Opening Remarks from Dr.Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere - Portal Launch Part 4
practices from the CGIAR (a global research partnership for a food secure future), other international agricultural research centres, and national ...
Portal Launch by Mr.Sandeep Saxena IAS, Agricultural Production Commissioner - Portal Launch Part 6
practices from the CGIAR (a global research partnership for a food secure future), other international agricultural research centres, and national ...
Defusing the War of Words Over Organic Food
Has anyone noticed that the war of words over organic food has become nearly as ritualized as a high-school debate-team practice session?
First, there will be a provocation. For example, a few weeks ago scientists at Stanford University published a meta-analysis of food-policy research that concluded that organic foods have no more nutritional value than nonorganic food, if slightly less pesticide residue. Next, organic food advocates will rise to make what forensics professors call the appeal to nature , arguing that nutrition is not the point; the point is to protect plants and animals, including ourselves, from factory farming and toxic chemicals. Then the opposing side (professional contrarians, developmental economists) will stand up.
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The constant gardeners
Less arable land — and fewer farmers — also means less food: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has estimated that yields from rain-fed agriculture here could be cut in half by 2020, and the Washington-based International Food Policy ...
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New Karnataka farm policy to help raise income, ensure sustainable activities
A stable agricultural activity would lead to increase in productivity and thereby better income for farmers, development of basic agricultural facilities, development of food processing units along with agro-based industries, research, ...
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Africa: On Seeds - Controlling the First Link in the Food-Chain Funding for agricultural development - some US$7.7 billion worth - would be directed in large part to genetically modified crop research.[1] In other words, food aid policy for the first time mandates the use of genetic modification technologies. ... |
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Farm Bill Delay May Give Green And Public Health Advocates Voice In Revisions The federal government's primary agricultural and food policy legislation comprises hundreds of programs, which extend well beyond cows, corn and cotton to everything from food stamps and an array of environmental and public health safeguards. ... |
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Making a Hot Cup of Rooibos Tea Unaffordable By 2050, changes in weather patterns will cause average rice, wheat and maize yields to decline by up to 14 percent, 22 percent and five percent, respectively, according to the Washington DC-based International Food Policy Research Institute. ... |
