ठबायोटेक संबंधित बातमà¥à¤¯à¤¾ आयटम, वà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤ªà¤¾à¤° ? and perhaps some other interesting items out there related to agriculture ? will be posted on this page throughout the week (as the week progresses newly added items will be in?green at bottom of sections). ?Be sure to check in regularly!
TRADE, TRADE RELATED ISSUES:
Poll: Most Americans say that globalization is a positive and that free trade improves their lives – Washington Post – By Adam Taylor (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 7)
East Africa: EAC Heads Put Off EPA Signing for Three Months – allAfrica.com / Tanzania Daily News – By Katare Mbashiru (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 9)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://allafrica.com/stories/201609090063.html
Merkel speaks out in favor of keeping TTIP negotiations going – Deutsch Welle (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 9)
“Chancellor Merkel said the EU should continue negotiations with the United States on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). But doubts about the trade deal and resisitance against it are growing.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.dw.com/en/merkel-speaks-out-in-favor-of-keeping-ttip-negotiations-going/a-19538183
BIOTECH, AG TECH, CROP PROTECTION, FOOD SECURITY, इ:
आफà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•à¤¾: Finding the Sweet Spot of Africa’s Agriculture – allAfrica – Guest Column by Maria Andrade (Sep 8)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://allafrica.com/stories/201609080130.html
Could Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Save Hawaii’s Endangered Birds? – The New Yorker – By Michael Specter (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 9)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/could-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-save-hawaiis-endangered-birds
Africa Urged to Invest to Ensure Food Security – The East African – By Allan Olingo (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 10)
“Africa will require more than $400 billion in the next decade to be food secure, a feat it will have to work hard to achieve.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Africa-urged-to-invest-to-ensure-food-security-/2558-3376622-61gio3z/index.html
Nod on GM cotton field trials shifts focus to release of biotech maize – Daily Nation (केनिया) – By Gerald Andae (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 12)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.nation.co.ke/business/996-3377528-format-xhtml-nvw0wc/index.html
One Year After, the Beating Continues -?Illumination blog – By Kevin Folta (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 10)
“If you can’t argue the evidence, smear the scientist.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://kfolta.blogspot.com/2016/09/one-year-after-beating-continues.html
Puzzle: What’s Gene Edited To Be Drought Resistant But Not A GMO? कॉरà¥à¤¨ – विज्ञान 2.0 -?By Hank Campbell?(सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 9)
“Will environmental groups give up their war on science when the science is CRISPR and not a GMO? If you like to to “follow the money”, look at the $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue and you will know the answer.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.science20.com/science_20/blog/puzzle_whats_gene_edited_to_be_drought_resistant_but_not_a_gmo_corn-180126
Rex Animal Health is using genomics to keep livestock healthy – TechCrunch – By Lora Kolodny (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 13)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/12/rex-animal-health-is-using-genomics-to-keep-livestock-healthy/
Big Food’s biggest trend? Crusading against Big Food – The Denver Post – By Candice Choi, Associated Press (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 12)
“But some are positioning themselves as advocates for change before accomplishing some health goals, and skeptics say even well-intentioned marketing can be a disingenuous way to help people rationalize overeating.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/12/big-foods-biggest-trend-crusading-against-big-food/
The Organic Gatorade Illusion – The Atlantic – By James Hamblin (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 12)
“A new ?sports drink? stands to further confuse health-conscious consumers into buying sugar water.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/09/organic-gatorade-srsly/499154/
Making Africa?s women and youth drive agriculture – SciDevNet – By Sam Otieno (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 9)
“That Science, technology and innovation (STI) could help transform Africa?s agriculture is well appreciated by many people who have an interest in the continent?s sustainable development.”
Smarter Farming Could Cut Hunger in Drought-Hit Southern Africa – Researchers – रॉयटरà¥à¤¸ – By Busani Bafana (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 15)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.reuters.com/article/us-africa-farming-drought-idUSKCN11L1U8
POLICY, REGULATORY, INDUSTRY NEWS, इ:
Make America “Plate” Again – National Review – By Julie Kelly (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 7)
“Despite the foodies? lament about a broken food system, अमेरिकन. has the most affordable, accessible, and abundant food system in the world.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.nationalreview.com/article/439851/foodies-farming-plate-of-the-union-wants-government-intervention-how-we-eat?
Sanderson Farms: judicious antibiotic use improves sustainability, animal welfare – Feed Navigator -?By Aerin Einstein-Curtis (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 8)
“Feeding antibiotics selectively allows producers to be more sustainable and responsive to animal welfare, says Sanderson Farms.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.feednavigator.com/Markets/Sanderson-Farms-judicious-antibiotic-use-improves-sustainability-animal-welfare
USDA seeks public comments on GMO labeling regulations – Feedstuffs (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 8)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://feedstuffs.com/story-usda-seeks-public-comments-gmo-labeling-regulations-45-146375
More than half of pesticides used by California farmers are active ingredients approved for organic -? अनà¥à¤µà¤¾à¤‚शिक साकà¥à¤·à¤°à¤¤à¤¾ पà¥à¤°à¤•à¤²à¥à¤ª – ?दà¥à¤µà¤¾à¤°à¤¾?
“Would it surprise you to know that many of the same pesticides are used by both conventional and organic farmers?”
Court Rules EPA Violated Farmer Privacy – AgWired – By Cindy Zimmerman (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 12)
?ईपीà¤?s release of sensitive, private and personal materials on more than 100,000 farmers and ranchers was an outrageous abuse of its power and trust”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://agwired.com/2016/09/12/court-rules-epa-violated-farmer-privacy/
Hostility Towards Agri-Biotech MNCs, But What About Our Faults? – The Quint – By Vivan Fernandes (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 10)
Bayer Said Close to Monsanto Tie-Up With Deal Seen Next Week – बà¥à¤²à¥‚मबरà¥à¤— – By Aaron Kirchfeld, Naomi Kresge (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 9)
“Negotiations over $56 billion seed, pesticide deal progressing”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-09/bayer-said-closer-to-winning-monsanto-with-deal-seen-next-week
Potash Corp, Agrium to merge to create $36 billion company – Yahoo! Finance / रॉयटरà¥à¤¸ (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 12)
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://finance.yahoo.com/news/agrium-potash-corp-merge-102026838.html
As the Pool of Agribusiness Giants Shrinks, Will Innovation Follow? – Stratfor, Analysis (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 8)
“[मी]nnovation in traditional sectors will continue…the long-term effects of the industry’s big mergers may not all be bad”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/pool-agribusiness-giants-shrinks-will-innovation-follow
EU Antitrust Regulator Suspends Dow-DuPont Merger Review – Wall Street Journal – By Natalia Drozdia (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 9)
“The suspension will probably delay the EU?s investigation, throwing a wrench into the companies? previous plans to close the transaction before the end of the year.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-antitrust-regulator-suspends-dow-dupont-merger-review-1473419724
Bayer signs deal worth close to $66 billion to buy Monsanto – MSN / रॉयटरà¥à¤¸ – By Greg Roumeliotis and Ludwig Burger (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 14)
“Bayer’s move to combine its crop chemicals business, the world’s second largest after Syngenta AG, with Monsanto’s industry leading seeds business, is the latest in a series of major tie-ups in the agrochemicals sector.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bayer-signs-deal-worth-close-to-dollar66-billion-to-buy-monsanto/ar-BBw8vxK?ocid=iehp
मत: Removing regulatory obstacles in agriculture – Agri-Pulse – By Daren Bakst (सपà¥à¤Ÿà¥‡à¤‚बर 15)
“Through what seems like an endless number of regulatory obstacles, the federal government is making agricultural production extremely difficult for farmers.”
दà¥à¤µà¤¾:?http://www.agri-pulse.com/Opinion-Removing-regulatory-obstacles-in-agriculture-09152016.asp