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Science responds to globalized disease threat to farms and food systems
2016-02-13 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Farmers and consumers around the world are connected and dependent on each other today in a way that is unprecedented in human history - the average chocolate bar will have ingredients from four or more continents and crop failures in Russia affect the price of bread in the US. Transnational research collaboration between the US and UK is anticipating and protecting our food supplies from a host of new disease threats to crops, animals and humans and which show no respect fo…
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food
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disease
Category:Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals