• The Ontario Crops Research Centre has 10 sites across the province that are supported by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance. (uoguelph.ca)
  • The Ontario Crops Research Centre - New Liskeard (formerly known as the New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station or NLARS) manages approximately 56.5 hectares (140 acres) of land in and near New Liskeard, ON. (uoguelph.ca)
  • Agronomy research at the Ontario Crops Research Centre in New Liskeard focuses on adapted crop species, including spring wheat, barley and oats, canola, dry beans, soybeans, corn, and perennial forages such as alfalfa, clovers and grasses. (uoguelph.ca)
  • For 10,000 years our food has come from annual crops, even though they cause or contribute to many of the problems agriculture struggles with such as erosion, nutrient leakage, greenhouse gas emissions, high costs and vulnerability to climate change. (lu.se)
  • We must be open to using other types of crops than annual crops and we must move away from the narrow use of monocultures", says Lennart Olsson from the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. (lu.se)
  • In particular, the cultivation of annual crops such as wheat, rice, soya beans and various oil-based plants is problematic, according to Lennart Olsson from the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. (lu.se)
  • The annual crops contribute to soil erosion and loss of nutrients as the soil is turned upside down every time new crops are sown. (lu.se)
  • The crops that did not rely upon animal pollination were mainly staple crops such as wheat, corn and rice. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Corn is the primary staple food for South Africa's 48 million people. (naturalnews.com)
  • This commitment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is recognition of the increasing importance of root, tuber, and banana staple crops in Africa. (cipotato.org)
  • The crops at the heart of RTB in Africa are banana, cassava, potato, sweetpotato, and yam, some of Africa's most important staple crops. (cipotato.org)
  • Maize and Drought-Tolerant Staple Crop Value Chain Kenya's maize subsector is approaching a critical time when input supply characteristics, land reform, availability of supporting factors of production, and market price dynamics will define the competitiveness of the industry in the mid to long term. (who.int)
  • At the same time, there has been a dearth of investment in alternative staple crops and, as a result, there is a lack of data. (who.int)
  • It has offered immediate compensation to all the farmers experiencing crop loss. (naturalnews.com)
  • Farmers would usually be asked to harvest damaged corn and soybeans to salvage some part of their crop, but many fields were flattened by winds that exceeded 100 mph and, in some places, hail. (foodinstitute.com)
  • Dealing with an oversupply of cranberries for nearly 20 years, the berry farmers are requesting permission to destroy 25 percent of its crop. (foodlogistics.com)
  • Cranberry farmers are asking government officials for the okay to destroy a portion of their crops in order to raise prices. (foodlogistics.com)
  • It makes you realize coffee is a crop, picked by farmers. (cloverfoodlab.com)
  • All crops need the critical nutrient nitrogen in order to grow and, for most crops, farmers must provide nitrogen via fertilizers. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • I choose to eat organic food whenever possible because I believe it's better for my health, the environment, and the farmers who grow our food. (foodbabe.com)
  • For more than a decade, RTB research has developed modern and efficient breeding systems in Africa in the form of superior crop varieties and seed systems that have a significant impact on food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation, and the quality of life of farmers, processors, and consumers in rural and urban areas. (cipotato.org)
  • We work directly with farmers to develop the varieties of RTB crops that will survive in harsh conditions and provide them income and their communities food security. (cipotato.org)
  • It also utilizes modernized, state-of-the-art breeding approaches in Africa to achieve higher genetic gains to benefit smallholder farmers and the accelerated adoption of new varieties of a major group of crops grown in Africa. (cipotato.org)
  • The casual event is aimed at helping locals connect with other slow food enthusiasts, from small farmers to home brewers. (charlestoncitypaper.com)
  • Farmers should invest in perennial crops instead of growing annuals, such as rice. (lu.se)
  • Olsson thinks that farmers should welcome perennial crops as conventional agriculture uses a very large part of its gross revenue to buy external inputs, mainly seeds, pesticides, artificial fertiliser, machines and diesel. (lu.se)
  • The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting proposals for the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). (ccof.org)
  • 23560 and 2021, in response to growing food insecurity and associated with the Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks. (who.int)
  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will phase out the use of genetically engineered (GE) crops to feed wildlife and ban neonicotinoid insecticides from all wildlife refuges nationwide by January 2016. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • Genetically engineered (GE) foods have had their DNA changed using genes from other plants or animals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Genetically engineered foods are just as safe as conventional foods. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Committee on genetically engineered crops: past experience and future prospects. (medlineplus.gov)
  • genetically engineered crops: experiences and prospects. (medlineplus.gov)
  • and the path to securing sufficient, nutritious food for a growing world population. (croptrust.org)
  • Growing more legumes, like beans and lentils, is potentially a more sustainable and nutritious approach to European agriculture, shows a new study in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • This provides a clearer picture of inter-crop effects and the overall efficiency of different cropping sequences in delivering nutritious food (or livestock feed). (bangor.ac.uk)
  • Stock up on nutritious healing foods that won't spoil and don't need refrigeration, such as apple cider vinegar (maintains gut health), sea salt (handy for food preservation), and raw honey (great antibiotic, energy food). (newstarget.com)
  • It delivers innovative science-based solutions to enhance access to affordable nutritious food, foster inclusive sustainable business and employment growth, and drive the climate resilience of root and tuber agri-food systems. (cipotato.org)
  • Soybeans are harvested near Wamego, Kan. The Biden administration said Wednesday it was banning the use on food crops of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that has been linked to potential brain damage in children. (latimes.com)
  • Chlorpyrifos is applied on numerous crops, including soybeans, fruit and nut trees, broccoli and cauliflower. (latimes.com)
  • Cotton, corn, and soybeans are the main GE crops grown in the United States. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The model includes seasonal areas and yields of rice and the major secondary crops on the basis of lagged data on rainfall, prices, crop areas, and intensification targets. (iastate.edu)
  • Purchase a combination of rice, quinoa, millet, beans, and oats in bulk and then seal the food in large Mylar bags. (newstarget.com)
  • Food For The Poor also plans to send an additional 100 containers of food a month, including rice, beans and canned food, for the next four months to keep people from starving until the harvest arrives. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • Staff of Food For The Poor-Haiti are asking for rice, beans, canned food, canned protein such as fish, meat and milk, and vitamins. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • This study presents some of the first holistic evidence that adding legumes to traditional crop rotations (typically including barley, wheat and rapeseed) offers significant environmental benefits as well as increased nutritional value for humans and livestock. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • Wheat is the number one food crop consumed in the world, and the main source of calories and proteins in human diets. (wheatgenome.org)
  • Late winter storms just wiped out the entire wheat crop of western Kansas… are YOU prepared for food disruptions? (newstarget.com)
  • As of April 23, a quarter of the Kansas wheat crop had headed, outpacing the five-year average of 17 percent. (newstarget.com)
  • Near the end of April, heavy snow and blizzard conditions descended, pummeling the new wheat crop in Western Kansas. (newstarget.com)
  • Winter wheat, which is dormant in the winter but sprouts again in the spring, makes up at least two-thirds of the annual US wheat crop. (newstarget.com)
  • In just two hours of sub-32 degree Fahrenheit weather, new wheat crops begin to suffer damage. (newstarget.com)
  • The USDA was set to make its official predictions for the winter wheat crop on May 10. (newstarget.com)
  • With the entire wheat crop destroyed in western Kansas, we are reminded of the volatility of the food supply. (newstarget.com)
  • The infrastructure will measure the exchange of greenhouse gases between the atmosphere and agriculture in real time in two parallel cultivation systems: the newly domesticated Kernza (Intermediate wheatgrass) and conventional crop rotation in SkÃ¥ne (including wheat, sugar beet, barley and rapeseed). (lu.se)
  • At the same time, Kernza in particular can be cultivated in various types of climate as the crop is probably more hardy than wheat, for example. (lu.se)
  • Producing more agricultural outputs with fewer inputs is one of the biggest challenges facing us in the 21st century, and, through world-leading independent crop research centers, Britain is well-placed to play a key role in addressing that challenge and the economic benefits this will entail," Freeman said. (isaaa.org)
  • For example, in Scotland, we've shown that the introduction of a legume crop into the typical rotation reduced external nitrogen requirements by almost half whilst maintaining the same output of food measured in terms of potential human nutrition. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • Legume crops not only don't require fertilizer themselves, they also enrich the soil with nitrogen, reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizers for future non-legume crops. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • It comes one week after a National Research Council (NRC) report detailed the troubling decline in populations of key North American pollinators, which help spread the pollen needed for fertilization of such crops as fruits, vegetables, nuts, spices and oilseed. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The crops so irrigated are mostly vegetables and small plots of maize meant for early harvest, just before the onset of the rains. (lu.se)
  • Smallholder households will benefit from more productive, integrated crop-livestock farming systems, increased turnover and income, reduced risk and increased food security. (ilri.org)
  • One columnist in Washington state estimates that the state's 234,000 households receiving food assistance may face cuts of up to $90 each in food stamps - perhaps owing to the legalized corruption in the U.S. Senate. (republicreport.org)
  • Other row crops, such as corn and sorghum, were harvested prior to the storm, but some alternative crops like sesame and citrus also experienced damages. (foodinstitute.com)
  • U.S. support to the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute focuses on research on crops for the semi-arid zone, including improved seeds, pest control, and food safety for maize, sorghum, millet, sweet potato, cowpea, and pigeon pea. (who.int)
  • CROP-FS aims to establish an international network of specialists to develop research strategies that will enable major food crops to grow under more extreme environmental conditions such as drought, high temperature, and irrigation with brackish or seawater. (wun.ac.uk)
  • 3) Understanding the biochemical and molecular basis of crop adaptation to drought, heat, and heavy metal stresses likely to accompany climate change, and use promising candidate genes/enzymes to improve the ability of plants to produce better yields under changing climate. (wun.ac.uk)
  • RTB crops are also drought and heat tolerant, two climate-smart characteristics of importance to the African continent experiencing record temperatures and a historic drought. (cipotato.org)
  • Stock animals were killed and crops were destroyed once by the storm, and again later by drought after having been replanted. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • Feed the Future also works with the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services to increase quality and availability of drought-tolerant crops and varieties. (who.int)
  • Disease and bad weather are having a devastating effect on Florida's orange crop, putting it on track for the worst yield in 86 years. (foodprocessing.com)
  • The crop is projected to be 20 million boxes, which would be a 51% drop from last year and the lowest yield since the 1936-37 growing season. (foodprocessing.com)
  • To mitigate the greenhouse effect, one may apply biochar as an amendment to improve soil quality and crop yield. (wun.ac.uk)
  • One involves trying to find wild perennial relatives and crossing them with domesticated varieties to obtain a perennial crop with a high yield. (lu.se)
  • For example, their yield is still lower than that of conventional crops, although this could improve within around ten years, and there is a lack of knowledge about the properties of the new crop types for baking and other areas of application. (lu.se)
  • Crop pests and diseases (CPDs) are emerging threats to global food security, but trends in the occurrence of pests and diseases remain largely unknown due to the lack of observations for major crop producers. (lu.se)
  • 28 April 2023 - CGIAR breeding of improved Root, Tuber, and Banana (RTB) crops that lie at the heart of many African agri-food systems received a $29,668,667 award from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (cipotato.org)
  • J Sci Food Agric;2023 Oct 12. (bvsalud.org)
  • This recent FWS announcement includes a partial GE phase out by January 2016, only allowing GE crops for habitat restoration. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • Dozens of crops scouts, growers, grain traders, and government officials have begun a three-day tour of Kansas to survey the damage. (newstarget.com)
  • By investing in the right areas, food organizations can avoid the reputational risk that comes with digital insecurity. (foodlogistics.com)
  • As a result of changing climate, a growing world population risks experiencing more food insecurity. (wun.ac.uk)
  • Area), which are either counterfeit or heavily diluted, and these are leading to poor crop production and food insecurity. (who.int)
  • Before the storm, the cotton crop looked good and expectations were average to above average for most producers-especially if they had irrigation. (foodinstitute.com)
  • Initial assessments by AgriLife Extension experts and producers estimate 90-100% cotton crop losses for around 138,000 acres. (foodinstitute.com)
  • It also provides recommendations to policymakers and food producers motivated to valorize crops and create circular bioeconomies. (gfi.org)
  • The NCPN helps our country maintain the infrastructure necessary to ensure that pathogen, disease, and pest-free-certified planting materials are available for U.S. specialty crop producers who grow fruit trees, grapes, berries, hops, sweet potatoes, and roses. (foodmanufacturing.com)
  • Crop yields and livestock off-take rates are presently low and declining, and, even where production surpluses are available at the farm gate, market value chains are not providing effective links between consumers and producers. (ilri.org)
  • Pollinators affect 35 percent of the world's food crop production, increasing the output of 87 of the leading crops worldwide, finds a new study co-authored by a UC Berkeley conservation biologist. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Juan Lopez, Coordinator of Friends of the Earth's International Programme on Genetic Engineering said: " These talks are key to protecting the environment and the world's food supply from GM contamination. (foei.org)
  • U.S. consumers have grown so accustomed to having food available 24/7, but the reality of food disruption confronts us. (newstarget.com)
  • Furthermore, crops are to a large extent grown as monocultures, i.e. with large areas dedicated to a single crop with a minimum of genetic variation. (lu.se)
  • This mini food system provides nutrient-rich sprouts in a week's time, all in the safe confines of your home. (newstarget.com)
  • They reduce the need to utilise mineral fertilisers and improve crop health, plant disease resistance and soil micro-life, thus decreasing the dependence on chemical crop protection agents. (europa.eu)
  • Overall, the project results indicated that 'soft' green products could contribute to significantly higher crop production, thus forming a viable and more sustainable alternative to chemical fertilisers and crop protecting agents. (europa.eu)
  • As our climate changes and as we lose crop diversity, our food systems become less resilient to environmental and other shocks. (croptrust.org)
  • Atmospheric soot loadings from nuclear weapon detonation would cause disruptions to the Earth's climate, limiting terrestrial and aquatic food production. (nature.com)
  • Here, we use climate, crop and fishery models to estimate the impacts arising from six scenarios of stratospheric soot injection, predicting the total food calories available in each nation post-war after stored food is consumed. (nature.com)
  • Extraordinary events such as large volcanic eruptions or nuclear war could cause sudden global climate disruptions and affect food security. (nature.com)
  • 2) Understanding how the changing climate will affect microbial communities in agricultural soils and their impact on crop yields and strategies to improve rhizosphere activity. (wun.ac.uk)
  • how will plant-fungal symbioses (mykorrhizae) become instrumental in crop growth improvements to respond to climate change challenges? (wun.ac.uk)
  • Thanks to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for recognizing the importance and potential of these climate-smart crops so that advanced varieties can become more widespread and improve the African continent's food and nutrition security needs. (cipotato.org)
  • CGIAR science is dedicated to transforming food, land and water systems in a climate crisis. (cipotato.org)
  • This observation-based evidence highlights the urgent need to accurately account for the increasing risk of CPDs in mitigating the impacts of climate change on food production. (lu.se)
  • His current research fields include human-nature interactions in the context of land degradation, climate change and food security in Africa and globally. (lu.se)
  • Research into developing and cultivating perennial alternatives to our common agricultural crops is underway in many different parts of the world - and interest is growing fast. (lu.se)
  • The research deals with developing and cultivating perennial crops, i.e. crops that last several years and do not need to be sown every year. (lu.se)
  • Cultivating perennial crops also makes it more difficult for weeds to establish themselves in the fields. (lu.se)
  • Out of the 115 crops studied, 87 depend to some degree upon animal pollination, accounting for one-third of crop production globally. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Costa and her collaborators' new approach is more comprehensive than previous calculations of environmental footprints because it compares 10 different crop sequences using 16 different impact categories. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • GE crops and toxic pesticides violate the basic purposes of our protected national lands," said Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director of Center for Food Safety. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • GE crops and neonicotinoid pesticides are regularly used in refuge farming programs. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • We are gratified that the Fish and Wildlife Service has finally concluded that industrial agriculture, with GE crops and powerful pesticides, is both bad for wildlife and inappropriate on refuge lands," stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • The groups have also petitioned FWS to prohibit GE Crops nationally twice and to prohibit neonicotinoid pesticides on refuges once. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • The Ministry of Agriculture through the Crop Protection Unit should eradicate the importation of illegal pesticides through effective and regular monitoring and surveillance especially in the border districts. (who.int)
  • The crops must also be sprayed with herbicides and pesticides to prevent damage from pests and plant diseases. (lu.se)
  • Tougher measures are needed to prevent contamination of conventional food by genetically modified organisms (GMO), a new report from Friends of the Earth International concludes today. (foei.org)
  • The Biden administration said Wednesday it was banning the application of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide long targeted by environmentalists, on food crops because it poses risks to children and farmworkers. (latimes.com)
  • The Pesticide Action Network North America and the Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the EPA in 2007 to revoke all approved levels of chlorpyrifos in food. (latimes.com)
  • Lettuce crops on Arizona farmland are treated with an application of pesticide. (scmagazine.com)
  • Scientists also warn that the use of GE crops can lead to increased pesticide use on refuges, negatively effecting birds, aquatic animals, and other wildlife. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • For nearly 10 years, CFS and PEER have campaigned against GE crops and pesticide use on refuges. (centerforfoodsafety.org)
  • Importation quantities were compared by region, desired crops, pesticide type and hazard level. (who.int)
  • COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (March 16, 2017) A food shortage in the Grand'Anse region of southwest Haiti is so bad that families are turning in desperation to fruits and foliage known to be poisonous in an attempt to quell their hunger and save their lives, Food For The Poor has learned. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • The Chicago Tribune reports that the idea of withhold crops came after a series of low prices and growers operating in the red. (foodlogistics.com)
  • With these funds, state governments, universities, tribal organizations and other essential cooperators across the nation safeguard our agriculture, natural resources, and food security, while expanding and protecting export opportunities for American growers," said Jenny Moffitt, Under Secretary for USDA's Marketing and Regulatory Programs. (foodmanufacturing.com)
  • The project aims to create an integrated, European network of unique infrastructures for plant phenotyping and breeding , and will focus on crops that are important for food security and the bio-economy, with the goal of speeding up and improving the breeding of new varieties. (isaaa.org)
  • According to professor Lennart Olsson it is about fundamentally changing our entire food system, thus contributing to a new agricultural revolution. (lu.se)
  • Comply with withholding periods for any insecticides sprayed on crops. (wa.gov.au)
  • The study is the first global estimate of food crop production that is reliant upon animal pollination. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world's crop production, increasing the output of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, finds a new study published today (Wednesday, Oct. 25), in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences and co-authored by a conservation biologist at the University of California, Berkeley. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The study is the first global estimate of crop production that is reliant upon animal pollination. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In an effort to better understand how dependent crop production is upon pollinators worldwide, an international research team led by Alexandra-Maria Klein, an agroecologist from the University of Goettingen in Germany, conducted an extensive review of scientific studies from 200 countries and for 115 of the leading global crops. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Cuba's government on Wednesday issued the second article in a week about ethanol production signed by Fidel Castro, with the ailing leader reiterating his charge that the use of food crops to produce biofuels for automobiles could leave the world's poor hungry. (pravda.ru)
  • In quantifying impacts away from target areas, we demonstrate that soot injections larger than 5 Tg would lead to mass food shortages, and livestock and aquatic food production would be unable to compensate for reduced crop output, in almost all countries. (nature.com)
  • The EPA said it would continue reviewing whether to allow use of chlorpyrifos for purposes not directly tied to food production, such as cattle ear tags and mosquito control. (latimes.com)
  • Surprisingly, the BFPs with the lowest nutrient content showed consistently the best results with respect to crop production. (europa.eu)
  • Overall, rainfall, lagged crop areas, and intensification programs are observed to be strong predictors of production. (iastate.edu)
  • Our analysis identifies commodity crop sidestreams well-positioned to become inputs for alternative protein production. (gfi.org)
  • By upcycling agricultural and food processing residues as valuable inputs, alternative protein production can be embedded into circular bioeconomies that produce food more efficiently, affordably, and sustainably. (gfi.org)
  • This report identifies high-volume crop sidestreams produced in North America that are well-positioned to become inputs for alternative protein production. (gfi.org)
  • The overall goal of this ACIAR sponsored project is to identify, test and prove ways to increase agricultural production, improve household food security, alleviate poverty and thereby reduce food-aid dependency in rural Zimbabwe through better integrated crop and livestock production and market participation. (ilri.org)
  • The majority of rural dwellers in Zimbabwe depend on smallholder crop-livestock farming based on production of maize, other cereals and legumes along with small and large stock including goats and beef or dairy cattle. (ilri.org)
  • Please do everything you can do to help because Grand'Anse is the heart of Haiti's food production," said Jean-Claude Fignole, a member of Food For The Poor-Haiti's board who spoke with Mahfood by phone this week. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • RTB crops are on every table in Africa and play a critical role in the health and nutrition of African communities," said Helen Hambly, CIP Board Chair. (cipotato.org)
  • The IT-ISAC Food and Agriculture SIG provides a cost-effective force-multiplier for companies to engage with peers facing the same challenges," said Scott Alegeier, executive director of the IT-ISAC. (scmagazine.com)
  • They get access to all IT-ISAC member capabilities and products, can engage with leading technology companies, and have a private forum to collaborate with companies in the food and agriculture industry who are experiencing the same challenges and seeing the same threats. (scmagazine.com)
  • With perennial crops, we can solve almost all of these challenges. (lu.se)
  • This is due to the major challenges involved in making perennial crops operational. (lu.se)
  • Food and nutrition security are at the heart of food systems, and sufficient and healthy food for everybody is linked to productive and diversified agriculture. (croptrust.org)
  • To send a backup to Svalbard symbolizes our care and attention to food security in the future. (croptrust.org)
  • The seeds stored in germ plasm banks contain reserves of genetic variability that can help us face multiple threats to food and nutrition security in the future. (croptrust.org)
  • The Global Seed Bank in Svalbard is a necessary extreme measure to ensure the safety of agricultural biodiversity for food security in the future. (croptrust.org)
  • Biochar can also reduce N2O emission from soil and can adsorb and reduce the bioavailability and toxicity of soil contaminants, as a result, potentially improve food safety and security. (wun.ac.uk)
  • Curtis Simpson, CISO at Armis and former vice president and global CISO at food distributor Sysco, said that smaller and mid-size companies that contribute to the food supply chain would particularly benefit from additional industry cooperation and intelligence, since it's really larger enterprises that have the resources needed to sustain focus on security risk management. (scmagazine.com)
  • The recent Foresight report into food security identified a clear need to support and encourage our agricultural research and food science sectors. (isaaa.org)
  • The funds support 372 projects aiming to safeguard agriculture, natural resources and food security. (foodmanufacturing.com)
  • Whilst food aid offers a short term measure against hunger, the medium to longer term priority goal for the Government of Zimbabwe and external donors is to reduce the chronic problem of food aid-dependency, improve food security and alleviate poverty. (ilri.org)
  • Feed the Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger and food security initiative, is establishing a lasting foundation for progress against global hunger. (who.int)
  • Their purpose is to capture data to produce information that benefits the agri-food industry, as well as to help move the crop industry forward. (uoguelph.ca)
  • Such non-crop plants, which are currently killed off by herbicides, can sustain a variety of wild bee species when the primary crops are not in bloom. (sciencedaily.com)
  • With leadership and collaboration, our food sciences industry can be a major driver of economic growth over the next decade and East Anglia is extremely well placed to benefit from this," he added. (isaaa.org)
  • The World Health Organization, the National Academy of Science, and several other major science organizations across the globe have reviewed research on GE foods and have found no evidence that they are harmful. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The irregular pattern of rainfall in the past three seasons is a major hindrance to increased crop productivity especially that none of the villages have any worthwhile irrigation infrastructure. (lu.se)
  • The Caribbean Food Crop Society is the organization through which people in the field have the opportunity to meet to discuss research and shared concerns and objectives. (wikipedia.org)
  • George Freeman, member of U.K. Parliament and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology said that there is potential for agricultural research and life sciences sector in Norfolk that would benefit from a food innovation center. (isaaa.org)
  • CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. (cipotato.org)
  • Past and present research, particularly that conducted by the agencies represented in this project partnership (ILRI, CIMMYT, ICRISAT, CSIRO, QAAFI in partnership with DEEDI) and their national partners identified promising innovations and strongly suggests that the productivity of smallholder crop-livestock systems can be substantially enhanced when their component activities are more efficiently integrated and intensified (see Attachment 2). (ilri.org)
  • As part of innovative research on perennial crops, a unique research infrastructure has been developed outside Lund. (lu.se)
  • Within this research field, various approaches are being tested to develop perennial crops. (lu.se)
  • There are already systems to separate crops that could be expanded in North America and other GMO producing countries to aggressively keep GM away from non-GM products. (foei.org)
  • The objective of the BFPS project was to increase the quality, reliability, safety and end user acceptance of environmentally benign crop growth inputs, the so-called biological food for plants (BFPs), for intensive horticulture, thus contributing to the common agricultural reform policy that promotes quality products and sustainable agriculture. (europa.eu)
  • BFPs are derived from biological resources that contain at least one biologically active compound that reinforces crop vigour. (europa.eu)
  • Heptachlor has a very short half-life in The presence of heptachlor in biological food, milk, water, soil, and air. (cdc.gov)
  • Today, there are thousands of Vavilovs around the world, collecting seeds and trying to study, catalog, and protect them to ensure ample access to plant diversity for crop variety development. (croptrust.org)
  • It already holds the most diverse collection of food crop seeds in the world. (croptrust.org)
  • Keep an emergency stash of seeds in case a prolonged food disruption forces you to rely on what you can grow. (newstarget.com)
  • They also need more seeds, agricultural tools, tillers and water pumps so that crops can be replanted. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • Redeemed by history, Vavilov is acclaimed as a Noah of plants, the pioneer of the creation of gene banks for the preservation and improvement of cultivated crop species. (croptrust.org)
  • This category is for food crops, and excludes crops that are primarily for clothing (cotton, flax) or construction (bamboo, wood). (appropedia.org)
  • Some changes may involve mere tweaks to current practices, such as allowing weeds and native plants to grow and prosper along the border of the primary crop, she said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The amount of nutrition ultimately delivered by different rotations will also depend on how foods are processed and sold. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • Pan worked for Food Processing Magazine for six years in the 1990s, where he was operations editor (his current role), touring dozens of food plants of every description. (foodprocessing.com)
  • Slow Food Charleston, the local outpost of the international sustainable agriculture and culinary movement, will be hosting Slow Sips on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Kudu Coffee and Craft Beer. (charlestoncitypaper.com)
  • We cannot cultivate crops the way we do today if we want to create truly sustainable agriculture. (lu.se)
  • Using the dashboards below, create custom crop sidestream rankings for each input category: protein concentrates for plant-based food, protein hydrolysates for fermentation and cultivated meat media, and lignocellulosic-derived sugars for fermentation feedstock. (gfi.org)
  • To increase productivity of smallholder crop-livestock farming systems in four districts in two contrasting agro-ecological regions of Zimbabwe by identifying and adapting technologies and associated management practices. (ilri.org)
  • Seed biopriming as a promising approach for stress tolerance and enhancement of crop productivity: a review. (bvsalud.org)
  • Yet an even greater threat may be looming at the front end of the controversy over the food supply as harvests of genetically modified foods begin to fail. (naturalnews.com)
  • Ransomware attacks launched this month against farm co-ops NEW Cooperative and Crystal Valley highlighted the need among organizations within the food and agriculture industry for additional representation among the threat-sharing community. (scmagazine.com)
  • In 2002, the Food Marketing Institute created the Food Industry Information Sharing and Analysis Center, but this threat intel organization was later dissolved in 2008. (scmagazine.com)
  • There is need for financial and additional technical support to decrease the risk of worsening food shortages and the possible threat of emerging AMR. (who.int)
  • The capacity is 4.5 million seed samples, which can ensure the recovery of food species hundreds of years in the future, in case of any catastrophic loss. (croptrust.org)
  • According to her information, some farms have suffered up to an 80% crop failure. (naturalnews.com)
  • The lunch costs $50 and benefits Wholesome Wave South, a charity that Quatrano champions for its work getting fresh food from farms to under-served communities. (charlestoncitypaper.com)