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Cereals, Crops

Partnership Aims To Produce More Wheat

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Syngenta has announced a public-private partnership with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) to focus on the development and advancement of technology in wheat, the most internationally traded food crop and the single-largest food import in developing countries. The agreement will entail joint research and development in the areas of native and GM
Country Crossroads

“…And This Is My Garden”

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“This connects the community and the school, and it is the hands-on commitment and the ownership that really draws the kids in and draws the families in.” – KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER, Winnipeg FI LMMAKER OF “…AND THIS IS MY GARDEN.” The pepper plants are up in Mrs. Woitowicz’s classroom in Wabowden. So are the tomatoes. Planted
Crops

Agriculture Can Meet Long-Term Food Demand

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Agriculture has the scope to meet soaring global demand for food by exploiting potential for higher yields and expanded farmland in certain regions, a Societe Generale analyst told Reuters March 18. Achieving large gains in farm output would however take several years and this time lag could bring renewed tensions in food supply in the
Cereals, Crops, News

Wild Plants Sought For Climate Traits

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Farm experts plan to track down wild relatives of crops such as rice or wheat with traits that make them able to resist global warming in a project costing perhaps $50 million, a leading expert said March 9. “The wild relatives of cultivated crops … are largely uncollected or conserved in gene banks,” said Cary
Crops, News

China Favours GMOs, But None Grown Yet

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China will accelerate development of its own genetically modified (GMO) crops, seeking to secure food security and international competitiveness, an official from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture said. The official from the ministry’s biosafety administration office also denied recent media reports that China had already approved imported GMO grain seeds for widespread planting. His remarks
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Looming Phosphorus Shortages Require Change

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Farmers have found an ally in a new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which says the responsibility for better phosphorus management cannot be carried by agriculture alone. The report shifts the focus from phosphorus as a noxious nutrient that must be regulated to prevent it from damaging the environment, to phosphorus
Opinion

Producers Need To Participate In Their Organizations

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A National Food Strategy is required to ensure that we have a vibrant contributing agriculture sector in Canada. As the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) celebrates its 75th anniversary, the future of Canadian agriculture is at a crossroads and the future of food in this country is uncharted. Currently, Canada has no comprehensive strategy for
Livestock, News

World Meat Demand Growing

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REGION PER CAPITA MEAT CONSUMPTION (KG/PERSON/YEAR) East and South Asia and the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean North America and Europe Sub-Saharan Africa * Following is a table with projections of meat consumption in different regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa 2050 33 51 77 89 22 2020 20 28 58 83
Livestock, News

Eat Local To Sustain Farmers, Conference Told

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Lori Stahlbrand is on a 96 per cent mission. It’s estimated only four per cent of the food Canadians consume is grown and sold through local farmers’ markets, community-supported agriculture projects and the like. The rest comes from mainstream retailers, mostly supermarkets. As a result, there’s a huge potential market for the local food economy
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Food Prices To Remain High

“If we get a climate shock in one of the major producing countries, then we are back to Square 1.” – JACQUES DIOUF Food prices are likely to rise again on resumed demand for agricultural commodities for food and energy and higher input costs due to rising oil prices, the United Nations’ food agency said

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