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Climate and food security concerns prompting new openness to technology in agriculture

Real Agriculture

Approval of a biotechnology reform bill in the European Parliament last month has been hailed as a major breakthrough toward allowing “new genomic techniques,” such as gene-editing, to be used in crop breeding in Europe. Read More

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Contribution of Biotechnology to Crop Production and Related Fields

Agric4profits

In the field of agriculture, biotechnology has contributed to crop improvement by developing salt and drought resistant crops, developing crop varieties which c

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Food and Ag Groups Express MAHA Concerns

Agwired

The letter, sent to the heads of Health and Human Services, USDA, and EPA, specifically focuses on the importance of pesticides, biotechnology, and food and feed ingredients for farmers and consumers, and it highlights how these products are already well regulated to ensure their safe use.

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Nibbles: Crop diversity, Coloured rice, Saudi genebank, WorldVeg genebank, Mango genebank, USDA apple genebank, Green Revolution, Organic agriculture

Agricultural Biodiversity

IFAD says we need diverse crops. KAUST says we need coloured rice. I hope it will go into Saudi Arabia’s new genebank. Genebank scientists says we need more collaboration. Goa thinks they need a new mango genebank. The USA already has an apple genebank.

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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

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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Comments Supporting the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Initiative

NASDA

General Comments NASDA sopports USDA’s efforts to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through a suite of administrative and statutory programs – collectively referred to as the SCCI. NASDA believes the SCBG program must be flexible and state-driven in order to be nimble, locally responsive, and efficient.

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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

Farmbrite

Farmers utilize a range of modern toolsfrom task management applications and drones that monitor crop health to sensors and software that help forecast yields. From precision farming techniques using GPS-guided tractors to the use of drones for crop monitoring, technology is transforming how farmers manage their land.

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