Top news of the week: 21.04.2020.
#COVID19 #Landuse #ecosystems #yields #climatechange #foodsecurity
Sustainability
Low-hanging fruit: How the first generation of GMO crops yielded massive economic and environmental benefits -- Part II of IV Nina V. Fedoroff is an Emeritus Evan Pugh Professor at Penn State University https://t.co/K5wyPa2zCp
OpenLow-hanging fruit: How the first generation of GMO crops yielded massive economic and environmental benefits
There are still no widely available GM varieties of either wheat or rice, the second and third most widely grown and consumed grains.
RT @GMOAnswers: If you care about the environment, it’s probably time to take a closer look at GMOs. Get the facts on the environmental benefits of genetically modified crops. https://t.co/vEWoYNBRWb https://t.co/rjb4NVscN8
OpenWhat Impact do GMOs Have on the Environment?
You might have heard people talking about the negative effects of GMOs on the environment – and claim that GMOs harm the environment – but is this true? And how do GMOs actually affect the ...
RT @JonEntine: Increasing crop yields in world's most productive regions could cut global farmland in half, study finds https://t.co/9wasO0IYZy
OpenIncreasing crop yields in world’s most productive regions could cut global farmland in half, study finds
The expansion of farmlands to meet the growing food demand of the world’s ever expanding population places a heavy burden on natural ecosystems. A new
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OpenUPDATED: BARDA bets $483M on Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine as the biotech plots ultra-fast PhIII, recruiting 150 staffers to scale up 24/7
BARDA has agreed to gamble up to $483 million on Moderna’s clinical-stage vaccine to guard against SARS-CoV-2 — a move that will fund development through a hoped-for BLA filing for ...
RT @waiterich: Gardening is wonderful & I’ve enjoyed it during the lockdown.
But:
-Yard/urban gardens can only provide a fraction of our food; US diet uses >2 acres/person
-It’s hard work/not cheap
-Food miles not a big GHG source
-Not sure pandemics have silver linings
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OpenThe Rebirth of Urban Ag is a Coronavirus Silver Lining
A journalist and urban farmer sees the explosive growth in backyard food production as one of the pandemic's unexpected harvests.
RT @RonaldBailey: With current technologies, we could grow most of our crops on half of the land now used, says Nature Sustainability https://t.co/AqiNsRU19c via @reason
OpenIt's Possible To Cut Cropland Use in Half and Produce the Same Amount of Food, Says New Study
Restoring up to 2.2 million square miles to nature
RT @Bayer4CropsUS: Bayer makes 3 bold sustainability commitments that will transform crop science in the next 10 years.
Find out what they are via @AgWired: https://t.co/9GIIKcehwE
OpenBayer Initiatives Focus on Sustainability
Bayer is focused on sustainability with three specific commitments to bring about positive changes within the agriculture industry over the next 10 years. "Bayer has the opportunity and ...
RT @AJStein_de: #Landuse for growing food places a burden on natural #ecosystems. There is a limit to making farmland wildlife-friendly, but half the current land needed for food could be spared with high-#yields farming, also reducing GHGs: https://t.co/dF49xexJyN | #foodsecurity #climatechange
OpenReturning land to nature with high-yield farming
Interest in this topic recently gained new momentum through the Half Earth project, which aims to return half the area of land currently being used for other purposes to natural …