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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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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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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

“The team of talented biotechnology experts at Switch have assembled from around the world to develop an innovative approach that dramatically improves the performance and cost-effectiveness of biofertilizers, tackling a significant climate challenge.” and internationally.

Finance 52
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Letter regarding the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

NASDA

That opportunity to open markets for American workers is particularly notable in the rapidly growing economies represented in IPEF that are hungry for American food and agriculture products. Agricultural products are bought and sold based on price, and U.S. While the agriculture community views IPEF as an opportunity to advance U.S.

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Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

NASDA

EPA’s newly published regulation creating “PIPs created through genetic engineering from a sexually compatible plant” and “loss-of-function PIPs” is not risk-based, science-based and focuses on process of development rather than product. We ask that Congress take the necessary steps to ensure that U.S.

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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

“The team of talented biotechnology experts at Switch have assembled from around the world to develop an innovative approach that dramatically improves the performance and cost-effectiveness of biofertilizers, tackling a significant climate challenge.” and internationally.

Finance 52
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Coalition Letter to Senate Requesting Full Funding for CODEX

NASDA

Sincerely, American Bakers Association American Beverage Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Feed Industry Association American Seed Trade Association American Soybean Association American Spice Trade Association Animal Health Institute Association for Dressings and Sauces Biotechnology Innovation Organization Consumer Brands Association (..)