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Boosting Future Food Supplies With Biotech, Nanotech And Synthetic BiologySan Diego CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2010 Some say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to meet demand, says University of Idaho animal scientist Rod Hill. Hill and Larry Branen, a University of Idaho food scientist, organized a symposium during the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting Sunday to explore ways biotechnology could provide healthy and plentiful animal-based foods to meet future demands. ... read more |
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Madison WI (SPX) Feb 22, 2010Environmental regulators and scientists are making concerted efforts to reduce these pollutions using mitigation tools called best management practices (BMPs). As promising and effective BMPs, vegetated buffers are gradually gaining in popularity. However, lack of quantification on their mitigation efficacies limits their implementation in agricultural fields to reduce nonpoint source pollutions ... more 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 22, 2010Resistant wheat plants stave off attacks by Hessian fly larvae by essentially destroying the fly's midgut and its ability to absorb nutrients, according to a study by Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hessian fly larvae midguts - similar to human intestines - were observed in three different feeding situations. Larvae on susceptible plants had normal midgut function ... more  
Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2010The UN process for tackling global warming is now captainless as well as rudderless after climate chief Yvo de Boer suddenly announced his resignation two months after the ill-starred Copenhagen summit. De Boer, 55, announced on Thursday he would step down as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to pursue a career in the private sector. His abrupt ... more |
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China hikes rice price to boost outputBeijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 China has boosted the price it pays for rice by up to 10 percent this year to encourage farmers to plant more and increase production, state media said Sunday. China's economic planning agency set the minimum purchase price for short grain rice at 105 yuan (about 15 dollars) for every 50 kilograms, a 10.5 percent rise over last year, the People's Daily said. The lowest price to be paid by state granaries for long grain rice was increased by 5.4 percent, the paper said, citing the National Develo ... read more |
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