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Methodological diversity in pest control.
Does the research project on Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) mean that the agribusiness is transferring biotechnological field research, which has been banned in Europe, to the Third World? R… more →
Sustainable Agriculture
Methodological diversity in pest control.
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Does the research project on Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) mean that the agribusiness is … more →
Impact of Climate Change and Bioenergy on Nutrition
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Background: Unacceptably Slow Progress against Hunger and Malnutrition Food security has deteriorate … more →
Comparing and Integrating Farmers' and Breeders' Evaluations of Maize Varieties in East Africa
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), therefore, started a breeding program … more →
Malian agronomic research identifies local baobab tree as source of vitamin A and vitamin C
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Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: New results from research into the micronutrient content of local plant species in Mali have shown t … more →
Biotechnology vs. sustainability: What do students think?
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Agricultural producers, industry, and the research community, as well as the general public, have sh … more →
The contribution of genetic engineering to the fight against hunger in developing countries
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Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: The foreseen future of food shortages and genetic engineering This article explaining how and why th … more →
GM food good: Vatican in policy switch
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Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: The Vatican has stunned opponents of genetically modified foods by declaring they hold the answer to … more →
New Syngenta module
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Syngenta has created the Resistance Fight Resistance Management module, a tool to help growers manag … more →
Sweet sorghum: a new smart biofuel crop that ensures food security
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Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: PATANCHERU, India – In these days of soaring food prices worldwide, imagine a crop that provid … more →
Introducing a Genetically Modified Banana in Uganda
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Social Benefits, Costs, and Consumer Perceptions Banana is a staple crop consumed by Ugandan househo … more →
Golden wheat "greens" Kenya´s drylands
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Hot and barren, Kenya´s dry lands have long been unfit for agriculture, at best merely a grazing are … more →
Uganda sets up biotechnology centre to study cassava
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Uganda’s scientists have set up a biotechnology centre at the National Crops Resource Research Insti … more →
Development of Environmentally Safe, Insect Resistant Maize Varieties for Food Security in Kenya
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Due to the current high population growth rate, there is an urgent need for new stem borer managemen … more →
Global necessity may drive nations to push for GM food products
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Godofredo M. Roperosid. When I was in the California visiting a Filipino family in a farm area not f … more →
Tomato stands firm in face of fungus
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: Scientists at the University of Amsterdam have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting – … more →
Rice plants that resist uptake of arsenic could ease shortage
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: More than 80 percent of the world’s population depends on rice as a staple food, but production is d … more →
Hybrid maize to create bigger revolution than bt cotton
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: NEW DELHI; India (PTI)- Like bt cotton, hybrid varieties of maize, having higher protein content hav … more →
Golden wheat "greens" Kenya´s drylands
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: By Rodolfo Quevenco Hot and barren, Kenya´s dry lands have long been unfit for agriculture, at best … more →
Millet - more than just a food item
Maryanne wrote 1 year ago: For small-scale farmers In the Sahel zone, millet and sorghum are virtually sacred basic foodstuffs. … more →
