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Crop Biotech Update
March 16, 2016

A new study published by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and authored by Val Giddings, Robert D. Atkinson, and John Wu reveals how opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) hurts developing nations. According to the report, campaigns against GMOs, originating primarily in Europe, have created significant obstacles to the development and adoption of genetically modified crops. The authors emphasized that the restrictive climate for agricultural biotech innovations could cost low- and lower-middle-income nations up to US$1.5 trillion in foregone economic benefits through 2050.
Opponents of agricultural biotechnology have argued that GMOs would benefit only industrialized nations, and would price farmers from developing nations out of the market. The authors wrote that these groups were wrong. Experience and data have shown that crops improved through biotechnology provide significant benefits for farmers. Biotech-improved seeds are even more important to farmers in developing countries than in developed nations, because the former have less capacity and access to other innovations that boost productivity (e.g., modern tractors, etc.), but they can afford improved seeds. This is the reason why farmers in developing nations plant more biotech-improved seeds than farmers in industrial nations, despite massive European and advocacy group efforts to discourage them.
For more details, read the summary of the report, or download the full report on the ITIF website.
How climate change might affect the food supply for a growing population is a critical concern. A new study conducted by researchers from Brown and Tufts universities suggests that researchers have been overlooking how two key human responses to climate — how much land people choose to farm, and the number of crops they plant — will impact food production in the future.
The study focused on the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, an emerging global breadbasket that as of 2013 supplied 10 percent of the world's soybeans. The researchers looked not only at crop yield, but also at year-to-year variation in crop area and double cropping. The team gathered imagery of the Mato Grosso region from NASA's MODIS satellite, which monitors land cover and land use all over the world. They found that cropland is identified as areas that turn green during the growing season, and then quickly become brown, after harvest. Two green-ups in the same growing season indicate the land is being double-cropped.
The study showed that temperature increases of 1 degree Celsius were associated with substantial decreases in both total crop area and double cropping. Those decreases accounted for 70 percent of the overall loss in production found in the study. Only the remaining 30 percent was attributable to crop yield.
For more information, read the news release from Brown University.
In 2009, Professor Tetsuya Higashiyama of Nagoya University and his colleagues discovered that a synergid cell located next to the egg cell, produces molecules called LUREs that attract pollen tubes in Torenia plants. They also discovered similar LURE peptides in Arabidopsis thaliana in 2012.
Pollen tubes are attracted by LURE peptides, which are produced from ovules, to bring about fertilization. In a recent study, Professor Tetsuya Higashiyama and his fellow biologist Dr. Hidenori Takeuchi revealed for the first time a key kinase receptor PRK6, in the pollen tubes of flowering plants responsible for allowing the pollen tubes to precisely reach the egg cell to enable successful fertilization, without losing its way.
The biologists discovered PRK6 at the tip of the pollen tube in the model plant, A. thaliana. They also found that this receptor works with multiple receptors with a similar structure, to precisely detect the signals transmitted from the pistil. By accepting the various signals sent from the pistil, the kinase receptors enable the pollen tubes to grow to a position inside the pistil where they can detect LURE. Subsequently, the pollen tubes are guided to reach the egg cell and pass on their sperm cells for fertilization.

For more details, read the news release at the Nagoya University website.
A new large-scale European project aims to measure crop plants and their response to changes in the environment. The European Multi-Environment Plant Phenomics and Simulation Infrastructure, or EMPHASIS, is part of the new European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) roadmap, in which the member states of the ESFRI Forum coordinate research strategies in Europe.
The project aims to create an integrated, European network of unique infrastructures for plant phenotyping and breeding, and will focus on crops that are important for food security and the bio-economy, with the goal of speeding up and improving the breeding of new varieties. National plant phenotyping platforms, such as the German Plant Phenotyping Network (DPPN) and the French Plant Phenomic Network PENOME (FPPN) will be linked through EMPHASIS with institutions in Belgium, Great Britain, and other European countries.
EMPHASIS will be implemented in 2018, and Forschungszentrum Jülich will coordinate EMPHASIS in close cooperation with partners in France.
For more details, read the news release at the Forschungszentrum Jülich website.
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food crops
Daily update March 16, 2016

NEWS


Hindustan Times
Unseasonal rains, hail damage rabi crops in key food-bowl states
Heavy rains induced by westerly disturbances flattened the wheat crop less than a month before harvest in key food-producing states. (Bharat ...
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News Ghana
Plant Bill: Parliament advised to respect its word
There must be genuine consultation with Ghanaian farmers about Plant Breeders' Bill (PBB) before it is passed into law, Food Sovereignty Ghana ...
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Hindustan Times
Ignorance and regulatory hurdles derailing promise of GM crop technology in India
India has a billion mouths to feed and can ill-afford to be food-insecure. ... in commemorating two decades of introduction of GM crop technology.
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The Inquisitr


Hindustan Times
GM mustard to be Centre's acid test for commercial use of GM crops
The Centre is looking to garner support from states in pushing genetically modified food crops to revive the agriculture sector using GM mustard as a ...
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Irish Examiner
Warning to avoid over-fried and dark-roasted foods
Another potential concern identified in the study is exposure to aflatoxins produced by certain fungi that can grow on some food crops, such as cereals, ...
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AfricaNews
Arctic seed bank, key to future crops
What would we do for food in the event of a global disaster such as climate change or nuclear war? Well, a consortium of scientists is running what it ...
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West Central Tribune
Letter: In defense of GMO crops
Farmers that plant genetically modified crops do so with eyes wide open. The food quality, environmental impact and economics of farming all improve ...
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Immortal News
Major Crops In Sub-Saharan Africa Will Become Unviable In This Century
The other three major crops that were modeled: beans, maize and banana are ... Worldwide 850 million people live undernourished and without food ...
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KHON2
Maui mayor: Island getting help to laid off sugar plantation workers
... which involves dividing the plantation into smaller farms with a variety of uses including energy crops, food crops, support for the local cattle industry ...
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food crops
Daily update March 15, 2016

NEWS


Wall Street Journal (blog)
5 Things to Know About GMO Crops
Pest-resistant biotech cotton saturates nearly all fields, but biotech food crops, such as corn, rice and brinjal, or eggplant, face an uncertain regulatory ...
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DesMoinesRegister.com
Iowa touted as part of crop 'protein highway'
Another project that could benefit is Prairie Aquatech, a company headed by a pair of SDSU scientists that's looking for ways to use plant-based food ...
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Mid-Day Daily
Food-Conscious Customers and Industry Clash over GMO Labeling Bill
Both the food industry and federal agencies consider genetically altered crops perfectly safe for human consumption. But in recent years, customers ...
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Worthington Daily Globe
Area produce growers to offer community shares in garden crops
Meanwhile, consumers get ultra-fresh food with all of its flavor and vitamin benefits, they are exposed to new vegetables, their children are excited to ...
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Capital Press
Ag biotech company expands to Seattle, Portland
Disease screening, plant repository services, securing of intellectual property and the ability to co-develop new varieties of food crops also is provided.
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Huffington Post
As Labeling Vote Looms, Inconvenient Truths Are Ignored
Food industry players remain resolved against labels that would easily ... of genetically engineered crops before they are commercialized for food.
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Mirror.co.uk


Food Tank (blog)
22 Organizations Working to Restore Soils in 2016
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines soil degradation as ... Monoculture crops like corn and soybeans tend to be hard on soils, ...
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Huffington Post
PR Firm Attacks Organic Food, Then Pitches Itself to Organic Companies
... efforts to promote genetically engineered food and crops, stop GMO labeling, downplay concerns about pesticides, counteract consumer advocates ...
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IPPmedia
Revamping agriculture for food security, job creation, poverty reduction
For Tanzania to do so, it needed first to start by increasing agricultural growth and rural incomes through exports of food crops to the East Africa region.
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WEB

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food crops
Daily update March 14, 2016

NEWS


Wall Street Journal


Gazettextra
Sow nectar-rich plants to help struggling pollinators
MILTON—Patty Bailey packs her small flower garden with nectar-rich plants ... Without pollinators, farmers cannot grow many crops needed for food.
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Odessa American
Home gardeners in Texas can grow tasty, nutritious items all throughout the year
Plant tall-growing crops (okra, staked tomatoes, pole beans, sweet corn) on the ... Freezing is a simple and fast method of home food preservation that ...
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Tech Times
Up To 57 Pesticides Linked To Declining Population Of Honeybees
A United Nations report released in February warned that hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of food crops will suffer from this decline, threatening ...
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Fiji Times
Food security worry
AROUND $6.11million is required to provide immediate crop, livestock and fisheries support to 25,370 people affected by Severe Tropical Cyclone ...
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KRWG
Let's appreciate what farmers, ranchers put on our plates – and into our communities
Agriculture is alive and well in New Mexico, and the food and crops mentioned here are just a sample of the diverse culture of production that makes ...
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Leadership Newspapers
Food Security: Make Local Farmers Centre Of Your Food Production Policy, Don Advises FG
remarked that peasant farmers who constitute over 70% of the Nigeria population and who have continuously be the major producers of food crops in ...
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AsiaOne
New crop of farms harvest rich pickings
From running indoor vertical vegetable farms - which grow crops in stacked layers, ... Grown in rolling racks less than 3m tall, the plants are packed together ... According to figures from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority released ...
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food crops
Daily update March 13, 2016

NEWS


Hindustan Times
Unseasonal rain, hail likely to damage wheat crop in food-bowl states
Last year, three spells of similar unseasonal rains flattened crops in 10 million hectares in at least 150 districts. (Manoj Dhaka / HT File Photo ) ...
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USA TODAY
GMO labeling debate puts food industry on defensive
Starr, who grows both GMO and non-GMO crops, says he doesn't mind ... For years, food containing GMOs have lined the shelves of American grocery ...
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Sunbury Daily Item
Local crops have benefits
Jason Letter, co-owner of Breaking Bread Company, of Milton, holds up focaccia bread at the Susquehanna Valley Farm and Food Fest in Lewisburg ...
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Efficient cropping project furthers global food security
A WEST Australian-based researcher has helped boost global food security, with trials that have shown a 45 per cent increase in lentil crop production ...
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food crops
Daily update March 12, 2016

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Huffington Post


Australia Network News
Climate Change: United Nations Reveals 34 Nations Experiencing Food Scarcity
According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization's report on Crop Prospects and Food Situation, the conflicts in Syria, Somalia, Iraq, ...
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Humanosphere
News in the Humanosphere: 34 countries in need of food assistance, says UN
A farmer shows his failed crops and farmland in the Megenta area of Afar, Ethiopia. The farmer said he has lost 100 percent of his crops.
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FoodManufacture.co.uk
Future of gene-editing hangs in the balance
The fate of growing gene-edited crops in the UK hangs in the balance with ... food was considered GM, it would fall under the novel foods regulation.
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Fortune
United Airlines to Power Flights With Waste
Biofuels made from food crops, or plants grown on sensitive or usable land, have become controversial, because they use food crops that should be ...
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Reason (blog)
CRISPR Critters: Regulators and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture
More, better, and safer food - but only if regulators will stay out of the way. ... The current biotech rules focus on the fact that plant breeders typically ...
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Support for Biotech Labeling Solutions Act grows as it heads to full Senate
A Vermont food labeling mandate that goes into effect July 1 threatens to wreck ... Making a switch to non-GMO crops would cause food prices to soar.
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Food Tank (blog)
New Report Examines the Links Between Energy, Food, and Water to Propose Policy Solutions
The linkages described in the report include energy and water inputs in the food system; crops and water which are used to produce energy in the ...
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FoodNavigator.com
Smart sustainability: Save money by saving water, says report
The charity estimates that for food manufacturers, cleaning processing equipment, plants and food products accounts for up to 70% of a factory's ...
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Genetically modified crop cultivation plateaus in US
TOKYO -- Cultivation of genetically modified crops looks to have hit a peak in ... in Harvest Innovations, which produces foods from non-GM soybeans.
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food crops
Daily update March 11, 2016

NEWS


Canada NewsWire (press release)
New Edmonton biorefinery to convert non-food plant oils, fats into renewable transportation fuels
EDMONTON, March 10, 2016 /CNW/ - An Edmonton company is reaching the final stage of its project to build a biorefinery that will convert non-food ...
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Munchies_ Food by VICE
Time Is Running Out to Battle Climate Change for Africa's Food Supply
Nine of Sub-Saharan Africa's staple crops were examined and six of these nine crops were generally expected to be stable even given moderate to ...
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Sputnik International


The Australian (subscription)
GM food debate is 'lost on Europeans'
Food produced from GM crops has never be shown to be any less safe, or indeed harmful, than conventional crops over the 30 years since its ...
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Hurriyet Daily News
UN says 34 countries cannot supply food for their people
The Food and Agriculture Organization's Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, the first report out of a total of four to be released in 2016, released ...
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PennEnergy
Emerson and City of Philadelphia Complete Groundbreaking Pilot to Help Lessen Environmental ...
“In-sink food waste disposers are a helpful tool as the city continues to ... to produce energy, as well as fertilizer that can help support new food crops.
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IndraStra Global
IM | Purikeria Tindikahwa's Extraordinary Strategies for Food Security and Sovereignty
She also learnt from childhood the varieties of crops and in what soils they grew best. Early in life Purikeria knew how to store food and preserve it ...
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Funds available for specialty crops
The funds can be used for marketing, promotion, research, food safety, ... “Specialty crops in South Dakota provide opportunities for small producers ...
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USA TODAY
Advocates of GMOs go on the offensive
Bioengineered crops might have their drawbacks, but they are not the ... to require labels on food products containing genetically modified organisms.
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Middle School Essay Contest Winners
(Food Insight). ... gene editing of certain crops that have improved the production of new “varieties of food crops, animal feeds, and biofuel feedstocks.
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food crops
Daily update March 10, 2016

NEWS


Reliefweb


I4U News


Civil Eats (subscription) (blog)
One Man's Food Waste is Another's Sustainable Fashion Statement
For one, natural fibers like often cotton require the same farmland and resources as food crops. And while the global demand for synthetic fibers is ...
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Engadget

FAO's Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report
Rome - infoZine - Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil ...
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USI Communications
Fifth-annual Shaw Lecture to cover GMOs and the science of food crops
The presentation, entitled “Food and Civilization: Why Should We Care About GMOs?”, addresses setting the table for 10 billion people. The lecture is ...
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TIME
This Could Be the Best Way to Solve America's Food Waste Problem
A new plan offers a roadmap for the U.S. to reduce food waste by 20% within ... Carbon dioxide produced in the process of growing crops and raising ...
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Belgium: Shipping container urban farms bring food closer to home
Belgium: Shipping container urban farms bring food closer to home ... Urban Crops specializes in 'localizing' the production of herbs, lettuce and other ...
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Scanty rain brings down cultivation of summer crops
... Command Area Development Authority had directed farmers in command area not to grow food crops including paddy and ragi in the summer.
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The Ecologist
Are GMOs Bad for the Environment?
In a recent interview for New York magazine's Grub Street, author and food activist ... It kills all the weeds in the field, but the GMO crops survive.
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Crop Biotech Update
March 9, 2016

The Joint Department Circular (JDC) titled Rules and Regulations for the Research and Development, Handling and Use, Transboundary Movement, Release into the Environment, and Management of Genetically-Modified Plant and Plant Products Derived from the Use of Modern Biotechnology was finally approved and signed by the secretaries of the Philippine government's Departments of Agriculture (DA), Science and Technology (DOST), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Health (DOH), and Interior and Local Government (DILG) as of  March 7, 2016. The JDC was drafted in response to the nullification of the DA Administrative Order No. 8 by the Supreme Court last December 8, 2015. It was the product of five multisectoral public consultations held by the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) in January-February 2016 in Cagayan De Oro City, Cebu City, and Quezon City, where stakeholders from the academe, farmers, industry, and civil society organizations participated. Comments from stakeholders were also solicited through the NCBP website.
This development is expected to lift the temporary ban on research, field testing, commercialization, and importation of GM crops and biotech products in the country brought about by the Supreme Court decision which was met with criticisms from the scientific and academic community, farmer groups, traders, food and feed processors, and livestock producers as well as disappointment from farmers who are looking forward to better quality GM seeds, particularly the insect resistant Bt talong (eggplant), the field trials of which were permanently stopped by the high court. According to economic studies, Bt talong can have significant socioeconomic benefits for both farmers and consumers such as reduction in chemical pesticide use. It is expected to greatly benefit major eggplant producing provinces such as Pangasinan, which has high insect pest pressure from Bt talong's target insect, the fruit and shoot borer.
The JDC can be downloaded from the NCBP website. For more information about agri-biotech developments in the Philippines, visit the website of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture – Biotechnology Information Center (SEARCA BIC).
Noted Filipino scientist, academician and chair of the Coalition for Agriculture Modernization in the Philippines (CAMP) Dr. Emil Q. Javier opined that "the misfortune of the SC decision is turning out to be a blessing in disguise", in an article published in the Manila Bulletin. The SC decision issued in December 2015 permanently stopped the further field testing of the insect resistant GM eggplant and declared null and void the DA AO8 that temporarily halted further research, cultivation, importation and direct use as human food and animal feed of all GM products until a new issuance is put in place to correct the alleged shortcomings of the administrative order.
Dr. Javier explained the four fortuitous, but albeit positive consequences associated with the misfortunate issuance of the SC decision. First, it heightened public awareness of the science and benefits of genetically modified organisms and products, noting also that GM corn and soybean have been globally cultivated, imported, and used for food and feed safely for 20 years. Second, a unanimous outcry was heard from Filipino scientists based in the Philippines and abroad explaining why the SC erred big time in this matter, simultaneously realizing that the science community have to do a better job of public information of the advances in science and technology. Third, the agribusiness corporations and small farmers upon realizing the negative impact of the SC decision on local supply of corn and soybean for food and feed, food price hike, as well as environmental impact of using the conventional technology, came together to protest the SC ruling through various statements and press releases. Fourth, the five executive departments led by DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo moved expeditiously to draft in a record time of three months a Joint Departmental Circular (interdepartment, JDC) to replace DA AO8 as required.
The JDC, signed recently by the five secretaries addressed transparency, meaningful participation of stakeholders as well as the strict adherence to the application by DENR of the legislation on environment impact assessment system (EIA).
For details of the article, see Manila Bulletin_Fortune and Misfortune
Scientists from the Citrus Research and Education Center at the University of Florida have genetically modified a lime containing some similar genetic factors that are expressed in grape skin and blood orange pulp. These modified Mexican limes have a protein that induces anthocyanin biosynthesis, causing the limes to develop a range of colors in the pulp from dark purple to fuchsia.
Manjul Dutt, a horticultural scientist, said "Anthocyanins are beneficial bioflavonoids that have numerous roles in human well-being. Numerous pharmacological studies have implicated their intake to the prevention of a number of human health issues, such as obesity and diabetes."
The new limes were developed using genes from the red grape "Ruby Seedless" and the Blood Orange "Moro." Research on the utilization of these genes was conducted initially to develop a more consumer-friendly, alternative, plant-derived system. They are the first step towards Florida farmers producing blood oranges and, possibly, a new grapefruit cultivar. In addition to changing the color of the fruit, the introduction of anthocyanins also changes the color of leaves, stems and flowers, and could lead to the creation of ornamental citrus plants.

For more information, read the news release from the University of Florida.
Genestack, developer of next generation enterprise platform for genomics research and development, together with Rothamsted Research, will make new tools for agri-genomics available on its platform. The tools, which are being developed at Rothamsted Research, will help scientists apply high-throughput bioinformatics technologies to accelerate crop breeding and crop improvement research.
The first version of these agri-genomics tools, to be released in two months' time, will allow access to the latest techniques for multi-omics data integration, literature mining and gene network visualization. Researchers using these new techniques can more effectively mine public domain data to link traits to gene function and ultimately understand complex crop traits and improve their yields, nutritional quality, as well as tolerance against diseases or drought.
More details are available at the Rothamsted Research News & Views.
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food crops
Daily update March 9, 2016

NEWS


NH Voice


The Independent
Food production cut by warm-weather farming
Food production cut by warm-weather farming ... Satellite images of how soybean and maize crops were planted and harvested in the Mato Grosso ...
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Northforker (blog)
The Farm Beyond to offer 'farmed foraged crops' and more
For fans of the foraged food movement, wild stinging nettles, chicory and French ... Crops ready for planting at The Farm Beyond in Southold. (Credit: ...
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Madison.com
Margaret Krome: Consumers have right to know what's in their food
In recent years, several states have sought to require labeling on foods, usually plants, that contain ingredients from such organisms. Because ...
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Naija247news
Drought-hit Ethiopia needs money for seeds as rains begin
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of Ethiopians, hit by the country's worst drought in 50 years, need seeds to plant food crops and ...
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The Age
Ethiopians need our help to survive drought
The theme of food security continued during the Crop Trust board meetings. A critical step to prepare for the changing climate is to develop new food ...
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Inquirer.net
Dinner is ready, GMOs on the menu
Proponents of GMOs argue that genetic engineering results in increased crop yields, reduces costs of food production and the need for pesticides.
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food crops
Daily update March 8, 2016

NEWS


BBC News


The Independent


Reuters
Philippines signs new GMO rules, food industry relieved
The Philippines was the first in Asia to approve commercial cultivation of a GM crop for animal feed and food in 2002 when it allowed GM corn planting ...
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Food Safety News
Food safety scientist unravels questions about food safety act
The rule's definition of produce does not include food grains — the small, hard fruits or seeds of arable crops such as barley, dent-or flint-corn, ...
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TakePart
As Climate Change Decimates Crops, 500000 People Will Die Annually by 2050
“Climate change leads to changes in temperature and precipitation that are expected to reduce global crop productivity, cause changes in food ...
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Bangkok Post
Water from food factories to be reused
The Industry Ministry plans to reuse water from 2,300 food factories to ... food factories would be used in the plan to avoid contamination of the crops ...
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Salt Lake Tribune
Monsanto threatens to pull out of India
It says further study needs to be done to guarantee consumer safety before genetically modified food crops can be cultivated in the country.
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Livemint


Mother Earth News
Working With Nature to Build Organic Soil
The simplest chain is a six-carbon sugar called glucose. Plants also make longer and more complex chains of carbon, forming starch for their food and ...
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The National Law Review
Fertile Grounds: Food Law
In FDA's view, the use of untreated BSAAO is a food safety issue. ... BSAAO and the crop harvest when certain application methods are used.
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food crops
Daily update March 6, 2016

NEWS


Sky News Australia
Climate change resistant crops needed
More investment is needed to develop climate change resistant varieties of crops to prevent paying the "ugly" price of food shortages, an expert has ...
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Staunton News Leader
Del. Cline Reports From Richmond: March 4
Another bill I have worked on for the past two years is an income tax credit for area farmers who donate surplus food crops to food banks. House Bill ...
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Quartz
Science is warning us that a food crisis is coming to Southern Africa. Will we stop it?
An ongoing drought means the season will yield a historically poor crop. ... The impending food crisis in Southern Africa has yet to capture the ...
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Lincoln Journal Star
Farm and Food: Producing ourselves into lower prices
Barring an epic weather disaster, U.S. corn growers will produce themselves into crop insurance poverty. Despite the current marketing year ending ...
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GhanaWeb
CSOs reject Plant Breeders Bill
CSOs reject Plant Breeders Bill ... Bill, among other things is to ensure a genetic diversity of food crops as part of attempts to guarantee food security.
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Hawai'i and the Global Fight Against Pesticide Corporations
... San Vicente from Mexico talked about the Mexican people's resistance to the genetic engineering of corn, their traditional and sacred food crop.
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Aaj Tv (press release) (blog)
Wheat farmers told to beware of rust disease
Wheat is a main food crop that meets 75 per cent of our domestic food requirements and experts believe farmers should be vigilant in crop care to ...
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Vallarta Daily
Mexico joins pledge to end hunger in Latin America by 2025
“The rescue of the region's traditional crops and food products will allow to promote better diets and face the double burden of malnutrition,” he said.
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food crops
Daily update March 5, 2016

NEWS


The Wellesley News
Increase in extinction of pollinators threatens world's food supply
Because over 75 percent of the world's food crops require pollination, scientists predict this extinction will negatively impact nutritional security and ...
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Florida Water Daily
Increased Biofuel Production Could Lead to Global Food Deficit, Study Shows
... of biofuels like bioethanol and biodiesel, land and water that could otherwise be used for food production increasingly are used to produce crops for ...
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Northern Ontario Business
Crop trials assess use of tailings beds in biomass production
Crop trials assess use of tailings beds in biomass production ... Food crops can be grown on the tailings sites, but the researcher said that would likely ...
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Wall Street Journal
Monsanto Threatens to Pull GMO Cotton Technology From India
Cotton remains the only GMO crop that can be grown in India. Efforts by seed companies to introduce biotech food crops such as corn and eggplant ...
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Leadership Newspapers
Leverage On Growing Population To Grow More Food – Ogbeh
He maintained that there is an urgent need for the country to grow more food crops in order to meet the demands of its growing population and seek ...
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Will Elliott's Outdoors: How to maximize your home harvest
The old “plant your corn early” tip is useless if planted in early ground. ... For food plots, brassicas (turnip-like root crops once used as cattle feed) also ...
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teleSUR English
Latin America to tackle dual problems of hunger and obesity - UN
"The rescue of the region's traditional crops and food products will allow to promote better diets and face the double burden of malnutrition," he said.
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Mid-Hudson News
Cahill teams up with organic food groups to support GMO labeling bill
Thirty-eight nations have banned GMO crops altogether. The controversy over genetically modified foods stems from DNA molecules which have been ...
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EurActiv
Climate change will kill more Italians and Greeks than Syrians
Climate change will kill more Italians and Greeks than Syrians in 2050, as soaring temperatures destroy crops and disrupt food supplies, new research ...
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Journal and Courier
Seasonal squeeze
In 2009, 32 operations raised about 3 acres of food crops under protection, according to the Census of Horticultural Specialties. In 2014, the same ...
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food crops
Daily update March 4, 2016

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Paste Magazine
Southern Heirlooms: Bringing Back the Most Delicious Crops
Dr. David Shields, an heirloom food pioneer, has been instrumental through his work with the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation and the Slow Food Ark ...
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Fuel or food? Study sees increasing competition for land, water resources
... like bioethanol and biodiesel, land and water that could otherwise be used for food production increasingly are used to produce crops for fuel.
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Now It Counts | NiC Magazine
RoboBees Will Buzz Crops In Future
Without bees to spread seeds, many plants—including food crops—would die off.” Harvard Researchers are working on a new project to create ...
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The Daily Cardinal
Why do we gripe about GMOs?
According to the Institute of Food Technologists, in the U.S., GM crops are reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for safety prior to being ...
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KBTX
Spring ahead: Warmer temperatures arriving earlier
As a result, plants may bloom before their needed pollinators are available, and aggressive insects can cause damage to food crops. These effects ...
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Zimbabwe: Bulk of Crops a Write-Off
Although government is yet to release its crop assessment report, it is now clear that the country would face a food crisis of major proportion this year.
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Hindu Business Line
After crop insurance, now scheme for plantations
After launching an ambitious crop insurance scheme – Pradhan Mantri ... All food crops including cereals, millets and pulses, oilseeds, annual cash ...
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Earth Island Journal
Agriculture's Wild Ways
Native bees are less relied upon than honeybees for food production but still pollinate crops valued at $3 billion annually. However, they too have ...
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Food Business News (registration)
Research assesses agriculture without GMOs
Researchers at Purdue University have completed a study that assesses the benefits of bioengineered organisms in farming and the food supply.
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food crops
Daily update March 3, 2016

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Center for Research on Globalization


Agriculture.com
Six Food and Ag Trends You Need to Know
“We have the ability to map a genome in a plant in minutes at a fraction of what it cost just a few years ago,” he says. This means farmers will have a ...
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Parent Herald
Decreasing Numbers of Pollinators Puts Nutritious Food in Peril
Another threat is, with less pollinator, crops relying on pollination will produce less, making these valuable foods more expensive. Some of these crops ...
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Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
Food gene-editing firm Calyxt wins public funding for new Roseville HQ
Founded in 2010 and formerly known as Cellectis Plant Sciences, Calyxt uses gene-editing technology to create food crops that are healthier for ...
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TakePart
Growing Crops From Seed Is the First Step Toward a Sustainable Garden
One worthy source is the historic Roughwood Seed Collection of William Woys Weaver, a renowned food historian, author, and seed saver. Weaver ...
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gulfnews.com
Nearly half of Yemenis are food insecure
When discussing the food insecurity situation in Yemen, World Food ... reduced production of food crops and led to a drastic drop in income levels.
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iDigitalTimes.com
'Stardew Valley' Beginner's Guide: Crop Suggestions And Other Tips For Your First Year On The ...
Stardew Valley is taking the PC gaming world by storm this week. And we've become pretty enamored with the “open-ended country life RPG” here in ...
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Waste to Garden: Study evaluates best options to nourish island soil
Since then, the food bank has established infrastructure there, including fencing and a greenhouse, and has grown cover crops to help restore the ...
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eco-business.com
Asian scientists grapple with how to foster crop pollination
They both note that almost all flowering plants depend on bees and their brethren, including 75 percent of the world's food crops, ranging from ...
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Crop Biotech Update
March 2, 2016
What happens if genetically modified (GM) crops were banned from US farm fields?
A Purdue University study conducted by Wally Tyner, James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics; Farzad Taheripour, research associate professor of agricultural economics; and Harry Mahaffey, agricultural economics graduate student, presented the significant crop yield loss and other economic effects of banning GM crops in the US.
The economists gathered data and found that 18 million farmers in 28 countries planted about 181 million hectares of GM crops in 2014, with about 40 percent of that in the US. They fed the data into the Purdue developed GTAPBIO model, to examine economic consequences of changes to agricultural, energy, trade and environmental policies.
The model showed that if all genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the US will be eliminated, corn yield declines at 11.2 percent on average, soybeans lose 5.2 percent of their yields, and cotton at 18.6 percent. Around 102,000 hectares of US forest and pasture would have to be converted to cropland and 1.1 million hectares globally for the average case. Greenhouse gas emissions will increase significantly as more land is needed for agricultural production, and commodity prices will rise at 1-2 percent or $14 billion to $24 billion per year. With lower crop yields without GMOs, corn prices would increase as much as 28 percent and soybeans as much as 22 percent, according to the study.
For more details about this study, read the news release at the Purdue University Agricultural News.
Filipino farmer leaders participated in a two-day study visit to Bt brinjal (eggplant) farms in Bangladesh last February 23 to 26, 2016. Discussions on biotechnology regulations in Bangladesh, research and development of Bt brinjal, and farmer experiences on planting Bt brinjal were conducted with officials from the Bangladesh government and scientists from the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI). The activities included field visits to Bt brinjal planting sites, interactions with Bt brinjal farmers as well as Bt brinjal tasting. The activities were held in two villages in Bogra, Bangladesh.
Filipino farmers asked about the keys to success in the commercial approval and cultivation of Bt brinjal in Bangladesh. They also solicited insights and experiences that can help them communicate the plight of eggplant farmers in the Philippines to the government. Recently, the Philippine Supreme Court has permanently stopped the field trials of Bt eggplant, and nullified its operating regulations on research, field testing, commercialization, and importation of GM crops in the country.
The activity was the first interaction of foreign farmers with local Bangladeshi farmers and officials to share and learn from their Bt brinjal experience. Bangladesh released four varieties of Bt brinjal in October 2013. It significantly increased the marketable yield of brinjal fruits thereby mitigating losses caused by wastage of infested and damaged fruits. In just over a year, farmers have strongly accepted and have cultivated Bt brinjal. After the visit, the Filipino participants were further inspired to push for Bt technology in the Philippines as they were assured that the technology works and significantly benefits the farmers.

For more information about Bt eggplant in the Philippines, visit the website of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture – Biotechnology Information Center or SEARCA BIC at www.bic.searca.org.
The International Peanut Genome Initiative (IPGI), including researchers from the University of Georgia and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), has completed sequencing the ancestral genomes of groundnut.
The groundnut that is grown today comes from the hybridization of two wild species, Arachis duranensis (V14167, A-genome ancestor) and A. ipaensis (K30076, B-genome ancestor), cultivated in South America. To map the groundnut's genome structure, the researchers sequenced the two ancestral parents, and the sequences provide researchers access to 96% of all groundnut genes in their genomic context. A comparison of the DNA sequences of one of the wild species with the cultivated groundnut showed that they are 99.96% identical.
"Improving groundnut varieties to be more drought, insect and disease resistant using the genome sequence, can help farmers in developing nations produce more groundnuts with fewer pesticides and other chemicals and help these farmers feed their families and build more secure livelihoods," said Dr. Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director – Grain Legumes and Director, Center of Excellence in Genomics at ICRISAT.
For more details, read the news release at the ICRISAT website.
The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) affects pigs worldwide and is considered the most economically significant disease of swine. Vaccinations have mostly failed to prevent the syndrome's spread, but a new approach by biologists at the University of Missouri may mark a turning point. They developed a commercial agricultural application for the revolutionary CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing method—to breed pigs resistant to infection.
CRISPR/Cas9 is a gene-manipulation tool that allows scientists to make changes in DNA with razor-sharp accuracy. For porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, Missouri's Randall Prather, Kristen Whitworth and Kevin Wells used the technique to breed three piglets that lacked a protein in cells that acts as a doorway for the virus.
The edited piglets were grouped together in a pen with seven normal piglets, and were inoculated with PRRSV. After five days, the normal pigs grew feverish and ill, but the genetically edited pigs remained in top health throughout the study despite sharing close quarters with their sick pen mates.
Blood testing also revealed that the edited animals did not produce antibodies against the virus, proving that they evaded infection entirely. This work and other recent experiments demonstrate the promise of CRISPR/Cas9 for the care of domestic animals.
For more on the study, read the article on Scientific American.
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food crops
Daily update March 2, 2016

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From pansies to peppers
There is no denying that production of food crops in greenhouses is on the rise. While there are new facilities dedicated to food crop production being ...
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NPR
Is Nutritious Food In Peril, Along With Pollinators?
Food production will decline along with the pollinators. ... According to Aizen, the surging popularity of these nutritious crops could run headlong into ...
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Wicked Local Weymouth
Nobel laureate gives science lesson to Weymouth students
Roberts said there is consequences for delaying GMO produced food crops in developing countries. “We need to move science from the politics and ...
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Greenhouse Management
Edible mainstays
We've seen large fast food chains incorporating more fresh fruits and ... Then, Christopher Currey delves into the ins and outs of growing food crops, ...
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eNews Park Forest
State officials call for Roberts GMO labeling bill
What a mandatory label won't tell consumers is that foods and food crops produced using biotechnology are among the most reviewed, studied, ...
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The Indian Express
The Crop Insurance Industry's Top Seven Whoppers
The federal crop insurance program from which this industry profits ... The United States would not enjoy food security without crop insurance. Please.
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Fresno Bee
EPA bans a pesticide often used on almonds and other Valley crops
... will ban a pesticide widely used on California crops such as almonds and alfalfa, saying it imperils aquatic insects that are the food source of fish.
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UC Food Observer
A Spotlight on Sorghum
Sorghum might just be one of the most interesting foods you aren't yet eating. This ancient cereal crop is the fifth most important cereal crop in the ...
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UN News Centre
War weary families in Central African Republic face dire food situation – UN
WFP and FAO are also working together to provide seeds to plant and food to eat during the planting period. This is the time when people need the ...
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The Capital Journal
Looking for more ways to get local food
According to the study, only about 2 percent of the food people in central South Dakota eat is grown locally. Almost all of the crops grown in the region ...
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