Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Never thought I’d see the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Psychology Today , yet here we are. The Pacific’s regional genebank is set for more work on lesser-known crops. Too bad most of them won’t be able to go to Svalbard. How to make a genebank beautiful as well as sustainable. Australia has a rice genebank. For some reason.

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Seeding Crop Food Maize 187

Food Tank

APRIL 10, 2024

In 2019, Mexico enacted a Federal Law for the Promotion and Protection of Native Maize. Yields of non-GM corn are comparable to GM corn , according to seed industry sources, and can earn a premium price estimated at 10-20 percent higher than GM varieties. But corn is more than a food ingredient in Mexico. Unlike in the U.S.,

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Maize Food biotechnology Yield 111

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. The closest analogues—wheat in the countries of Europe, rice across Asia—pale beside the cultural and dietary importance of maize in the land where it was first domesticated.

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Maize Science Food Crop 143