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Mexico Amends Constitution to Prohibit GM Corn Seeds

Food Tank

The Mexican government has amended its constitution to prohibit the use of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds. The reform strengthens previous legal action against GM seeds by enshrining the ban in the constitution. The post Mexico Amends Constitution to Prohibit GM Corn Seeds appeared first on Food Tank.

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Blois introduces bill aimed at speeding up approvals of new agriculture products

Real Agriculture

The chair of the House of Commons’ agriculture committee has introduced a private member’s bill aimed at speeding up regulatory approvals of new seed genetics, feed products, and crop protection products for Canadian farmers. Read More

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How Should Gene-Edited Seeds be Regulated?

Modern Farmer

Ian Affleck is vice president of biotechnology for CropLife Canada , a trade association representing developers and distributors of plant science innovations and plant biotechnology. The seed has been synthetically altered.” CRISPR editing of seeds. This includes GE-derived products. Photography by Shutterstock.

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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

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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Far Eastern Agriculture - Untitled Article

Far Eastern Agriculture

Biotechnology company, Qi Biodesign recently announced the completion of its million dollar Series A funding round to pioneer next-gen genome editing technologies The company has raised a total of US$75mn across its Seed, Series Pre-A , and Series A stages.

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

Agricultural Biodiversity

parasitism in major cereal crops for enhanced crop production and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review. Farmer Risk Preferences and Willingness to Pay for African Rice Landrace Seed: An Experimental Choice Analysis. Genomic predictions to leverage phenotypic data across genebanks. Diversify your training set.

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25 Books Guiding Us Toward More Regenerative Food Systems

Food Tank

Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans by Theresa McCulla Theresa McCullas Insatiable City covers 200 years of New Orleans history to show linkages between production and reception of race, power, social status, and labor in a city famous for its food culture. Editors Jia-Chen Fu, Michelle T. King, and Jakob A.

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