TOPIC(S): Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Ag India, Biotech,

12/21/2020 SOURCE: indianexpress.com

Explained: What US FDA nod for genetically modified pigs means

This will be the first time that the regulator has approved an animal biotechnology product for both food and biomedical purposes.

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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Ag Africa,

12/21/2020 SOURCE: www.businesslive.co.za

THOKO DIDIZA: Agriculture lays the groundwork for land reform and jobs in a difficult year

Challenges of 2020 showed the resilience of SA’s agricultural sector and provided an opportunity to draft an inclusive growth strategy for the year ahead

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TOPIC(S): Food Waste, USDA, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage,

12/20/2020 SOURCE: www.politico.com

Low-income children wait months for USDA food aid to replace school meals

"It should be a four-alarm fire," says one expert, given the high hunger rates among families.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Soil Health, Ag India,

Soil atlas and two modern state referral labs launched through ICRISAT-led Bhoochetana project in Odisha, India

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Sustainability, Environment, Climate Change,

The real trees behind fake corporate climate progress

Carbon offsets — an increasingly popular tool used by thousands of companies to declare improved environmental performances — sometimes fall short of big claims.

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TOPIC(S): Sustainability, Ag India, Climate Change, Regenerative Agriculture,

12/19/2020 SOURCE: tigs.res.in

Sustainable Agriculture and Gene Editing Technologies - TIGS India

By Dr Deepak Pental, CSIR Distinguished Scientist and former Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi Agriculture globally has to meet the challenge of feeding a growing population while minimizing its environmental impacts. For India, there is an additional challenge of making farming ...

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Kim Bremmer Kim Bremmer
shared this 2 article 4 years ago
Topics: Corn/Maize, Agriculture Global, CRISPR/Gene Editing,

This will be beneficial for many places around the world- corn that doesn’t need cool nights to have better yields. Amazing!

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