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WCRTC and CassavaViet

http://www.gcp21.org/wcrtc/PlenaryTableofContents.pdf

World Congress on Root & Tuber Crops – WCRTC

Third Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century & 17th Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops

Welcome to the First World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops – WCRTC – resulting from the merger of the 3rd Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) & the 17th Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC)
Explore WCRTC here

WCRTC Participants
WCRTC is primarily for scientists working on cassava, sweet-potato, yam, potato, taro and other aroids in tropical countries around the world. But it is also a congress for developers, donors and for the private sector, to better use root and tuber crops for their business. It is of crucial importance that these two worlds come together to better understand each other to better design future crops for optimized products!

Root Crops Around the World
Root and tuber crops (RTCs), including cassava, sweet potato, yams, potato, cocoyams and other root crops are important to the agriculture and food security of more than 100 countries and overall are a component of the diet for 2.2 billion people as well as contributing to animals feeds and industry. The annual world production of root and tuber crops is about 765 million tones (MT) consisting of potatoes (333mt), cassava (237mt), sweet potatoes (130mt), yams (53mt), and taro and other aroids (12mt). The global consumption of tropical root and tuber crops is about 365kg/capita/year.
News dates confirmed for the World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops

SciDev.Net

Root crops congress roots for cassava

SciDev.Net  – ‎1 giờ trước‎
[BEIJING] The First World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops opened Monday (18 January) in Nanning, China, to discuss the significance of roots and tubers, emphasising cassava as a means to reduce poverty and increase food security on a global scale.
AfricaNews

Commercial cassava beer taps new market in Mozambique

AfricaNews  – ‎16 thg 1, 2016‎
In Mozambique’s bars and street stalls, the tipple of choice nowadays is a cold “Impala” a beer made from cassava rather than barley that is fast capturing a valuable slice of the African market.
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)

Creating gender balance in IITA cassava weed management

The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)  – ‎18 thg 1, 2016‎
MAINSTREAMING gender in development has several benefits such as building resilience and sustainability in projects and programmes.
Eater SF

Cassava and 18 Reasons Have Remodeled and Reopened

Eater SF  – ‎14 thg 1, 2016‎
OUTER RICHMOND – After closing for a few weeks for some kitchen renovations, Cassava reopens tonight with a larger menu, including stewed lamb cheeks and blueberry balsamic panna cotta.
FoodNavigator-USA.com

Peas, cassava, and potato make up new non-dairy beverage Veggemo

FoodNavigator-USA.com  – ‎12 thg 1, 2016‎
After extensive consumer research, Global Gardens Group came up with Veggemo , a plant-based milk-like beverage made out of pea protein, tapioca from cassava roots, and the starch of potatoes. It launched in October 2015 and is sold in major Canadian …
Inquirer.net

6-year-old boy dies after eating boiled cassava

Inquirer.net  – ‎5 thg 1, 2016‎
CEBU CITY—A six-year-old boy died while his two siblings were confined in a hospital on Wednesday morning after eating boiled cassava in Barangay Balaygtiki, Dumanjug town, 74.3 kilometers southwest of Cebu City. Noven Pasuquin Monteza died in …

Plantain, Cocoyam, Cassava/Potato Fufu Powder – What Are We Eating?

GhanaWeb  – ‎13 thg 1, 2016‎
Of great interest to this article are the numerous fufu powders on the market today i.e. plantain, cocoyam, and cassava/potatoes that are available everywhere in Ghana as well as other Ghanaian communities abroad.
The Phnom Penh Post

Lacklustre prices, competition dampen cassava exports

The Phnom Penh Post  – ‎10 thg 1, 2016‎
Cambodian cassava farmers are facing dropping prices in the agro commodity this season, as the lack of a domestic market and dependence on exports, which faces competition from neighbouring countries, has led them to call for government intervention.
CHANNELS TELEVISION

Ogun State Partners With Export Promotion Council On Cassava, Others

CHANNELS TELEVISION  – ‎12 thg 1, 2016‎
According to the Commissioner, the state is targeting an average of one million tonnes of cassava annually, expected to provide about,100,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Food poisoning blamed on cassava

Inquirer.net  – ‎7 thg 1, 2016‎
A health official issued the advice as cassava that is improperly cooked may have caused food poisoning which resulted in the death of a six-year-old boy in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu.

World Bank pledges assistance to boost cassava production

StarAfrica.com  – ‎13 thg 1, 2016‎
The World Bank is to establish equipment hiring enterprise centres for cassava farmers in Nigeria’s Kogi state to encourage mechanisation, Dr Adetunji Oredipe, Senior Agricultural Economist with the Bank has said.
P.M. News

World Bank to establish agric. equipment centres for cassava farmers

P.M. News  – ‎12 thg 1, 2016‎
Dr Adetunji Oredipe, Senior Agricultural Economist with the World Bank on Tuesday said the bank would establish equipment hiring enterprise centres for cassava farmers in Kogi to encourage mechanisation. Oredipe disclosed this in Lokoja when he led a …
BusinessDay

Ekiti LG to cultivate 20000 hectares of maize, cassava

BusinessDay  – ‎11 thg 1, 2016‎
The Ikole Local Government Council in Ekiti state, on Monday, said it has concluded plans to cultivate about 20,000 hectares of maize and cassava during the forthcoming farming season. The council’s Vice-Chairman, Alhaji Azeez Olasoji, identified …

Nigeria: Bosch, Unido Collaborate to Boost Cassava Production

AllAfrica.com  – ‎5 thg 1, 2016‎
Olaoluwa, who was represented by the Group Head, Agro Processing Unit of BoI, Mrs. Ruth Kadafa said farming is a serious business and cassava is a profitable trade but there is a significant need for many farmers to improve on their skills and
Tempo

Cassava meal kills boy, 6

Sun.Star  – ‎6 thg 1, 2016‎
A SIX-year-old boy died yesterday dawn while two of his siblings landed in the hospital after reportedly eating cassava in the mountain barangay of Balaygtiki, Dumanjug.
DailyPost Nigeria

Three million jobs will be created if 20% cassava is used in making bread – Onu

DailyPost Nigeria  – ‎6 thg 1, 2016‎
1625793253editor_Ogbonnaya_Onu The Minister of Science Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has averred that over three million jobs stand to be created if only 20 per cent of cassava is used to replace wheat in making bread in the country. This was as he …

Bosch, UNIDO Collaborate to Boost Cassava Production

Footprint to Africa – Business and Financial News (press release) (registration) (blog)  – ‎6 thg 1, 2016‎
Bosch, a global supplier of technology and services partnered United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) recently to organise a stakeholders consultative meeting in Lagos with farmers to discuss the prospect, challenges and marketing …




BOSCH, UNIDO, stakeholders chart way for cassava marketing

National Mirror  – ‎7 thg 1, 2016‎
Olaoluwa, who was represented by the Group Head, Agro Processing Unit of BOI, Mrs. Kadafa Lolo Ruth, said farming was a serious business and cassava a profitable trade, noting however that there is a significant need for many farmers to improve on

Kenya: A Commercial Village Brings Business to Poor Kenyan Farmers

AllAfrica.com  – ‎17 giờ trước‎
The farmers cultivate cassava and orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP,) both of which are drought resistant, under an initiative that involves value addition to the two tuber crops and is dubbed a “Commercial Village.

 

NEWS


ITV News
What impact could unpredictable weather have on our crops and food?
The recent unpredictable weather may have been a shock to the system for most Britons but for farmers the effect of fluctuating temperatures is far …
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Environmental Leader
Is Recycled Oilfield Water Safe for Crop Irrigation?
But is this produced water safe for use on food crops? A newly formed panel aims to answer this question. “There appears to be a data gap here,” the …
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Producers may forgo profit for market share
As the worst drought since records started in 1904 decimates food crops, import costs are surging. Picture: REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKO …
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Leadership Newspapers
INFERNO: Fire Razes 55 Houses, Crops In Kebbi
It destroyed over 55 houses and destroyed properties worth ten million naira including food crops,” he said. Jega added that the inferno displaced over …
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FreshPlaza
Freak weather ruins British crops, price increases expected
Adverse weather conditions in Britain have had disastrous effects on food crops and caused chaos for farmers this year. The combination of warmer …
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The Globe and Mail
Refugees in Malawi face food aid cuts amid funding drought
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Food supplies for thousands of … As crops have failed, 2.8 million people there need food aid out of an …
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Kenya: A Commercial Village Brings Business to Poor Kenyan Farmers
The initiative is generating income and ensuring food security not only at Tangakona but for the entire Busia County. The farmers grow the crops in …
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Goshen News
DIRT ON GARDENING: Pollination sustains circle of life
According to the USDA, three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to …
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Forbes
Why University-Industry Collaborations In Biotechnology Matter
Where do GM crops and other agricultural innovations come from? … GM crops can also increase the amount of micronutrients in the food, which …
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edie.net
Can underground herb gardens boost Britain’s food security?
Conditions can be adapted as needed, so different crops can be produced in … reliance on imports, which make up around 40% of food consumption.
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food crops
Daily update⋅January 19, 2016


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Nature World News
Space Flower: NASA Astronauts Grow Zinnias, Predecessor to Flowering Food Crops
Flowering zinnias were recently raised on the International Space Station, an early step to later (hopefully) raising flowering crops such as tomatoes.
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Express.co.uk
Food prices to soar after weather ruins crops
FOOD prices are set to jump after freak weather conditions ruined crops … it impossible to get tractors on to them to rescue at least some of the crop.
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Food Tank (blog)
Leading a Global Mission to Reduce Food Waste
Lisa Kitinoja (LK): Global food losses and food waste have been … practical research on important food crops in their countries and providing training …
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Nature.com
Italian papers on genetically modified crops under investigation
The papers’ findings run counter to those of numerous safety tests carried out by food and drug agencies around the world, which indicate that there …
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AgWeb
South Africa Food Makers Seen Unable to Handle Drought
As the worst drought since records started in 1904 decimates food crops, import costs are surging, with the rand losing 30 percent against the dollar …
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The Zimbabwe Mail
Food aid, baobab on the menu as Zimbabwe struggles with drought
Zimbabwe is still smarting from a drought that hit farmers in the 2014/15 season, wiping out half the country’s maize crop, the main staple food.
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EarthSky
Extreme weather lowers global crop yield
… from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). … Interestingly, flooding and severe cold were not significant factors in crop …
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Earth Alive’s Patent Pending Agro Technology, Soil Activator(TM), Significantly Improves Crop
Miguel Monroy, Earth Alive’s Director of Business Affairs, stated, “Bananas are a major food crop in Latin America, with over one million hectares …
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UN News Centre



WTSP 10 News
Digging for seeds of truth in GMO debate
By some estimates, 80 percent of all processed foods — cereals, baby … Today, American farmers grow about 10 different GMO crops, including more …
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WEB

Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimulation
Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimulation with Rising CO2 Concentrations. Stephen P. Long1,2,3,*,; Elizabeth A. Ainsworth4,1,3 …
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BBC News

Helping the village where one in four are disabled

BBC News  – ‎3 giờ trước‎
… remoteness means there are few opportunities to earn enough money to buy food. Nearly 70% of households in the district live below the poverty line.

food crops
Daily update⋅January 16, 2016


NEWS

Label GM food
In Ireland, GM crops were banned from cultivation and there is a labelling … Putin announced Russia’s intention to produce non-GM food for export.
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KTIC
Connecting Nebraska Specialty Crop Farmers to Schools
It’s a good opportunity to describe their crops and meet the school food service people who could become customers. In addition, farmers can learn …
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The Heartland Institute
Record Food Stockpiles Confound Climate Alarmist Predictions
Record Food Stockpiles Confound Climate Alarmist Predictions … Global food prices declined dramatically in 2015 as bumper crops continued to defy …
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agprofessional.com
India government starts debate on GM mustard launch despite opposition
India’s chief scientific adviser has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to decide the fate of the country’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop, …
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BDlive
Threat to food security remains despite recent rains
The rain has come too late to save their maize crops. … The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy at the University of Pretoria expects a total maize …
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Gardening Etcetera: Natural vs. GE Foods: A Follow-up
GE Foods: A Follow-upLinda Guarino Arizona Daily Sun … Scientists have tried to engineer fish genes into these crops for reasons that Flagstaff …
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Daily News & Analysis
Government to rope in private agency for procurement of crops: Radha Mohan Singh
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh was speaking at ‘AMAETHON-2016’, a three-day international food, agri-business and rural …
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Telegraph.co.uk
Motorists ‘face higher petrol costs’ to hit EU green targets
Ministers have raised concerns that biofuels sourced from crops may actually be worse for the environment if they displace food crops, resulting in …
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Blundering Gardener: Understanding the importance of permaculture
Permaculture is a new kind of food gardening that leaves a significantly lighter carbon … Mass plantings of annual crops don’t create ecosystems.
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food crops
Daily update⋅January 18, 2016


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EcoWatch
Elephant Grass and Prairie Switchgrass: Second Generation Biofuels to Power American Cars
… biofuels from dedicated energy crops meet a large share of the mandate. …. into ethanol without making a dent in the acreage used for food crops.
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Columbus Dispatch
Plight of the honeybee
The humble honeybee might not seem like a critical part of our food chain, especially if … In Ohio, farmers rely on bees to help them produce 70 crops.
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Food Tank (blog)
Drought-Resistant White Beans Bring Hope to Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia
Food Tank (FT): The drought in Ethiopia has cut yields of beans by 30 percent. … They are effectively a cash crop, albeit one that farmers can (and …
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Grow your health by planting a ‘prescription’ garden
Strategically planning a contemporary “physic” garden requires us to first pinpoint our health concerns, and then to identify food crops we can grow …
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Crop Protection News
Maine awards new agricultural project grants
by Crop Protection News Reports | Saturday, Jan 16, 2016 @ 10:35am … of Maine grown crops; product enhancements for nutrition and/or food safety; …
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The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
Boda boda that can irrigate crops and ferry farm inputs
UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation, in a report, backs this saying the major bottleneck to increased irrigated food production in sub-Saharan …
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food crops
Daily update⋅January 17, 2016


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Live Science
Crop Failure and Fading Food Supplies: Climate Change’s Lasting Impact (Op-Ed)
As prolonged drought and extreme temperatures have taken their terrible toll on food crops in recent years, nations have tended to focus on regional …
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Motley Fool
This Major Food Company May Have Just Changed the Direction of the GMO Labeling Debate
Soybeans are the most widely engineered crop in the U.S., with 94% of the supply coming from GMOs. Corn, at 89%, is tied for second with cottonseed …
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Sydney Morning Herald
Potato consumption linked to greater risk of gestational diabetes, study finds
The humble potato is one of the world’s most popular food crops with many Australians consuming them in one form or another as part of their normal …
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Expert unveils solar food processor for rural farmers
Expert unveils solar food processor for rural farmers … of this cheap but efficient system of crop drying and processing for food security,” he said.
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The Arunachal Times
3-day Arunachal Agri Expo-2016 commence
… Arunachal Pradesh having different agro climatic condition was suitable for cultivation of various food crops, spices and other horticulture activities.
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Warm Winter signals Price Rise, Epidemics, Fall in Grain Yield
The monsoon deficit was 14 per cent in 2015, the worst since 2009, seriously affecting food crop production. According to Ministry of Agriculture data, …
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Daily update⋅January 15, 2016


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Modesto Bee
Experts to study use of oilfield wastewater on food crops
More farmers in drought-stricken California are using oilfield wastewater to irrigate, and a new panel has begun taking one of the state’s deepest looks …
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Project Syndicate
The Secret Sex Lives of Crop Plants
What distinguishes food crops from other plants has nothing to do with taste, nutrition, or whether they contain poisons. The plants we eat are atypical …
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Midland Reporter-Telegram
Researchers experiment with oilfield wastewater to irrigate crops
Although a first of its kind in Texas, water researchers in California have already spent two decades experimenting with irrigating food crops with …
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FreshPlaza
Fire in Ghana destroys citrus and other crops
Wildfire which spread in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality in Ghana, ravaged more than 20,000 hectares of cash and food crop farms and has …
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San Francisco Chronicle
California water regulators should study food safety
Farmers need water for crops. … Quality Control Board to assemble a panel to look at the safety of using treated oilfield wastewater for food crops.
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Reuters
Govt starts debate on GM mustard launch despite opposition
In a letter sent to Modi and seen by Reuters, Principal Scientific Adviser R. Chidambaram said GM food crops were widely prevalent globally and their …
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AG Week
El Niño pushes Zambian farmers to question maize habit
Zambia faces a critical food shortage as most areas where food crops are grown, concentrated in the south, have been hit by the current dry spell.
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Virgin Islands Daily News
Crops, workshops highlight Bordeaux fair
THOMAS – The 19th Annual Bordeaux Farmer’s Rastafari Agricultural and Cultural Vegan Food Fair on Saturday and Sunday will feature local crops, …
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Salvation Farms conducting food loss study
These crops would have never left the farm but were instead distributed to community-based food programs. Salvation Farms believes that this …
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just-food.com (subscription)
Why Campbell’s move on GMOs is savvy
“Campbell continues to recognise that GMOs are safe, as the science indicates that foods derived from crops grown using genetically modified seeds …
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food crops
Daily update⋅January 14, 2016


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GhanaWeb
Fire destroys over 20000 hectares of food crop farms
More than 20,000 hectares of cash and food crop farms in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality had been completely ravaged by wildfire, raising fears …
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Modesto Bee



Business Standard


Grow this food: How to woo more states aboard field trials for GM crops
Eminent agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan has suggested that India should accelerate field trials of GM crops with the combined services of the …
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UW Today
Fewer than 1 in 25 Seattleites can really eat locally
A new University of Washington study finds that urban crops in Seattle … sunlight hits an area — and how likely a food crop could flourish in that spot.
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The San Luis Obispo Tribune
Ban upheld on use of sewage sludge as crop fertilizer
San Luis Obispo County’s virtual ban on using sewage sludge as fertilizer for food crops will stay in place for two more years, and work on crafting a …
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Newswise (press release)
The Danforth Center Collaborates with the University of Illinois to Develop More Efficient Crops
Maize, also known as corn, is the world’s leading grain crop used primarily for animal feed, food and bioenergy. Currently, more nitrogen fertilizer is …
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The Southern
Winter webinar series to explore food hubs
13, Food Hubs: Viable Regional Distribution Solutions; Jan. 27, Grower’s Experiences Selling Their Crops through Food Hubs; Feb. 10, Talk is Cheap …
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BDlive
SA’s food-price inflation not only about the drought
Agriculture is a schizophrenic sort of sector, and the drought mainly affects the summer crops on the nonirrigated side of the divide — maize and sugar …
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NDTV
Lohri 2016: How Did the Festival Get its Name?
People celebrate on this day to offer thanks to god for the precious crops before they … Til and rorhi (jaggery) are eaten as traditional festive foods.
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