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China attending TPP meeting, food films, and more GM potatoes approved – أخبار لمدة أسبوع من مارس 13

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أخبار البنود المتعلقة التكنولوجيا آغ, التكنولوجيا الحيوية, تجارة ? وربما بعض العناصر الأخرى المثيرة للاهتمام المتعلقة بالزراعة ? على هذه الصفحة طوال الأسبوع (مع تقدم الأسبوع ، ستظهر أحدث العناصر?أخضر في الجزء السفلي من أقسام). ?تأكد من تسجيل الوصول بانتظام.

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Seems rather appropriate to put this article up top to see. ?This is what it’s all about….

Finding the next generation of Norman Borlaugs to help feed the world – دي موين التسجيل – By Daniel P. Finney (مارس 11)

“[P]eople with different talents and skills can help feed the world…” – حلقة الوصل

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So why havescience superheroNeil deGrasse Tyson in the main photo for this page? ?نحن سوف, because he’s the narrator for “تطور الغذاء” which is one of the film selections being screened March 14-26 during the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC.

See the story on that, and other items of interest below

التجارة, المتصلة بالتجارة, بنية تحتية:

China to attend Trans-Pacific Partnership meetingUPIBy Elizabeth Shim (مارس 13)
“الصين, though not a member state of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership signed by 12 بلدان, has agreed to send a delegation to attend ministerial-level meetings in Chile..” – حلقة الوصل
ورقة رابحة?s trade agenda faces challenge in winning over RepublicansMarketWatchBy William Mauldin & Jacob M. Schesinger from The Wall Street Journal (مارس 13)

Republican lawmakers are showing increasing resistance to President Donald Trump?s trade agenda, worried that his plans could hurt exports from their states and undermine longstanding U.S. alliances.” – حلقة الوصل

Trump’s attack dog on trade – سياسة, The AgendaBy Megan Cassella (مارس 11)

The California professor behind Trump?s anti-China policy is a mini-Trump himself.” – حلقة الوصل

Ross says trade deal with Japan a ?very high priority? for Trump administrationThe Japan Times / Kyodo (مارس 11)

The comment was taken as suggesting that the United States may propose talks for a bilateral FTA during a high-level economic dialogue the two governments are planning to start in April.” – حلقة الوصل

الامريكى. HOPES TO START NAFTA RENEGOTIATION TALKS SOON, SAYS COMMERCE SEC. ROSSNewsweek / رويترز (مارس 10)

Ross told reporters thatsometime in the next couple of weekshe hopes to send a letter notifying Congress that the Trump administration intends to launch NAFTA negotiations in 90 days.” – حلقة الوصل

How U.S. Farms Win and Lose When Competitors Rise – بلومبرغ -?By Alan Bjerga, Blacki Migliozzi and Cindy Hoffman (مارس 13)

“لعدة سنوات, الامريكى. dominance as the top agricultural exporter has been slipping even as rising sales have allowed producers to prosper. Simply put, other countries have been able to catch up as they develop more farmland and improve their own trade prospects.” – حلقة الوصل

Trump Boosts South America Trade Talks, Brazil Minister Says – بلومبرغ – By Raymond Colitt and Bruce Douglas (مارس 10)

The Mercosur customs union plans to launch trade talks with Canada, الهند, and maybe South Korea and Japan in the next 18 الشهور, while cutting its own red tape using morepragmatism and less ideology…” – حلقة الوصل

UK looks to supercharge EU trade deals post-Brexit – التلغراف (المملكة المتحدة) – By Tim Wallace (مارس 12)

“[تي]hey [المملكة المتحدة] are now looking at making this an interim position with the aim of making an even freer deal later, because the existing [أنا] deals include chunks of protectionism added in by other EU governments in the negotiation stages previously.” – حلقة الوصل

Vietnam Looks for Trade Deal with USVOA (مارس 14)

Some observers say Prime Minister Nguyen has a good chance to reach a trade deal with the U.S.” – حلقة الوصل

World prepares to move on without U.S. on trade – سياسة, The AgendaBy Adam Behsudi (مارس 14)

Competitors say they have no choice but to take the money U.S. businesses would have earned otherwise.” – حلقة الوصل

اي جي, AG TECH, إنتاج, القضايا ذات الصلة:

Organic is a single part of a sustainable food system, and only works in certain contexts: study?- ملاح الغذاء – بقلم لويس جور-لانجتون (مارس 13)

Organic may be less sustainable and less beneficial to consumer health than previously thought, according to new research.” – حلقة الوصل

GM BWX-resistant bananas start their journey to the farmer – التحالف كورنيل للعلوم – By Patricia Nanteza (مارس 6)

“هذه?planting of this multi-location trial?is as historic as it is important in the journey to take?GM bananas to farmers in Uganda,?and later throughout?the region. For a GM crop to reach the farmers/consumers, it has to go through phases.” – حلقة الوصل

Creole maize reveals adaptation secretsSciDevNetBy Lucina Melesio (مارس 10)

Results will help breeders to obtain varieties better adapted to local conditions” – حلقة الوصل

Avian influenza global spread raises concern for next human pandemic and poultry productionABC Rural (أستراليا) – By Sarina Locke (مارس 13)

Forty new countries have reported avian influenza since November 2016, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE.” – حلقة الوصل

‘Tactical sciencenew strategy for U.S. food safety – جنوب غرب مزرعة الصحافة – بواسطة لوغان هوكس (مارس 9)

America?s food supplyis under continuous threat from numerous foreign, emerging, and endemic pests, الأمراض, and toxic elements, such as contaminants…” – حلقة الوصل

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould – عالم جديد – By Chelsea Whyte (مارس 10)

This GM corn can police the Aspergillus fungus on its own cobs and stop it producing poisonous aflatoxin that causes liver disease and cancer.” – حلقة الوصل

فلوريدا?s citrus production slides to historic low – مطبعة جنوب شرق المزرعة – By Brad Haire (مارس 9)
Florida citrus growers continue to lose ground in their decade-long fight against citrus greening disease, falling to a record low production this season.” – حلقة الوصل
Say Hello to Finger-Lickin? Lab-Grown Chicken – استعراض تكنولوجيا معهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا – By Jamie Condliffe (مارس 15)

The first animal-free chicken strips are here?but they?ll cost you $9,000 per pound.” – حلقة الوصل

سياسات, REGULATORY, النشاط, آخر:

الامريكى. approves 3 more types of Simplot GMO potatoes for sale this yearThe Idaho Statesman – بقلم كيث ريدلر, وكالة انباء (مارس 13)
They are safe for the environment and safe to eat, officials announced.” – حلقة الوصل
The battle over genetically modified food makes it to filmThe Washington PostBy Vicki Hallett (مارس 11)
The rising tension between ?anti-GMO crusaders and researchers striving to improve crops is the focus of ?تطور الغذاء,? a documentary narrated by science superhero Neil deGrasse Tyson.” – حلقة الوصل
MediumNatural Assumptions???My failed attempt to defend Organic?Farming- By Iida Ruishalme (فبراير 23)

Having to change a deep-seated world view can be exhausting and painful. I am thankful for this experience and see it as a reminder to stay respectful of others, no matter what beliefs they may hold.” – حلقة الوصل

ABC News to Face South Dakota Jury Over ?Pink Slime? Story – وول ستريت جورنال – By Peg Brickley (مارس 14)

Judge Gering, in rejecting ABC?s bid to have the case dismissed, said a jury could find the network was pursuing ?a negative spin? on the story before conducting any research and that Mr. Avilla had an anti-meat-industry agenda.” – حلقة الوصل

The land of plenty we take for granted – دلتا مزرعة الصحافة – بواسطة Hembree براندون (مارس 13)
The abundance of packaged, processed, pre-cooked, foods in just one supermarket is incredible, and we take it all for granted.” – حلقة الوصل
Key Element of Monsanto Weed Killer Not a Carcinogen, European Agency Says – نيويورك تايمز – By Danny Hakim (مارس 15)

?Glyphosate should not be classified as a carcinogen, that is, as a substance causing cancer,? Tim Bowmer, chairman of the committee for risk assessment at the European Chemicals Agency, said at a news briefing. ?This conclusion was based both on the human evidence and the weight of the evidence of all of the animal studies reviewed.? – حلقة الوصل

أنظر أيضاrelated to some claims made by the NYT author a rebuttal in?غليفوسات: NYT’s Danny Hakim Is Lying To You

Glyphosate found ?not carcinogenic?: Key European safety agency joins consensus view on herbicide?s safety – مشروع محو الأمية الوراثية – By Andrew Porterfield (مارس 16)

Why the controversy?…?Opponents of genetic modifications of crops often use?it as a symbol of the potential harm…” – حلقة الوصل

Expanded WA Upper House crossbench problematic for future GM crops – FarmOnline (أستراليا) – بقلم كولين بيتلز (مارس 13)

Labor’s comprehensive victory at the weekend?s WA election raises questions about the future status of plant biotechnology development in the large grain cropping and exporting state due to an expanded Upper House crossbench.” – حلقة الوصل

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