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GM food solutions at risk from lobbyistsEdinburgh, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2011 Powerful lobby groups opposed to genetically modified (GM) food are threatening public acceptance of the technology in Europe, research suggests. They are also hampering Europe's response to the global challenge of securing food supplies for current and future generations, researchers claim. Drawing upon a decade of evidence, researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Warwick University say that Europe's regulation of GM crops has become less democratic and less evidence-based since the 1980 ... read more |
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 Major river basins have enough water to sustainably double food production in the coming decades While water-related conflicts and shortages abound throughout the rapidly changing societies of Africa, Asia and Latin America, there is clearly sufficient water to sustain food, energy, industrial ... more | .. |
  Sneaking up on the glassy transition of water Rapid cooling of ordinary water or compression of ordinary ice: either of these can transform normal H2O into an exotic substance that resembles glass in its transparency, brittleness, hardness, and ... more | .. |
 New approach challenges old ideas about plant species and biomass For decades, scientists have believed that a relationship exists between how much biomass plant species produce and how many species can coexist. This idea comes from a 1970s study that showed as pl ... more | .. |
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 Researchers take advice from a carnivorous plant After a rain, the cupped leaf of a pitcher plant becomes a virtually frictionless surface. Sweet-smelling and elegant, the carnivore attracts ants, spiders, and even little frogs. One by one, they s ... more | .. |
 China jails three in dyed bun scandal A Shanghai court on Monday jailed three company officials for five to nine years for adding dye to buns, local media said, as China cracks down after a string of food safety scandals. ... more | .. |
 Enough water to double world food production - study There is enough fresh water in the world to double food production in the next decades - the problem is its inefficient use, according to a study released Monday at the World Water Congress meeting in Brazil. ... more | .. |
Anger spreads over Bolivia crackdown on protesters Protests spread in Bolivia on Monday over a violent crackdown on Indian marchers demonstrating against a highway planned to be built through an Amazon rainforest preserve. ... more |
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  Kenya PM says under pressure to close Somali border Kenya's prime minister said Saturday he was under mounting pressure to close the border with Somalia as he joined other African leaders pleading for help to counter a spreading famine. ... more | .. |
  Russia may launch its first Earth remote sensing satellite in 2012 Russia's first Earth remote sensing satellite, the Kondor, may be launched in January 2012, a space official said on Thursday. "We are developing Kondor and Arkon [satellites]," deputy head of ... more | .. |
 Researchers chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight For University of Illinois river researchers, new insight into river cutoffs was a case of being in the right place at the right time. Geography professor Bruce Rhoads and geology professor Jim Best ... more | .. |
 If insurance companies pay out too often farmers will be threatened with ruin Insurance can help farmers to survive dry periods. However, it can also result in the long term in overgrazing and therefore threaten their existence if insurance companies pay out in periods of mod ... more |
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 Somali rebels send back starving thousands into famine zone Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked rebels said Thursday they were moving over 12,000 starving families back into famine zones they had fled, where the UN has warned they will die without help. ... more | .. |
Booming China is number one Bordeaux importer The booming Chinese mainland is now the largest importer of Bordeaux by volume, driving a jump in exports of the French wine, an industry body said. ... more | .. |
Philippines eats, sells biodiversity riches A Philippine brown deer hobbles on three legs in a tiny mud pit of a pen at a government-run wildlife rescue centre, a grim symbol of the country's rapidly vanishing flora and fauna. ... more | .. |
Ugandans displaced by UK company landgrab: Oxfam At least 22,500 Ugandans were forced from their homes to make way for a British timber company, the aid agency Oxfam said in a report Thursday calling for an investigation into alleged abuses. ... more |
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'Wonder weapon'? Five things about US Tomahawks coveted by Ukraine
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 Astrotech Subsidiary Wins Contract for NASA Mission Astrotech has won a fully-funded task order under the previously announced Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Company will provide f ... more | .. |
 Paraguay outbreak threatens farms, jobs Paraguay faces a worsening crisis in its fragile agriculture and livestock sector as mounting losses from a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak threaten to decimate exports and make thousands jobless. ... more | .. |
 Scientists Develop New Potato Lines to Wage War on Wireworms When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists ... more | .. |
 China says duties on US chicken products lawful Beijing said Wednesday that duties imposed on US poultry exports were lawful, after Washington asked the World Trade Organization to look at Chinese tariffs on the billion-dollar chicken trade. ... more |
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Two arrested over China 'gutter' oil murder Police in China said Wednesday they have arrested two people suspected of killing a Chinese journalist who had been following a scandal involving the sale of "gutter" cooking oil. ... more | .. |
 Plants create a water reserve in the soil Experiments performed at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) reveal that a zone of higher water concentration exists around the roots of a plant. It has long been known that roots alter the soil in th ... more | .. |
China's farm subsidies soar but OECD states' at record low China's subsidies to farmers soared six-fold between 2008 and 2010 to $147 billion, making it the global leader, OECD data showed Wednesday, in what could complicate trade liberalisation talks. ... more | .. |
Deaths likely to spiral in famine-hit Somalia: aid agencies Drought and famine-blighted Somalia is at a "turning point" as conditions decline with hundreds of thousands more people likely to die in coming months, 20 aid agencies warned on Wednesday. ... more |
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Bangladesh PM confident of river deal with India Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina voiced confidence Tuesday at reaching a water-sharing agreement with India after a summit failed to clinch a deal seen as vital to her nation's farmers. ... more | .. |
  Bird flu batters South African ostrich farms Once filled with hundreds of ostriches, the fields of the Klein Karoo are strangely empty. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong jails Chinese farmer for flag-burning A mainland Chinese farmer has been jailed for three weeks after setting fire to a Chinese flag in Hong Kong, officials said Tuesday, raising questions over freedom of speech in the territory. ... more | .. |
  Ugandan sweet tooth threatens precious rain forest Standing beneath the towering trees of Uganda's threatened Mabira rainforest, farmer Godfrey Ojambo shrugs in despair and bewilderment at plans to cut down this national treasure and hand it over to a sugar corporation. ... more |
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China reporter killed after 'gutter' oil news A Chinese journalist who had been following a scandal involving the sale of cooking oil made from leftovers taken from gutters has been stabbed to death, police and state media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Breeding Soybeans for Improved Feed Modifying soybean seed to increase phosphorus content can improve animal nutrition and reduce feed costs and nutrient pollution. However, further research is needed to commercialize this valuable te ... more | .. |
 Japanese meteorological firm to launch satellite to track Arctic sea ice Japanese Weathernews will launch a satellite in September 2012 that will provide navigational services to ships travelling along the Russian and North American coasts in the Arctic Ocean, the newspa ... more | .. |
 Restoring forests and planting trees on farms can greatly improve food security Restoring and preserving dryland forests and planting more trees to provide food, fodder and fertilizer on small farms are critical steps toward preventing the recurrence of the famine now threateni ... more |
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