TOPIC(S): Food/Nutrition, World Hunger, Coronavirus/COVID, Food Security/Shortage,

11/25/2020 SOURCE: www.cnbc.com

Millions of people in the U.S. are in need of food—Here's how you can help

CNBC's Becky Quick explains the pervasive problem of food insecurity in the United States as the pandemic rages on and how people can help.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Drones UAV, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population,

Drone-a-thon 2020: How ‘Made in India’ drones could help revolutionise agriculture, health sector

Drones can be used as a crucial tool to benefit law enforcement in the future and there have been few examples already where the technology has been used to spot the offenders

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Kim Bremmer Kim Bremmer
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Topics: Sustainability, Plant Breeding,

Innovative plant breeding has benefits beyond increasing yields and improving plant health. "The same techniques that we use to help improve the yields of agriculture or biofuel crops can also be applied to developing sustainable production methods for plant-based medicines," Rhee concluded.

Can we harness a plant's ability to synthesize medicinal compounds?

Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as for other applications, including ecologically friendly dyes. Despite wide interest, the mechanism ...

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Brandon Lance Brandon Lance
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Developmentally Disabled Care

COMPACT Family Services approved to care for foster kids with special needs.

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Brandon Lance Brandon Lance
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U.S. to enforce duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco, Russia

The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Tuesday it would set preliminary duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Russia and Morocco, after launching an investigation to determine if producers in these countries were receiving unfair subsidies.

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Kim Bremmer Kim Bremmer
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Topics: CRISPR/Gene Editing, Coronavirus/COVID,

Another amazing application of CRISPR technology! "Their findings offer insight into novel therapies that may be effective in treating Covid-19 and reveal the underlying molecular targets of those therapies."

Gene experts claim they identified human genes that can protect against Covid-19

A team of CRISPR scientists in New York say they have identified the genes that can protect human cells against Covid-19.

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Team AgWiki Team AgWiki
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