food crops
Daily update ⋅ January 7, 2015
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Experts urge caution on GM crops
It concluded by saying that a moratorium of ten years should be imposed on field trials of GM food crops and held that this time should be adequate to ...
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There is war over Genetically Modified foods, but they might just 'save' Africa
These useful genes could make crops high-yielding, disease resistant or ... It is the third African major staple food crop after maize and rice, and ...
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Indian Science Congress: 'Modern technology must for food security'
Opposition to the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops in India was hijacked first by leftist, then neo-leftist and now by far right, and in the ...
Scientists propose removal of policy hurdles for widespread use of GM crops technology - Daily News & Analysis
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Colleges cultivate agricultural education with hands-on classes
The rising sun dried dew droplets on the kale, beet greens, arugula, collards, carrots and other crops, flowers and fruit trees growing on the one-acre ...
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UK research funding of spider venom crop protection
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of the top projects announced is being led by Arch UK Biocides Limited
and in collaboration with the University of Durham, the Food and ...
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Table grape harvest ends with second largest crop in history
Table grapes are one of the most expensive crops to grow.” ... With growing consumer demand for fresh fruit, rated the top snack food and the ...
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UK ministers prepare for 2017 GM crop rollout
The government is preparing for the planting of GM crops in the UK by putting ... Its 2013 'Feeding the Nation' food policy review states: "Biotechnology ...
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Can GMOs save the world?
Half a world away in Des Moines, Iowa, the annual World Food Prize ... bans on genetically engineered crops, according to the Center for Food Safety.
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Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru's Andes
“The families' food security is definitely at risk,” agricultural technician Lino Loayza told IPS. “The rainy season started in September, and the fields ...
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food crops
Daily update ⋅ January 6, 2015
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GM crops pushing Monarch butterflies' rapid decline
... said that many crops are altered to be resistant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide which kills milkweed, the monarch caterpillar's only source of food.
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Nigeria's Demand for soybean valued at N300bn
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at Community of Agricultural Stakeholders of Nigeria (CASON), Mr.
Sotonye ... source of protein, making it a major global industrial and food crop.
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FDA Continues to Promote Safe Use of Manure and Compost on Crops
The Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) answers questions relating to the final
issuance of the Product Safety rule this year (2015). This rule will
help ...
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Rabi crop coverage area falls from 579.63 lakh to 552.82 lakh hectares
The total area covered under rabi crops was estimated to be 552.82 lakh hectares. Last year's sowing area was estimated to be 579.63 lakh hectares.
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Global warming will cut wheat yields, research shows
For food
security: Wheat production will be adversely affected by rising ... on
wheat production – one of the world's most important staple crops – the ...
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food crops
Daily update ⋅ January 5, 2015
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Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru's Andes
"The families' food security is definitely at risk," agricultural technician Lino Loayza told IPS. "The rainy season started in September, and the fields ...
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To GM or not to GM?
Food crops
like vegetables and fruits created by using genetic engineering methods
are genetically modified (GM). These are made by combining ...
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NSP announces annual Yield Contest Winners
Ki Gamble of Kansas is the Irrigated National Food-Grade category winner with a yield of 177.97 bushels per acre, and Stanley Brandyberry Farms of ...
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GMO's and the Rights of Consumers
In addition, because GMO products resist bacteria, increased herbicides are being used on food crops. Support for the use of GMO additives attempts ...
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food crops
Daily update ⋅ January 4, 2015
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Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru's Andes
"The families' food security is definitely at risk," agricultural technician Lino Loayza told IPS. "The rainy season started in September, and the fields ...
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To GM or not to GM?
Food crops
like vegetables and fruits created by using genetic engineering methods
are genetically modified (GM). These are made by combining ...
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NSP announces annual Yield Contest Winners
Ki Gamble of Kansas is the Irrigated National Food-Grade category winner with a yield of 177.97 bushels per acre, and Stanley Brandyberry Farms of ...
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GMO's and the Rights of Consumers
In addition, because GMO products resist bacteria, increased herbicides are being used on food crops. Support for the use of GMO additives attempts ...
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food crops
Daily update ⋅ January 3, 2015
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Carolinas receive nearly $2 million in specialty crop grants
North Carolina projects include assistance to specialty crop growers ... the volume of specialty crops distributed through local food hubs and managing ...
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Stop It, He Tells Officials Who Block Crop Exporters
In this amount, maize makes up 1.55 million tons, rice 794,000 tons and the remaining amount is from other food crops," he explained. The president ...
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Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar Bats for Genetically Modified Crop Trials
Citing the reasons for the government's push for GM crops, he said, "For the sake of food security, to get the poor to live with dignity, we need to ...
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Monarchs being pushed toward extinction by herbicide-resistant crops, say environmental groups ...
Genetically engineered crops are driving the iconic monarch butterfly ... the Center for Food Safety, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation ...
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Scientists Alter Crops With Techniques Outside Regulators' Scope
The trend alarms critics of biotech crops, who say genetic modification can have ... Until now, in part because of the costs associated with regulation, crop ... Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration.
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Frankengrass Comes Alive: New GMO Crops Evade Federal Oversight
The FDA does not require identification and labeling of food products that are made through genetically engineered plants. Around 93% of ...
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Economic Partnership Agreement to Hasten Development Among EAC States
Dr Kamala appealed to farmers in the country to increase production of both cash and food crops to increase their incomes. The country's smallholder ...
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RNAi Technology: Farmer's Saviour or Pipe Dream?
There will need to be a huge push on educating the public about this technology if it is going to be sprayed on food crops. Also, due to the advanced ...
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Gene Editing Will Change Everything—Just Not All at One Time
Gene editing offers the ability to modify critical traits in crops and animals: boosting food crop yields and nutrient quotients and making crops able to ...
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food crops
Daily update ⋅ January 2, 2015
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Wakati solar-powered food preserver keeps produce fresh longer in developing areas
Crops can dry out quickly after being harvested, but with the Wakati system the humidity keeps the cells of the crops intact and the acids and enzymes ...
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101 Food Orgs to Watch in 2015
Washington, DC - To celebrate 2015, Food Tank is highlighting 101 .... They operate a seed bank, to provide regionally appropriate crops for ...
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