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Arctic Seed Vault Sets Record, Over 500,000 Samples

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A“doomsday” vault storing crop seeds in an Arctic deep freeze is surpassing 500,000 samples to become the most diverse collection of food seeds in history, managers said on Thursday. Set up on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard two years ago, the vault aims to store seeds of all food crops deep beneath permafrost to wi
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India Politics Delay GM Vegetable Start

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“It is my duty to adopt a cautious, precautionary, principle-based approach.” – JAIRAM RAMESH India has postponed the launch of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant. “The moratorium will be in place until
Cereals, Opinion

Groundbreaking Moments In Global Agriculture

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Chicago | Reuters – Organized cultivation of food crops like wheat and barley began about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, what is now the Middle East. Great strides in agriculture have been made since through innovation, technology and genetics to help feed the world’s growing population. Despite this, however, more than
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Is Africa Selling Out Its Farmers?

For centuries, farmers like Berhanu Gudina have eked out a living in Ethiopia’s central lowlands, tending tiny plots of maize, wheat or barley amid the vastness of the lush green plains. Now, they find themselves working cheek by jowl with high-tech commercial farms stretching over thousands of hectares tilled by state-of-the-art tractors – and owned
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Bacteria Could Transform Ethanol Sector

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A compost bacteria bred by a British company could be set to transform both the profitability and environmental credentials of the U. S. ethanol industry. “The application of our technology results in the greening of corn ethanol,” Hamish Curran, chief executive officer of TMO Renewables Ltd. said in an interview Sept. 15. The company provides
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Northern Agriculture Gets A Boost

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Aprogram to encourage the expansion of agriculture production and to increase the availability of locally produced healthy foods in northern Manitoba was jointly announced May 28 by Treasury Board president Vic Toews and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk. “Northern Manitoba offers many real and untapped opportunities for sustainable development in agriculture
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Screwing Up Plots… On Purpose

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“Some of the winter wheat in the plots looks poor now, but it might be OK by July.” – KIM LIVINGSTON-BROWN While most farmers were headed for their fields trying to beat the rain May 12, John Heard and his colleagues were busy preparing to screw up some plots at the University of Manitoba’s Ian
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Food/Fuel Debate May Come Off Back Burner

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“But it (biofuel) is still a very significant demand source for the feed grains and… it is likely to increase with the U. S. government looking to increase their ethanol-blending mandates” – DOUG WHITEHEAD, COMMODITY ANALYST The steep drop in energy prices from last year’s peaks has cooled the food-versus-fuel debate for the moment, but
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Finding The Right Crop For Cellulosic Ethanol

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“We need to create a plantation crop to meet our needs.” -MAURICE HLADIK The eventual raw material requirements of cellulosic ethanol production could exceed the available supplies of straw and stover, an industry expert told the Canadian Federation of Agriculture recently. “Straw and stover can’t do it all,” Maurice Hladik, former director of marketing for
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Massive Effort Underway To Save Endangered Seeds

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Farmers and plant breeders around the globe are planting thousands of endangered seeds as part of an effort to save 100,000 varieties of food crops from extinction. In many cases, only a handful of seeds remain from rare varieties of barley, rice and wheat whose history can be traced back to the Neolithic era, said

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