Top news of the week: 21.07.2020.
Irrigation, Methane, Genetically modified food, Carbon dioxide, Organism, Genetic engineering
Food And Agriculture
RT @isaaa_org: In 2018, GM crops helped save an additional 23 billion kilograms of carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere, equivalent to taking 15.3 million cars off the roads. Read more details here: https://t.co/IyIrXXVge1 https://t.co/loxBofqL9x
OpenCrop Biotechnology Continues to Provide Higher Farmer Income and Significant Environmental Benefits1
Farmers who planted genetically modified (GM) crops increased their incomes by almost $19 billion in 2018 and reduced carbon emissions by 23 billion kilograms or the equivalent of removing ...
Why grow GMOs? Over 23 years, biotech crops boosted farm income $225 billion, cut pesticide use and slashed carbon emissions https://t.co/jkKXxDrRa8
OpenWhy grow GMOs? Over 23 years, biotech crops boosted farm income $225 billion, cut pesticide use and slashed carbon emissions
Farmers who grow biotech crops have earned an additional $225 billion and greatly reduced agriculture's contribution to climate change, according to a
“As new breeding techniques create new ethical debates over food, we think the ethical toolbox needs updating. Talking about crossing species lines simply isn’t enough. If Darwin had known about gene editing, we think he would have agreed.” https://t.co/b5aHGBBnM0
OpenViewpoint: Calling gene-edited crops ‘natural’ won’t dispel public skepticism. Here’s a better way to build trust in CRISPR
What determines whether a genetically modified vegetable or fruit is natural?
“As African women, we are the ones who suffer most whenever drought and food shortages strike, despite the availability of technological solutions to these problems.” https://t.co/vkYQY8Gnzp @ScienceAlly
OpenAfrican women are leading biotechnology advance across the continent
Women researchers are strongly influencing the adoption of agricultural biotechnology in Africa. “As African women, we are the ones who suffer most
New Report: Global Impact of Biotech Crops: Farmers who planted genetically modified (GM) crops increased their incomes and reduced carbon emissions! https://t.co/P4B7nFZYJi
OpenCrop biotechnology continues to provide higher farmer income and significant environmental benefits1
Highlights in the peer reviewed2 report include: Crop biotechnology has reduced agriculture’s environmental impact Crop biotechnology has significantly reduced agriculture’s …
COVID-19 threatens to slow or halt agricultural innovation in the US. Here’s how biotechnology is fighting back. https://t.co/LSPuDH6OBe @danrejto
OpenViewpoint: How biotech crops, lab-grown meat and other food innovations could jump start post-COVID economic recovery
OVID-19 threatens to slow or halt agricultural innovation in the US by exacerbating the decline in public R&D and threatening private sector R&D
RT @atrembath: "Farmers who planted genetically modified (GM) crops increased their incomes by almost $19 billion in 2018 and reduced carbon emissions by 23 billion kilograms”
https://t.co/Fafcgm45yt
OpenCrop biotechnology continues to provide higher farmer income and significant environmental benefits
PG Economics Report 2020 - Farmers who planted genetically modified (GM) crops increased their incomes by almost $19 billion in 2018 and reduced carbon emissions by 23 billion kilograms or ...
Ik wist helemaal niet dat het food sovereignty ooit is ontstaan als frame tegenover food security: https://t.co/nIFKSS1E8t
OpenFood Security and Food Sovereignty
In this discussion paper I explore varying conceptualisations of food security and food sovereignty produced by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), …