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Radical Change Needed For Global AgricultureLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 30, 2010 A report to be released at a pivotal global meeting on agriculture finds that transforming the agriculture agenda to meet the challenges of a warmer, environmentally-degraded world of 9 billion people will require changes "as radical as those that occurred during industrial and agricultural revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries." The comprehensive assessment, Transforming Agricultural Research for Development, suggests the need for massive reform of the architecture of what it terms a current ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 29, 2010Russia is ready to import poultry from India if the U.S. does not resume its supplies, Russian agriculture minister Yelena Skrynnik said on Friday after a meeting with her Indian counterpart. The U.S., which supplied 22% of poultry consumed in Russia last year, was unable to continue imports after January 1, when new sanitary requirements came into force in Russia. Skrynnik said Indi ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) March 28, 2010Japanese media voiced suspicion Sunday about Beijing's motives after China announced the arrest of a factory worker accused of poisoning frozen dumplings destined for Japan. The arrest came two years after Tokyo first pressed Beijing to investigate the case of the pesticide-tainted dumplings that made 10 people sick in Japan, including a small child, triggering a row between the two neighhbo ... more  
The Hague (AFP) March 26, 2010The International Court of Justice said Friday it would deliver judgment on April 20 in a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over a paper mill allegedly polluting a shared river. Judgment will be handed down in a public sitting at the court's Peace Palace headquarters in The Hague, a statement said. Argentina filed an application with the court in May 2006 accusing Uruguay of having u ... more |
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CSIRO And Bayer To Focus On Sustainable CropsCanberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 26, 2010 CSIRO and Bayer CropScience are embarking on a new two-year research program designed to assess the sustainability of new generation crops. This collaboration will develop and apply models to assess the system-wide consequences of new-generation cereal crops in the face of global environmental and food security challenges. The project will assess the full environmental impact of the crops, including their influence on the carbon footprint of cereal production. This program will build o ... read more |
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