NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

The rule as finalized will suppress access to agricultural innovations greatly needed to reduce inputs, adapt to a changing climate and, respond to increased pest and disease challenges while maintaining a safe, reliable, and affordable food system for a growing global population.

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Seeding Crop Science Minor Crop 130

Agwired

JUNE 12, 2024

The two awards recognize biotechnology leaders who are driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in agricultural, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) opened registration with a rejuvenated schedule for its annual Conference & Expo, to be held Dec. 3-5 in Houston, Texas.

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biotechnology Technology Yield Pesticide 59

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Benefit–Cost Analysis of Increased Funding for Agricultural Research and Development in the Global South. Fancy model says funding agricultural research is great value for money. Cultivating success: Bridging the gaps in plant breeding training in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Gonna need more plant breeders also, though.

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Forage Crop Yield Grain 189

Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 28, 2024

Which is bad because… Diversified agriculture leads to diversified diets: panel data evidence from Bangladesh. Domestication through clandestine cultivation constrained genetic diversity in magic mushrooms relative to naturalized populations. Which crop biodiversity is used by the food industry throughout the world?

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Grain Cultivation Food Marketing 172

Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

In this map, green areas are projected to be favorable to coffee cultivation by 2050, while brown areas will not be. ( Most farms there still use open-field agriculture—but this approach may not work for much longer in the new climate reality. More recently, we’ve been fascinated by and experimenting with syntropic agriculture.”

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Yield Production Harvester Harvesting 119

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Can they make laws to safeguard domestic agriculture, public health, the environment, and the genetic integrity of the national diet? It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. Share this This Story’s Impact 1.3

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Maize Science Food Crop 140

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

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Seeding Agriculture Agriculture Food 88