Top news of the week: 20.10.2020.
#Biotechnology #WorldFoodDay #coronavirus #FoodPrize20 #climateneutral #sustainable #biobased #Europe #EUGreenWeek #schistosomiasis
Sustainability
RT @Parlimag: The #Biotechnology sector can play a key role not only in Europe’s #coronavirus recovery, but in its transition to a healthier, more resilient and more sustainable continent, writes @EuropaBio's Bernard Grimm.
Read it here➡️https://t.co/sQqMIwWBnF https://t.co/exEMEcI5Yf
OpenUnleashing the full potential of life sciences and biotechnology in Europe
The biotech sector can play a key role not only in Europe’s coronavirus recovery, but in its transition to a healthier, more resilient and more sus...
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 @CropLifeIntl: To mark the 50th anniversary of Norman Borlaug winning the Nobel Peace Prize, we held a side event at the World Food Prize to talk about what innovations will be needed in the next 50 years of agriculture. #FoodPrize20 #WorldFoodDay @ThoughtforFood_
https://t.co/XSCp1teBz7 https://t.co/L6ABPBKFWv
OpenFood Security and Beyond: The Intersection of Agriculture with Climate Change, Biodiversity and Social Rights
CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.
RT @BBI2020: 🆕 ‘By replacing non-renewable fossil resources 🛢️ with waste & #sustainable biomass to produce goods, the #biobased 🌱 industries are key contributors to making #Europe the first #climateneutral continent 💚.'
#EUGreenWeek
👉 Read on @POLITICOEurope: https://t.co/BTUHPx3ECS
OpenEU Green Week: Bio-based industries and the green recovery
How high-impact bioeconomy initiatives are key to a climate-neutral Europe
Google reveals Mineral crop-inspecting robots
The project will analyse every leaf on every crop, helping farmers tend the fields.
Proud to see our efforts to combat #NTD #schistosomiasis are acknowledged by @WSJ as they rank us no 1! The reporters state: "serving local communities—and burnishing [..] reputations as socially responsible businesses—pays off."
https://t.co/MTEWqdYmD4
OpenPharmaceutical, Biotech and Banking Companies Lead the Way in Social Responsibility
Some surprising leaders sit atop the social-capital category in the WSJ’s top 100 sustainably managed companies
RT @passimproject: The second part in our blog series Interdisciplinary Reflections on ‘Patents as Capital’ is out!
Our guest this week is Susi Geiger, aka @complexmarkets from @ucddublin Geiger is PI for @ERC_Research consolidator project @MISFIRES_ERC
https://t.co/p3Lkq9Crja
#patents https://t.co/i2g7ny2QyE
OpenInterdisciplinary Reflections on ‘Patents as Capital’ with Susi Geiger
Together with the ERC research group that I’m leading, I am researching ‘concerned markets’, that is markets where multiple actors’ interests, values and concerns clash (Geiger et …
RT @CIMMYT: How can we meet the food and #nutrition demands of a rising population, without negative environmental and social consequences? Learn about sustainable intensification: https://t.co/qpgcMLQ3FF
@CGIAR @FAO #WorldFoodDay #sustainbleintensification https://t.co/cRPx78Wco4
OpenWhat is sustainable intensification?
Farming method can boost yields, increase farmers’ profits and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.