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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture Global, Consumer/Retail,

09/06/2022 SOURCE: www.reuters.com

Ample world rice supplies to cushion impact of Pakistan, China crop losses

Abundant rice supplies in key exporters may largely offset an expected drop in output after floods in Pakistan and severe heatwave in China damaged crops, capping any gains in prices from steady Asian demand.

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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Cotton, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Weather,

09/02/2022 SOURCE: www.theguardian.com

Night-time heat is killing crops. Scientists are rushing to find resilient plants

Night temperatures are rising fast, and that’s a problem for rice and other critical crops, which have fewer defenses at night

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture Global, Water, Weather,

09/01/2022 SOURCE: www.manilatimes.net

China drought to hike price of rice

AN official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday warned that a drought being experienced in China could jack up the prices of imported rice.During a hearing of the...

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TOPIC(S): Rice, CRISPR/Gene Editing,

08/29/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

Viewpoint: Study claims tweaking one gene could raise rice yields as much as 68%. Here’s why you should be cautious about believing it

Science Magazine recently published a paper in which Chinese scientists reported massive yield gains in rice, thanks to genetic engineering. The journal also promoted the research in a news piece that featured other scientists expressing their amazement at the yield gains achieved.

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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Sorghum, World Hunger,

08/29/2022 SOURCE: allianceforscience.cornell.edu

Modern crop improvement takes a historical approach - Alliance for Science

Sorghum, rice, wheat, maize and barley are hugely important in the human diet, with more than 50 percent of all calories consumed coming from just a few key cereal crops. Now scientists are pairing modern gene editing with a look at the past to improve the performance of these powerhouse plants. Before they occupied such […]

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TOPIC(S): Rice, GMO's, Ag Asia / Pacific, Ag Middle East,

08/15/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

GMO Golden Rice tale of two countries: Philippines on track for fall sales while Bangladesh falters

A year after regulatory approval, the Philippines has started transplanting Golden Rice this wet season, becoming the first country in the world to go for commercial cultivation of genetically-engineered rice rich with vitamin A.

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Education U.S. West, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Ag Tech,

08/13/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

Gene-edited rice can naturally fix nitrogen in the soil, vastly reducing the need for chemical fertilizers

Renowned botanist Eduardo Blumwald, professor at the University of California, and his t...

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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. West, Fertilizer,

08/06/2022 SOURCE: www.ucdavis.edu

Growing Cereal Crops With Less Fertilizer

UC Davis researchers have found a way to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to grow cereals such as rice, wheat and corn.

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture US,

08/05/2022 SOURCE: horsepowersonline.com

Kicking Off 2022 Louisiana Rice Harvest. Costanza Farms operating a Case IH 9250 harvesting rice in Ville Platte Louisiana. -- Aerial Ag

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TOPIC(S): Rice, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Genes /Genetics,

08/02/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

Video: ‘Weapon in our armory’ — Developer of Golden Rice says genetically modified crops are essential for food security as global warming makes crops more vulnerable

Nafees Meah, regional representative for South Asia for the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute, calls genetically modified crops "a

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