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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. Farmer Risk Preferences and Willingness to Pay for African Rice Landrace Seed: An Experimental Choice Analysis. So, diversify your mind?

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 9, 2023

Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa. Assessment of seed system interventions for biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Malawi. Likely decline in the number of farms globally by the middle of the century. Thanks, satellites. Can you tell OFSP from space?

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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. version of its 40-million-acre Poncho®/VOTiVO® seed treatment that includes a GE bacteria aimed at improving plant health. And BASF sells a 2.0 Take BASF’s 2.0

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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

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

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.