Top news of the week: 20.10.2020.
#WorldFoodDay #biotech #Kenya #FutureofFood #ModernAgriculture #foodheroes #GlobalFarmer #Bangladesh #COVID19 #climatechange
Food And Agriculture
The USDA’s self-determination options for GE crop developers might prevent the agency from assessing if new plants pose risks and require oversight. https://t.co/E2iY8P3roa @JaffeGregory
OpenAnalysis: Problematic provisions in new USDA rule for GE plants
Over the last three months, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published materials and conducted webinar presentations to provide
RT @GlobalFarmerNet: Gilbert Bor, who raises maize, vegetables, and dairy cows, sees biotechnology as key to helping his community retain its status as “the place to be” because it has achieved food security. https://t.co/9t4uhZImfh #GlobalFarmer #Kenya @gkbor #ModernAgriculture
OpenBiotech #FoodHeroes: Gilbert Arap Bor
CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.
GM insect-resistant Bt cotton boosted India's crop yields? Activist study says no, but crop biotech experts say yes https://t.co/poGG8j8wzU
OpenGM insect-resistant Bt cotton boosted India’s crop yields? Activist study says no, but crop biotech experts say yes
Was the introduction of transgenic (GMO) cotton seeds to India in 2002 the beginning of the renaissance of the country's then struggling cotton industry?
RT @prometheusgreen: Cibus, a pioneer of precision gene editing in agriculture, announced today an additional 12 of its trait products have been designated as non-GMO by the USDA-APHIS. https://t.co/cIlpxivPDK
OpenUSDA-APHIS Designates 12 Additional Cibus Trait Products as Not Regulated
Cibus, a leader in input and agronomy trait products, announced today an additional 12 of its trait products have been designated as non-regulated by
RT @prometheusgreen: Regulators Find Gene-Edited Rice Varieties with Disease Resistance as Equivalent to Conventional Varieties https://t.co/dQEcsJDtup
OpenRegulators Classify Gene-Edited Rice Varieties with Disease Resistance as Equivalent to Conventional Varieties
Regulators Classify Gene-Edited Rice Varieties with Disease Resistance as Equivalent to Conventional Varieties Crops resist bacterial leaf blight; ruling clears path to provide smallholder ...
The USDA ought to stay out of the way and let people plant blight-resistant American chestnut trees if they want to https://t.co/0FPHC0Na46 via @reason
OpenThe USDA Should Let People Plant Blight-Resistant American Chestnut Trees
Anti-biotech activists cite the precautionary principle to maintain chestnut tree-free forests.
In Bangladesh, #COVID19 threatens to reverse years of progress in poverty reduction. @arifromel of @FarmingFutureBD argues that a commitment to science and technology can bring prosperity to #Bangladesh and face down #climatechange threats. #WorldFoodDay https://t.co/iv6JVu9oDF
OpenPost-pandemic hunger and food security: Innovation and resilience in Bangladesh
By being a leader not a laggard, Bangladesh is aiming to demonstrate how a commitment to science and technology of the future can bring the country to a kind of prosperity
RT @UgandaBIC: There is no scientist, especially those under my agency (@MAAIF_Uganda) that will bring things that will kill the population...So be sure that what will come out will be for the good of our country - @Hon_Ssempijja on #Uganda's #GMO bill
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OpenGMO Bill Has No Hidden Motives – Minister Bamulangaki
As Uganda prepares to mark the World Food Day on October 16 2020, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has come out to allay fears about the ...