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Biotech Food & Agriculture Essentials publishes only the best Biotech news and links, carefully hand-picked and curated by top biotech experts.

Top news of the week: 13.07.2021.

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Food And Agriculture

@prometheusgreen shared
On Jul 10, 2021
Organic vs. conventional farming: Which has lower environmental impacts? https://t.co/OHpcU75Xcj via @GeneticLiteracy
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Organic vs. conventional farming: Which has lower environmental impacts?

Organic vs. conventional farming: Which has lower environmental impacts?

The Swedish Food Agency (Svenska Livsmedelsverket SLV) recently published a report on a many-faceted breakdown of environmental effects in farming per one kilogram of farming product. ...

@GeneticLiteracy shared
On Jul 9, 2021
How can we grow more food on less land? The EU and US are taking wildly different approaches to gene edited crop regulations. @OpenAccessGov https://t.co/zlOkE8ap79
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Agricultural sustainability means different things from country to country. What role is there for technology and gene editing?

Agricultural sustainability means different things from country to country. What role is there for technology and gene editing?

A much-anticipated study displays a welcome sense by the European Commission of the reality facing the global drive to sustainable food production. It

@JonEntine shared
On Jul 12, 2021
Ease global regulatory burden to support ‘new revolution’ in crop breeding, researchers urge https://t.co/3naYjnvNp9 via @GeneticLiteracy
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Ease global regulatory burden to support ‘new revolution’ in crop breeding, researchers urge

Ease global regulatory burden to support ‘new revolution’ in crop breeding, researchers urge

It’s imperative to ease the regulatory burden on new crop breeding technologies that could feed a warmer, hungrier world, a new study urged. The safety

@gmopundit shared
On Jul 10, 2021
RT @rishityag: Bt cotton drives socio-economic transformation among Indian farmers https://t.co/hD81JS94Af
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Bt cotton drives socio-economic transformation among Indian farmers

Bt cotton drives socio-economic transformation among Indian farmers

Despite the challenges of misinformation, the technology has enjoyed the confidence of farmers, researchers and policymakers, due to the attributes of genetically engineered hybrid seeds ...

@IAmBiotech shared
On Jul 8, 2021
The latest #IamBIO podcast explores the plight of the banana as a case study in discovering how to address some challenges in our food systems, including tools derived from biotechnology. https://t.co/AOiPv96ZdM
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Improving Food Systems: The Case of the Banana

Improving Food Systems: The Case of the Banana

When you think about the banana, what comes to mind? Banana pudding? Banana peel jokes? A banana split? Well, the history and journey of today’s banana and how it gets to our stores is ...

@sciam shared
On Jul 7, 2021
"We welcome investment in agriculture on our continent, but we seek it in a form that is democratic and responsive to the people at the heart of agriculture." | Perspective by @Million_Belay and @bmngabirano1 https://t.co/qfkZEYYPq3
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@CropLifeIntl shared
On Jul 9, 2021
How farmers fight pests to provide safe and nutritious food - learn how three farmers from around the world use integrated pest management (IPM) practices to be more efficient, more productive, and more sustainable on their farms. https://t.co/81zDcmL8xT https://t.co/ks5XDKAOLc
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How Farmers Fight Pests to Provide Safe and Nutritious Food for a Growing Population

How Farmers Fight Pests to Provide Safe and Nutritious Food for a Growing Population

CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.

@CropLifeIntl shared
On Jul 7, 2021
Who is our #FoodSystemsHero? Our #foodheroes are people working to advance agricultural #innovation that help deliver more #sustainable food systems for the world. #UNFSS2021 #FoodSystems #SDGs #Agriculture @ParodaDr @CropLifeIndia @FoodSystems https://t.co/tlKB4JKItJ https://t.co/xfdU8ft2fr
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Rajendra Paroda

Rajendra Paroda

Throughout his entire career, Raj Paroda has been a biotech food hero for his home country of India and beyond.