Top news of the week: 10.11.2022.
Farmers in China and Uganda move to high-yielding, cost-saving perennial rice
After more than 9,000 years in cultivation, annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial. The advancement means farmers can plant just once and reap up to eight harvests ...
GL CHEMTEC Appoints Dr. John Warner as Green Chemistry Innovation Advisor
Reinforcing GLC’s Commitment to Sustainable Processing in Pharmaceutical ChemistryOAKVILLE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GL CHEMTEC (“GLC”), a specialist in advanced chemistry R&D and scale-up ...
Viewpoint: 10 claims by anti-GMO African campaigners on why crop biotechnology advances should be rejected – and why they are wrong
Over 20 years, Africa’s foray into genetic modification (GM) crop development has faced stiff resistance from anti-GMO lobby groups that have doggedly campaigned against adoption of the ...
51 experts weigh in on this survey on the nutritional health of the United States
Climate change was ranked the biggest threat to sustainability of food production in the U.S., with 51% of researchers ranking it as the top threat. Lower ranked threats included resource ...
Codetta Biosciences and North Carolina Central University Receive $2M Grant from the North Carolina Collaboratory
New funding will allow Codetta and NCCU to advance COVID related research and future clinical careMORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#biosciences--Codetta® Biosciences, the life sciences ...
California Congressman Josh Harder’s FARM Bill Could Revolutionize The Central Valley’s Biotech Ecosystem And Turn Almond Husks Into Yoga Pants
California’s leadership is rising to the challenge: last year, state Representative Josh Harder reintroduced his Future of Agricultural Resiliency and Modernization (FARM) Act aimed to help ...
The Next Green Revolution: How Canada can produce more food and fewer emissions
Canada’s agriculture and food systems produce 93 megatonnes, or just over 10% of our national greenhouse gas emissions annually. - RBC Economics
Sustained productivity and agronomic potential of perennial rice
The environmental and socioeconomic costs of annual crops challenge their sustainability. This study reports the successful breeding of perennial rice and assesses its benefits for yields, ...