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Weekly Overview: Water, GM Crops and Product Sustainability
2013-03-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Sustainability is the theme of this week. Last Friday was World Water Day, which was marked with the release of a new report on the growing threat of water scarcity in many regions. Surprisingly few food companies monitor the sustainability of their ingredients, according to a new report. The debate over genetic modification has been revived in the EU as the Commission considers the authorisation of new GM crops. FMD and ASF rumble on in Russia.
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Peach genome offers insights into breeding strategies for biofuels crops
2013-03-24 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. Domesticating these as crops requires a deep understanding of the physiology and genetics of trees, and scientists are turning to long-domesticated fruit trees for hints. The relationship between a peach and a poplar may not be obvious at first glance, but to botanists both trees are part of the rosid superfamily,...
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Climate change effect, crops ripe early in Terai
2013-03-23 08:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Republica: Wheat crop has started to ripe ahead of time in Terai districts including Kanchanpur because of the effect of climate change. The grains are not nourishing and the grains shrink when ripe premature, said Agriculture Publicity Officer of the Agriculture Development Office, Ram Chandra Bhatta. Although 125 days are needed for ripening for wheat, it is now ripe in hundred days, he said. As we cannot stop the change of climate, we should grow crops that are appropriate in view of its affect,...
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Drought that ravaged US crops likely to worsen in 2013, forecast warns
2013-03-21 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The historic drought that laid waste to America's grain and corn belt is unlikely to ease before the middle of this year, a government forecast warned on Thursday. The annual spring outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted hotter, drier conditions across much of the US, including parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, where farmers have been fighting to hang on to crops of winter wheat. The three-month forecast noted an additional hazard, however, for the midwest:...
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GM Crops: Is European Farming at Risk?
2013-03-20 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - The debate over genetically modified (GM) crops in the European Union has been reignited with the launch of a new campaign hoping to halt the authorisation of 25 new GM crops in Europe, writes 5m editor, Gemma Hyland.
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