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Brainfood: Food insecurity drivers, Agroecology & fertilizers, Overselling GMOs, Genomic prediction, Striga breeding, Farmers’ preferences, Farmers’ WtP, Diversity metrics

Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa. …but that doesn’t mean agroecology is wrong. Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it. Drivers and stressors of resilience to food insecurity: evidence from 35 countries.

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Brainfood: Croplands, Satellite phenotyping, Farm size, Bt double, Scaling up, Opinion leaders, Gendered knowledge, OFSP, Ethiopia sorghum diversity, Banana bunchy top, Climate change & pathogens, Bean pathogens, Mixtures, Rewards

Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 9, 2023

CROPGRIDS: A global geo-referenced dataset of 173 crops circa 2020. It’s great to finally know where crops are grown. Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa. If only they had had this analytical framework when they thought of Bt crops. Thanks, satellites!

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Op-Ed: Biologicals 2.0: Why Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Are Concerning

Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. Microbes can share genetic material with each other far more readily than crops and can travel great distances on the wind.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If But those days have ended.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I:

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. The History of US Seed Breeding For most of the history of domesticated crops, those who grew crops saved seeds from one growing season to the next.

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