EU food was imposed on 7 August.
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Wall Street Journal
Meet Mr. Frankenfood
Rather, it styles itself "an environmentally friendly, socially progressive brand," and GM foods don't fit that image. One irony is that GM crops help the ...
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Farm & Food: A chance for understanding GMOS
Farm & Food: A chance for understanding GMOS ... on genetically-engineered crops in the context of the contemporary global food and agricultural ...
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Alberta Express
Fertilizer Vs. Seed, Which One Gives Crop Producers The Most Economic Value?
The narrative that both fertilizer and seed companies as well as food ... Sometimes, during a period of abnormally high prices for one or more crops ...
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Matangi Tonga
King opens Tongatapu Agricultural Show 2014
Accompanied by Queen Nanasipau'u and Prince Ata, the King delivered a speech before inspecting a colourful display of traditional food crops, ...
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Economic Times
Assocham pitches for allowing field trials in genetically modified crops
Assocham pitches for allowing field trials in genetically modified crops ... crops, terming it as a 'pro-poor' step that will help in raising food production to ...
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A Solar&Powered Oasis To Bring Food To Desert Cities
Now a team of architects hopes to create a new agricultural system that ... Inside the prefab greenhouses, farmers would grow crops like tomatoes, ...
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Sudan Vision
Prospects for Modernization of Agriculture in Sudan with an Emphasis to Food Security
This provided with different climatic Zones which make the production of different types of crops is possible through the year. Therefore these ...
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Biomass Magazine
Geneticists develop tree biomass crop to grow on marginal lands
“It is important that bioenergy crops not require prime agricultural land.” “We don't want biomass production to compete with food production,” she ...
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How much of the world's cropland is actually used to grow food?
Vox
Just 55 percent of the world's crop calories are actually eaten directly by people. Another 36 percent is used for animal feed. And the remaining 9 ...
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Climate-cooling policies threaten food supplies
This "food for fuel" program has absorbed significant quantities of corn, soy beans, sugar and palm oils. Consequently prices for ethanol crops are ...
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Localvore: Eat more cover crops
"Today, almost 80 percent of Americans say sustainability is a priority when purchasing food," Barber wrote. However, he continued: "For all its ...
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kwgn.com
Colorado voters to weigh in on GMO food labeling
Their wins have come despite well-funded opposition from GMO crop ... modified crops and the $360 billion U.S. packaged food industry have taken ...
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Increased bear population hurting farmers' crops
An increasing bear population could hurt local farmers' crops as autumn settles in and bears look harder for food before winter, even after a relatively ...
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More Crop Per Drop
As demand for food grows, agriculture will be challenged to sustainably increase food production. An analysis by the International Food Policy ...
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ABC Science Online
Canola genome paves the way for better crops
Brassica napus — also known as canola or oilseed rape — is an essential food crop, providing canola oil for cooking and biofuel, and seed meal for ...
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FeedNavigator.com
Cattle feed or biogas? Crop-fed anaerobic digestion creates competition for animal feed supplies
“Our findings suggest that the percentage of crops fed into an anaerobic ... On farm AD gives dairy farmers an option for managing manure and food ...
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Good Crop, Bad Crop
NAIROBI - Kenya's ban on imports of genetically modified (GM) crops reflects a troubling trend in a country traditionally seen as an agricultural ...
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Why are biofuel mandates being relaxed?
"The E.U.'s new 7 percent biofuels ceiling comes in response to claims that using biofuels made from food crops increases inflation on food costs," ...
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NBCNews.com
Gleaning America's Farms: Unused Crops Feed Hungry Families
“The kind of food I was used to buying, that is expensive. ... Healthy Acadia gleans 30,000 pounds of food each year, taking crops that would otherwise ...
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Good Crop, Bad Crop
Kenya's ban on imports of genetically modified (GM) crops reflects a troubling trend in a country traditionally seen as an agricultural innovator.
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Munchies_ Food by VICE
Nicaragua's Government Suggests Eating Iguana as Massive Food Crisis Looms
The food problem in Nicaragua isn't just in future crop growth—it's in the escalating prices of the food available right now. Nicaragua's central bank ...
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Agric, Bedrock Of Food And Nutrition Security
Africa is leading the world in the cultivation of bio fortified crops, with 1.5 million farming households now growing bio-fortified food crops. Nigeria ...
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Trio take aim at crop loss
Linton Winder says even a small percentage drop in crop loss creates a huge amount of additional food. Every year around 30 per cent of crops ...
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NPR (blog)
Urban Farms Build Resilience Within Singapore's Fragile Food System
A new crop of farmers is trying to change that. Just as property developers build up when they can't build out, so, too, are these agricultural pioneers.
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Climate-Cooling Policies threaten Food Supplies
This “food for fuel” program has absorbed significant quantities of corn, soy beans, sugar and palm oils. Consequently prices for ethanol crops are ...
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Question of co-existence
THERE'S been a moratorium on genetically-modified (GM) crops in Tasmania since 2001, but could co-existence between non-GM food crops and ...
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Edmonton Journal
U of A garden plants seeds of sustainability
EDMONTON - Alongside the carrots, peas and broccoli, a group of University of Alberta professors and volunteers hope to grow awareness about food ...
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The Independent
Meet Vandana Shiva: The deserving heir to Mahatma Ghandi's legacy
In the process she has made herself look ridiculous, claiming that the expense of GM cotton – which unlike GM food crops is widely grown in India ...
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Scientists hunting for the next big crop find 49 candidates
Ideal species should not be food crops. They need to grow quickly and have to be successful on marginal land that's less suited to growing food crops.
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The price of food doesn't always reflect its true cost
Many local farmers, including some producing seeds for food crops, are certified organic, which is another expense. One that can be lost (along with ...
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ASA, ISA host DC Biotechnology Roundtable
“Scientists and regulatory agencies have established that agricultural ... and government to make biotech crops available to farmers and food ...
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FoodManufacture.co.uk
Organic health claims 'worryingly overstated'
Leifert's research concluded that organic foods were better for health than non-organic foods, because, he claimed, organic crops were up to 60% ...
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World Magazine
South Sudan's food crisis 'worst in the world'
Every summer across Africa, anxious farmers scan the skies, hoping clouds will grow dark and rain will fall hard on freshly planted crops critical for the ...
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Purdue Extension assisting with feasibility study for regional food hubs
Purdue Extension will host meetings throughout Indiana for specialty-crop ... to consumers through the additional distribution system of food hubs.
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TheCropSite
2014 cereal production in Turkmenistan forecast to decrease considerably – GIEWS
Harvesting of the 2014 winter crops, mainly wheat, is nearing completion in ... The proportion of wheat imports to food consumption has significantly ...
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Harvesting the world's key food – grains
Rising global temperatures threaten the world's major food crops; the “rule of thumb” is that each 1-degree-Celsius rise in temperature (1.8 degrees ...
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Yahoo Canada Finance - Insight (blog)
Hazelnut shortage has Nutella fans running scared of price spike
Climate destabilization is a global issue costing billions in damaged food crops and insurance claims every year. As if that wasn't bad enough, now we ...
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