Sunday, January 25, 2015

Food Crops News 267

                   Update of Food Crops News from 13 Jan. 2015 to 25 Jan., 2015.

food crops
Daily update January 25, 2015

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IJ Review
What's the Most Lucrative Crop Grown in Your State and Why? These Two Maps Might Surprise You.
Yet, when I came across this map, compiled with data from Department of Agriculture, I learned that wheat was the most lucrative food crop grown in ...
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The Sudbury Star
Making the Sudbury 'food-secure' in 10 years: Vision 2025
According to an April 2013 New York Times article, 71 of the 100 crops that provide 90% of human food are pollinated by bees. These crops are ...
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Newsweek
Slugs Are Eating America's Farms
When planted earlier in the season, cover crops add green matter to the field, says Troisi, which can serve as an alternative food source for slugs so ...
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Woburn Daily Times
“Genetic Roulette – The Gamble of Our Lives”
This occurs when the foods leak into bloodstream, creating an antibody ... There are currently eight genetically modified food crops: canola, corn, ...
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Sugarcane farmers await announcement of minimum support price
Many farmers in Tarai districts have started sugarcane farming in recent year hoping to get better returns compared to traditional food crops. But delay ...
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GhanaWeb
Ghanaian scientists edge up GM rice trials
The fourth successive experiment of the Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) rice is being conducted by the Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for ...
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Farmers to gain from banana, potatoes drive
Director of Crop Development at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Mr Twahir Nzallawahe called on farmers in the targeted ...
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Boko Haram: 500000 Metric Tons Of Crops Lost In Adamawa in 2014
He noted that federal government has made adequate arrangements to avert famine in the state, saying “Government has adequate food reserve in ...
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WEB

A review
In this paper, we reviewed studies on the O3 concentration observation and O3 effects on food crops throughout China. Data from 118 O3 monitoring ...
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food crops
Daily update January 24, 2015

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The EU and GM - Will It 'Let GM Crops Flourish' or Stop GM Being Used 'Under Any Pretext'?
There is no sign of any supermarket or food company suggesting they would be remotely interested in buying GM food crops grown in England, and ...
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Wall Street Journal
Rising Temperatures Could Cut Crop Output
If the U.S. agricultural industry doesn't plan and adapt, the potential for smaller crops could diminish the country's role in supplying food to other ...
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EcoWatch
15 Health Problems Linked to Monsanto's Roundup
Genetically engineer seeds to grow food crops that could tolerate high doses of Roundup. With the introduction of these new GE seeds, farmers could ...
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www.worldbulletin.net
Floods wreak havoc on Malawi economy
"However, the late rains and the damage to crops due to excessive rains could have a negative impact on agricultural output, which would add ...
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Portland Business Journal (blog)
Portland firm closes $250M fund to support sustainable berry and hazelnut farms
Agricultural Capital Management Permanent Crops LLC, the food and ag arm of Portland-based Equilibrium Capital Management, has closed a $@50 ...
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Trade complicates handling of GMO crops, GM labeling could, too
Trade complicates handling of GMO crops, GM labeling could, too ... Food costs will likely go up 15-20 percent as many companies will likely ...
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Biotech crops show global promise but suffer from restrictive regulations
Agricultural biotechnology has the potential to increase production on existing ... The pipeline includes crops with potential benefits such as enhanced ...
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food crops
Daily update January 23, 2015

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FoodNavigator.com
Productivity may have peaked for many food crops, researchers warn
“Renewables include staple crops, e.g., cassava, maize, rice, soybeans, and wheat, which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
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Marrone Bio product gets approved for more crops in Canada
Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. announced Thursday it won approval for new uses in Canadian food crops for its Regalia Maxx biofungicide.
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Boulder Weekly
When it comes to variations in crop yield, climate has a big say
What impact will future climate change have on food supply? That depends in part on the extent to which variations in crop yield are attributable to ...
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Legal Framework Of Crop Seed Business In Turkey
The crop seed industry in Turkey is mainly regulated by the following ... Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock ("Ministry") is the main authority ...
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Science 2.0
Africa Will Feed Itself Within The Next 15 Years
Sadly, in our rush for only genetic solutions to increasing agricultural yields, we have ignored the fields and landscapes in which crops are grown.
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The National
Report outlines ways Arab world can improve food self-sufficiency
ABU DHABI // Boosting crop productivity and raising irrigation efficiency are among the options a report has outlined to improve Arab countries' ability ...
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GM foods take a (bit of a) blow
... the UK) to restrict, or even ban, the growing of GM crops in their territory. ... the food crop and the surrounding ecosystem, often to devastating effect).
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Land under cultivation drops in district
From food crops to cash crops, the decrease in area has been observed in all 20 ... Corn and millets are the major crops cultivated in Coimbatore.
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Genome editing is future of biotech
“More developing countries will allow genetically modified crops and food, and Europe will wake up and try to catch up with the rest of the world in the ...
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io9
Where food crises and global conflict could collide
Still another issue for decreased food production is the fact that many farmers are turning crops like soy, corn, and sugar into sources for biofuel rather ...
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food crops
Daily update January 22, 2015

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Inhabitat (blog)
UN says climate change is threatening global food diversity and could cause crop extinctions
A policy paper released by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that climate change is posing a very real threat to the diversity of ...
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Georgia Fruit, Vegetable Growers Association rebrands food safety program
What was formerly known as the Georgia Good Agricultural Practices Food Safety Program, or GA GAPP, has been rebranded as Produce Food ...
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Michigan State University Extension
Applying pollen over a crop as an alternative food source for predatory mites
Cattail pollen is an effective supplemental food source for predatory mites in some cropping systems. However, the strategy is still debated among ...
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TechCrunch
Tule Is A Crop-Hydration Sensor For The Tech-Savvy Farmer
Too much or too little water can ruin thousands of acres of cropland, cause a food shortage, drive up prices for the consumer and devastate a farmer's ...
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The Hindu
An entire village shuns using chemicals for growing crops
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi had conferred the Kendra with the best KVK award for promoting IPM through Integrated ...
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SustainableBusiness.com
Two More GMO Crops Approved, EU Passes GMO Legislation
The USDA has done it again, approving two more GMO crops from Monsanto ... chemical solutions," says Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food ...
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3BL Media (press release)
African Orphan Crops Consortium Receives Agricultural Grant To Help Tackle Malnutrition
SAN DIEGO, USA, January 21, 2015 /3BL Media/ – The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) is this year's recipient of the Illumina Agricultural ...
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Irish Independent
Rotation of cover crops can greatly improve soil quality
However, the connection between soil use and global food security, climate ... Over the years Padraig has extended his use of cover crops or green ...
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Chestnut growers are finding a niche in Michigan
And when it comes to specialty crops, Michigan is the real deal. Outside of California, no other state produces as wide a variety of agricultural crops, ...
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Crop Biotech Update
January 21, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced its decision to deregulate Monsanto's Dicamba-tolerant trait technologies –Roundup Ready 2 Xtend™ soybeans and Bollgard II® XtendFlex™ cotton. The decision will be published in the Federal Register in the near future.
Robb Fraley, Monsanto's chief technology officer, said "This announcement marks an important milestone for farmers around the world. Weeds represent a key pest to agriculture operations around the world and limit crops of much-needed nutrients, sunlight and access to available water resources. We're excited to provide additional tools that can help improve efficiencies on farm and support farmers in bringing more food to harvest for consumers."
For more information, read USDA's news release and associated documents at http://goo.gl/4BnVTp.
Agricultural gene banks will cease from simply serving as storage of plant seeds, but will now be used to find traits that can be utilized to develop better crop varieties.
The new initiative, called DivSeek aims to unlock the potential of crop diversity stored in gene banks around the world and make it available to all so that it can be used to improve productivity, sustainability and resilience of crops and agricultural systems. DivSeek is an effort of an international consortium of 69 public sector partners, including CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers.
Read more at http://www.divseek.org/ and http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/01/divseek-aims-mine-genetic-treasure-seed-bank-vaults.
Through the analysis of the data collected from the physical examination of Chinese farmers, a study shows that GM rice significantly decreases pesticide use and adverse effects on farmers' neurological, hematological, and electrolyte system. The study is published in Science China Life Sciences journal.
General health and blood examinations of 109 farmers in Fujian province were conducted in 2010. Historical records of the visible effects of pesticide applications were obtained from each farmer. They were also asked specific questions regarding the effects of pesticide use on their health.
Results showed that commercialization of GM rice may reduce pesticide use by more than 2/3. This equals a pesticide reduction of more than 196,000 tons in China per year. The authors indicated that about 8% of rice farmers still suffer from acute pesticide-related poisoning. Thus, the estimated 16 million farmers who suffer acute poisoning illnesses each year can benefit from the use of GM technology and the consequent reduction in pesticide exposure. Hence, the commercialization of GM rice is expected to improve the health of farmers in developing countries, where pesticide application is necessary to mitigate crop loss.
Read the research article at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11427-014-4768-1.
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food crops
Daily update January 21, 2015

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CBC.ca
University of Saskatchewan researchers developing dog food made from pulse crops
Lynn Weber and Jaswant Singh, of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, are developing a pet food made from chickpeas, beans and lentils.
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EverythingLubbock.com
New High Tunnels Save Crops
The South Plains Food Bank's crops are thriving in new high tunnels, given on ... The high tunnels block weather elements that can cause the crops to ...
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RTCC
Climate change threatens staple potato crop in high Andes
The huge number of 1,400 varieties of native potatoes are being grown in the Sacred Valley – one of the world's major food crops that has been ...
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Dairy Herd Management
Food diversity under siege from global warming, UN says
Climate change threatens the genetic diversity of the world's food supply, and saving crops and animals at risk will be crucial for preserving yields and ...
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EU decision only sows seeds of more confusion on GM crops
Member states can now decide against GM crops on grounds including ethical ... But the fact is that GM crops enter Scotland as food, animal feed and ...
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Farm Futures
Wheat yields to decrease as temperature increases
"We started this with wheat, as wheat is one of the world's most important food crops," said Asseng, whose team's study was published online Dec.
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Genetic manipulation: good or bad?
Like Mickey D, consumers are questioning the safety of genetically engineered crops and demanding that the foods made from them be labeled.
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Bellingham Herald
Our Voice: Agriculture Hall of Fame has a great crop this year
They get up ridiculously early, work in all kinds of weather and never get much of a thank you from the rest of us who eat the food they provide.
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TODAYonline
Special Report: For Islamic State, wheat season sows seeds of discontent
They have published pamphlets with photos of golden fields and fighters distributing food. A bad crop might not cost the group control of territory, but it ...
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food crops
Daily update January 20, 2015

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NutraIngredients.com
Could plant biotechnology help breed prebiotic-rich food crops?
A targeted approach to breeding food crops that are rich in prebiotic carbohydrates such as fructans and inulin could promote health and aid in ...
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Hotter climate could 'wilt' wheat crops
“We started this with wheat, as wheat is one of the world's most important food crops,” says Senthold Asseng, professor of agricultural and biological ...
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FoodNavigator.com
Food diversity under siege from global warming, UN says
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change threatens the genetic diversity of the world's food supply, and saving crops and animals at ...
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The Guardian
GM crop vote was just the beginning of Europe's biotech battle
They allow countries to grow GM crops that have first been authorised by the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa), but enable states to ban single ...
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Food diversity under siege from global warming, UN says - TRFN
ROME, Jan 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change threatens the genetic diversity of the world's food supply, and saving crops and ...
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Eyewitness News
Malawi floods: Food security a major concern
The floods have also left crops and farm land in 15 out of 28 districts under ... #Malawi Food security has become a major concern as torrential rains ...
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FoodManufacture.co.uk
Scientists welcome EU country ruling on GM
... scientific evidence before making any decision to ban GM crops in their territories. The IFST had always highlighted the important role food scientists ...
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No thanks to genetically modified soy oil (letter)
The FDA and EPA are compliant with this residue in your food. We also are exposed when crops are sprayed or the seeds are aerated.
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Don't Worry: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Says Pesticide-Laden Food is Safe to Eat
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing ... When sprayed on crops or in gardens, pesticides can be blown by the wind to ...
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food crops
Daily update January 19, 2015

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KEITH ROSSITER: Frankenfood – classic GM crops thriller coming to a shelf near you
Humans have been modifying food crops since prehistory, by accident or design. Agriculture changed gears when Mendel's principles of genetics ...
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ISB study blames MSP for food inflation
It looked at the food policy and macro-economic trends in relation to ... He said this would make farmers to over-invest in MSP-supported crops while ...
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Business Standard
Technology integration imperative in agri, food business: Amaethon
... commercialisation of GM food crops, extrapolating the growth and success strategy of dairy in other sectors of agriculture etc. to ensure food security ...
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Global Times
GM crop policy now in hands of EU members
The subject of genetically modified (GM) crops has long provided fertile ... their cooperatives and other parties in the food and feed chain - urged the ...
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Tonga Daily News
Tonga's Ha'apai a year on from Cyclone Ian
It also damaged 13 out of 17 schools and wiped out most food crops. A World Bank assessment put the cost of the damage and economic loss from ...
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food crops
Daily update January 18, 2015

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DL-Online
Herbicide- tolerant crop approvals need to stop
Farmers of nearby non-tolerant crops will pay the price for USDA's ... Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe ...
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Get ready for future crisis in food production in Southeast
We argue that one perfect story about the collapse of a food industry as a ... Furthermore, the exposure of crops to typhoons and potential drought in ...
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Clare: Natural food is better for enviroment
I've written before about genetically modified organism (GMO) crops and why I do not purchase products using these plants, based on several ...
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The Family Garden: Choosing a site for your garden
When selecting a site for your garden beds and borders, it is important to consider light levels, especially if your goal is to plant food crops.
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Biofuels—fuel of the future?
With the increasing need to provide food for future generations, scientists are uncertain whether both biofuel plants and food crops can coexist without ...
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WBUR
Legal-Ease: Newest specialty crops require attention to detail
Technology now allows many food producers to trace non-conforming crop products to the literal 40-acre field from which the non-conforming products ...
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Morogoro RC directs farmers to exploit experts
He was however thrilled with the increased level of food and cash crops production in the region saying farmers needs to enhance their morale even ...
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food crops
Daily update January 17, 2015

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Center for Research on Globalization
Genetically Modified Food and the False GMO Narrative: Britain's “Corporate Political Parrots”
The evidence strongly suggests that the Government and the GMO industry is manipulating the media and forcing GM crops into Britain. Details of ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Sustainable Food and Agriculture for Rwanda
Yield growth rates of food crops are declining worldwide.Average growth rates of yieldfor cereal grains (e.g. wheat, rice) have slowed from 2% per ...
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Golden Hammer: Federal bucks reap a bumper crop of farmers markets
The USDA's Farmers Market Promotion Program is designed to help farmers meet the skyrocketing demand for homegrown food and specifically aims ...
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GM food bid step closer to shelves
A solution to world food shortages and key to bringing down the cost of ... However, imported meat from livestock which has been fed with GM crops ...
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Nature World News
Global Wheat Yield May Drop as Temperatures Rise
"We started this with wheat," he added, "as wheat is one of the world's most important food crops." Unfortunately, it was recently revealed that the world ...
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Agriculture Fisheries 2025 not 'ningas cogon'
They were divided into five sectoral groups: Rice and food crops; poultry, livestock, and feed crops; fisheries; fruits and vegetables; and commercial ...
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ABC2 News
Real Food Farm continues to grow crops in the winter, employee city residents
It's not the most ideal conditions for growing fruits and vegetables but a farm in Baltimore is still harvesting crops and giving job opportunities to city ...
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RT
Monsanto gets approval for new GMO corn, soybeans designed for potent new biocide
RT
The new GMO crops – coupled with the dicamba/glyphosate cocktail ... to more than 40 million lbs. per year,” according to Center for Food Safety.
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London Free Press
Benner's art serves up food for thought
Three Questions is an exhibit that explores native food crops found in North, South and Central America that were cultivated by Native people then ...
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Crop Biotech Update
January 14, 2015
The global agri-biotech market sustains growth reaching US$27.8 billion by the end of 2014, according to the report released by BCC Research, a market research company based in the U.S. The global market for agri-biotech was US$26.4 in 2013. With the projected compound annual rate of 11 percent over the next five years, it is expected that the global market for agri-biotech might reach US$46.8 billion by 2019.
"North America and South America are the leading geographic markets for agricultural biotechnology products," the report said. "South America and Asia are projected to post high growth rates in their markets due to favorable regulatory climate and new transgenic crops," the report added. It was also stated in the report that biotechnology tools, such as DNA sequencing, biochips, RNA interference, synthetic biology and genomic editing tools "comprise a small but high growth segment of the industry."
Read the highlights if the report at http://www.bccresearch.com/market-research/biotechnology/agricultural-biotechnology-technologies-markets-report-bio100b.html.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have passed a new law that will allow EU member states to restrict or ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops on their own territory, even if this is allowed at EU level. The legislation, originally tabled in 2010, but was then deadlocked for four years due to disagreement between pro- and anti-GMO member states, was informally agreed by Parliament and Council in December, and will come into force in spring of 2015.
Belgian MEP Frédérique Ries, who is steering the legislation through Parliament said, "This agreement will ensure more flexibility for member states who wish to restrict the cultivation of the GMOs in their territory. It will, moreover, signpost a debate which is far from over between pro- and anti-GMO positions." 
MON810 maize is currently the only GM crop cultivated in the EU. The "Amflora" GM potato was banned by the EU General Court in 2013 after an initial green light from the European Commission.
For more information, read
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150109IPR06306/html/Parliament-backs-GMO-opt-out-for-EU-member-states.
Professor Lord Krebs, Principal of Jesus College, told the Oxform Farming Conference that organic farming does not necessarily equate to environmentally friendly farming. He explained that organic farming is generally less productive per hectare meaning more land is needed to produce a certain amount of food.
"Converting land to agriculture, especially arable farming, results in the release of large amounts of carbon, so from the point of view of reducing greenhouse gases, organic farming might actually be a worse option than conventional farming," he added. Thus, he suggested that other forms of agriculture could also be harnessed to mitigate the effects of climate change. "Some evidence suggests that genetically modified, herbicide tolerant crops, facilitate minimum tillage agriculture, a further reason for encouraging their acceptance by the food industry," he said.
"But if we look at the big picture, there's no doubt that we are going to need all the appliance of science that we can muster, if agriculture is to rise to the challenge of feeding the world in a changing climate with diminishing resources. In short, we are going to have to produce more with less," he stressed.
Prof. Krebs served as Chief Executive of the UK Natural Environment Research Council and was the founding Chairman of the UK Food Standards Agency.
Read the complete transcript of his speech at http://www.ofc.org.uk/files/ofc/papers/frank-parkinson-lecture.pdf.
Farmer suicides in Maharashtra and other parts of India have nothing to do with biotech cotton, according to scientists at the Indian Science Congress held on January 3-7, 2015 at the University of Mumbai.
"There is a lot of negative public perception about Bt crops… Even a paper in Nature says linking these two (biotech cotton and farmer suicides) is our imagination," said Dr. Anupam Verma, Indian National Science Academy Senior Scientist at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, during his talk on GM crops. Biotech critics point out that the increasing number of suicides in Maharashtra is due to the inability of Bt cotton farmers to pay their debts. However, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) report said that there were several causes of suicide, and Bt cotton is not a major factor.
Dr. Verma also refuted arguments about monopolization and Bt cotton. He said that there are more than 1,000 Bt cotton hybrids available in the country. He also mentioned Project Sunshine in Gujarat, and explained how Bt cotton influences the growth in agriculture in Gujarat.
Dr. Deepak Pental, former Vice-Chancellor of the Delhi University also voiced out his support to biotechnology. "We can produce oil indigenously if we use Bt. But unfortunately, it is caught up in a debate taken up by the left and now supported by the neo-right." Dr. Pental is a renowned genetic scientist with major breakthroughs in hybrid seed science.
Read more at http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/404240/bt-cotton-not-to-blame-for-farm-distress-scientists/.
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food crops
Daily update January 15, 2015

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Sierra Leone Times


FoodNavigator.com
Functional and healthy GM foods have large market potential
Genetically modified foods that provide health benefits, like 'golden rice', ... the team behind the research said various GM crops with health benefits ...
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Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Pulse, crop research funding boosted
Introducing pulses into more food products not only creates a healthy market for pulse growers, it creates a healthier population, says Gordon Bacon.
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Calcutta Telegraph
Pesticide taint on organic food
New Delhi, Jan. 14: A crop care industry association has accused India's food safety regulatory agency of allowing organic food products to be ...
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agprofessional.com
Natural food brands urge Obama administration to protect pollinators
(Editor's Note: Natural and organic food companies are pushing for removal of ... Bees and other pollinators, essential for two-thirds of the food crops ...
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Daily update January 14, 2015

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EurActiv
MEPs approve national ban on GM crops cultivation
Widely grown in the Americas and Asia, GM crops in Europe have divided ... Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, who was ...
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food crops
Daily update January 13, 2015

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Genetic Literacy Project
Cornucopia Institute: Organic farms industrializing--As sustainability benefits of GMO crops rise
After 12 years of setting standards for organic foods, including exclusion of genetically modified crops, the USDA set its official guidelines in 2002.
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Yahoo Parenting
Textbook Agrees to Update Controversial Message on GMO Foods
A sixth-grade science textbook has a caused a dustup over its one-sided presentation of GMOs in food crops recently, inspiring the book's publisher, ...
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New plant breeders trained to transform 'orphan' crops
[NAIROBI] Food security could receive a major boost following the ... 'orphan' crops such as cassava, millet, sorghum and cowpea and cassava.
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DivSeek project aims to uncover crops' hidden genetic data
Currently, just 30 crops account for 95 per cent of global human food and energy intake — a limited gene pool that leaves crops vulnerable to floods, ...
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Consider growing cool- and warm-season crops
As an Ohio farm boy, Joe Novak had daily chores - caring for livestock, milking cows. But his interest in growing food crops became his life work.
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Daily Mail
EU set to allow controversial genetically modified crops to be grown in the UK
There is also concern among consumers amid suspicion the crops pose risks ... and organic crops, as well as honey, so polluting the entire food chain.
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FoodNavigator-Asia.com
Soybean salt tolerance gene identified as crop land gets more saline
With the amount of saline agricultural land expected to double by 2050, ... soybean gene that it believes will vasty improve crop resistance to salt.
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PR Newswire (press release)
ICL Launches "Potash for Growth" Program in Ethiopia
While Ethiopia has experienced strong agricultural growth over the past several years, the country remains challenged to significantly increase its crop ...
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AG Week
Plunging grain prices prompt growing interest in raising both crops and livestock
Like most area farmers who raise crops, the Landsverk family is hurt by ... “A lot of guys (area agricultural producers) wish they were diversified right ...
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