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| Vanguard | - 15 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria says the revival of the cassava bread initiative is capable of injecting about N255 billion into the country's economy every year. | 
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| THISDAY Newspapers | - 13 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
The
 Provost of the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), Ondo 
State, Dr Samson Odedina, who commenced the distribution of the cassava materials at the college ground in Akure, said over 90,000 bundles each consisting of 50 cassava stems would ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Khmer Times | - 14 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Cambodia
 has asked Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan to invest in 
Cambodia by setting up a plant generating ethanol fuel from cassava. Establishing an ethanol processing plant would benefit cassava farmers who were seeking to expand their ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| GhanaWeb | - 15 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Maverick
 Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), 
Kwame Baffoe has revealed that he has brought his role as the head of a 
presidential taskforce to retrieve state vehicles in possession of past 
government officials to a close. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog) | - 12 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Mr George Marechera, AATF Senior Manager, Business Development and team lead of the cassava
 Mechanisation and Agro Processing project (CAMAP) indicated that the 
partnership is meant to address major constraints faced by farmers, 
these include but ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Guardian (blog) | - 9 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
The Kogi Government has isolated cassava farms in Adavi Local Government Area for thorough examination to ascertain the origin of the killer cassava variety which recently killed some livestock. Mr James Ogunmola, Managing Director, Kogi State ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Daily Trust | - 9 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
The Kogi Government on Friday said measures were being taken to curtail the spread of poisonous cassava variety with high concentration of Hydrogen Cyanide across the state. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| The Phnom Penh Post | - 15 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Representatives
 of Japanese petroleum firm Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd met with the Ministry 
of Mines and Energy (MME) earlier this week to discuss potential plans 
to invest in a cassava processing plant that would convert the agricultural stock into ethanol ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| The National | - 7 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
"At
 iftar, we might have makai paka - fresh corn in coconut milk, mkatewa 
sinia - a rice and coconut cake that's first cooked on the stove and 
then browned in the oven, as well as my favourite - cassava with lamb and chillies in a creamy coconut sauce.". | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| AllAfrica.com | - 12 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Lokoja
 - The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has 
expressed his readiness to build the biggest agricultural company in 
Kogi State with focus in the areas of rice and cassava production. Dangote, who said this when he paid a ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Pulse Nigeria | - 10 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
It's like blessings, money, cassava, and banana has been constantly falling on you.” I threw in a Davido and Tekno reference in there. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Reuters | - 8 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
SHANGHAI
 China will offer support and assistance for Myanmar's follow-up efforts
 after a military plane crashed off the Southeast Asian country's 
southern coast with 122 people on board, state media said. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| The Tide | - 13 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
The
 Technical Assistant to the Market Development Programme in the Niger 
Delta (MADE), Mr. Loveday Alozie, has disclosed that the NGO has gone 
into partnership with the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), to enable cassava farmers have access to loan. Alozie ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| The New Times | - 7 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Cassava bread lovers in Huye District will now have to dig deeper into their pockets to enjoy the staple food following a surge in cassava flour prices. According to a mini-survey by The New Times, the cost of cassava flour has increased to Rwf800 per ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| The Tide | - 4 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has blamed the high cost of cassava by-products on the losses which cassava farmers incurred three years ago. The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of AFAN, Mr Femi Oke, made the observation while ... | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Concord Register | - 15 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Shares of Asia Cassava Resources Holdings Ltd (0841.HK) have seen the needle move -2.25% or -0.01 in the most recent session. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| MilTech | - 15 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Orbisresearch.com has published new report on “Global Cassava Starch Sales Market 2017 Industry Trend and Forecast 2022”. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Jamaica Gleaner | - 10 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Students
 and staff who represented the College of Agriculture Science and 
Education at Agri-Fest 2017 held at Jamaica College on May 21. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Philippine Information Agency | - 14 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
LOS BANOS, Laguna, June 15 (PIA) --Banana, Cassava
 and Taro have fueled livelihood opportunities for Pantawid Pamilyang 
Pilipino Program (4Ps) members of MataasnaKahoy, Batangas in a training 
organized by DOST Batangas recently. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Ecofin Agency: Economic information from Africa | - 16 thg 6, 2017 |  |  
Explaining the unavailability of HQCF on the market, Nike Tinier, President of the Industrial Cassava 
 Stakeholders Association of Nigeria, said the price at which millers 
currently buy HQCF is no longer sustainable as prices of raw cassava  tubers have ... 
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 On June 8, 2017, Brazil 's
 Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança (CTNBio, or National 
Biosafety Technical Commission) has approved the commercial use of the 
first genetically modified  (GM) Bt sugarcane  (Bt Sugarcane), CTC 20 BT, developed by the Brazilian company Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC).  
Bt Sugarcane, the first GM sugarcane approved for cultivation in the world, is resistant to damages caused by sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis ),
 the main pest of sugarcane in Brazil. According to agricultural experts
 in Brazil, damage caused by the sugarcane borer results in 
approximately R$5 billion per year. The Bt gene  (Bacillus thuringiensis ) in CTC 20 BT, has been used widely for over 20 years in biotechnology-derived crops such as soybean , maize , cotton , and brinjal/eggplant . 
The scientific dossier which evaluated Bt Sugarcane was submitted to CTNBio in 2015 for health and environmental safety assessments 
 using internationally-accepted standards. Processing studies proved 
that sugar and ethanol from the new variety are the same as those 
derived from conventional sugarcane. The studies also showed that both 
the Bt gene and protein in CTC 20 BT Sugarcane are completely eliminated
 from sugarcane derivatives during the manufacturing process. 
Environmental studies did not find any negative effects on soil 
composition, sugarcane biodegradability, or insect populations, with the
 exception of the target pests (mainly the borer). CTC will now work 
closely with producers, starting with the distribution of 20 Bt 
Sugarcane seedlings, followed by closely-monitored field planting. 
For more details, read the article from the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) . |  
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Highlights of the ISAAA Brief 52 Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops for 2016 
 were presented by Dr. Paul S. Teng and Dr. Rhodora R. Aldemita to some 
50 participants composed of representatives from the government, 
academia, industry, and media  at the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., Seoul, South Korea on June 9, 2017.  
Korean
 Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Scientist Emeritus 
Dr. Hang Ryol Liu, who is also the president of consumer group Future 
Food Resources Forum (FFRF), opined that in South Korea, vocal critics 
hinder adoption of biotech crops .
 "GMOs are being met with unconditional opposition without scientific 
basis, but the Korean public must appreciate the contributions of 
biotech crops in solving hunger by increasing productivity and enhancing
 the quality of the products," he said in his message. 
Sejong 
University Emeritus Professor Dr. Kyu Hang Kyung moderated the event and
 provided short summaries of the presentations. He emphasized that 
through more interaction with biotech critics on the safety and 
nutritive potentials of biotech crops, negative perceptions by consumers
 will definitely be minimized. He also reiterated the fact that biotech 
crops and products have been in the Korean diet since 1996 and there has
 not been any recorded ill effects.
  
The event was co-organized by FFRF, Korean Biotechnology Information Center and CropLife Korea. For further details, contact knowledge.center@isaaa.org .  |  
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 Researchers from Kansas State University have identified a gene  that can resist wheat  streak mosaic virus. The team identified Wsm3 
 gene, the third gene known to resist the virus, and the first that can 
do so at outdoor temperatures of 75 degrees Fahrenheit and higher.  
The first two genes known to provide resistance to the virus were Wsm1  (identified by Kansas State University about 25 years ago) and Wsm2 
 (discovered by researchers at Colorado State University), but these two
 provide protection in lower temperatures only. The researchers hope 
that the warm-weather friendly Wsm3 , used in combination with Wsm1  or Wsm2 , could become part of a breeding mix that can give farmers  much-needed relief.  
Wheat streak mosaic virus causes severe yield losses, and in extreme cases, the crop cannot be harvested.  
For more information, read the article at K-State Research and Extension News . |  
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 CRISPR-Cas9 has been widely used to produce gene -specific
 edits in both mammalian and plant systems. Most modifications in plants
 have been small insertions or deletions, with only a few large target 
gene deletions, especially for indica  rice.  
The team of Ying Wang from Syngenta Biotechnology China  designed several CRISPR sgRNAs and successfully deleted DNA fragments in the DENSE AND ERECT PANICLE 1  (DEP1 ) gene in the elite Indica 
 rice line IR58025B. The team achieved up to 2% mutation frequency for a
 430 bp target and a 9% frequency for the 10 kb target among T0 events.  
Improvements in yield-related traits, such as dense and erect panicles and reduced plant height, were observed in dep1  homozygous T0 mutant plants produced via CRISPR-Cas9.  
For more on this study, read the article in Plant Cell Reports . |  
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The Association of 
Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria says the revival of the cassava 
bread initiative is capable of injecting about N255 billion into the 
country’s economy every year.
Mr Joseph Ubah, the Publicity Secretary of the association, said this on
 Thursday in an interview in Abuja.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/cassava-bread-initiative-can-generate-n255bn-annually-association/