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The last several days have delivered major news on different fronts: the Brexit vote setting the stage for the UK to leave the EU; the US Senate Ag Committee striking a deal that would help create a national standard, as opposed to a patchwork of separate state laws (starting with Vermont on July 1) on foods containing GM ingredients; and the expansion of the Panama Canal opened.
Clearly the summer is off to a hot start as opposed to a leisurely vacation mode, and these issues play into other major pending events such as the US elections, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, စသည်á€á€á€¯á€·á€€á€á€¯. ?The point is, it’s going to be an interesting summer trying to keep abreast of important news!
2016 World Food Prize Laureate Announcement:
Biofortification Pioneers Win 2016 World Food Prize For Fight Against Malnutrition – The World Food Prize, သá€á€„်းထုá€á€ºá€•á€¼á€”်á€á€»á€€á€º (ဇွန်လ 28)
“Four scientists responsible for improving the health of 10 million rural poor in Africa, အာရှ, and Latin America to receive $250,000 award
Drs. Maria Andrade, Robert Mwanga, Jan Low and Howarth Bouis were announced today as the 2016 World Food Prize Laureates during a ceremony at the U.S. State Department…”
link ကá€á€¯: http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/24667/39415/biofortification_pioneers_win_2016_world_food_prize_for_fight_against_malnutrition
Here’s some more coverage:
Sweet potato experts win World Food Prize?(ရá€á€¯á€€á€ºá€á€¬á€žá€á€„်းဌာန)
Developers of fortified food staple awarded World Food Prize?(á€á€«á€›á€¾á€„်á€á€”်ပá€á€¯á€·á€…်)
How the humble sweet potato won researchers the World Food Prize?(က NPR, The Salt blog)
Researchers win World Food Prize for Combating Malnutrition?(VOA, Voice of America)
World Food Prize winners ? why sweet potato colour matters?(National Geographic)
BREXIT:
European Farmers Brace for Trade Fallout in Wake of Brexit – AgWeb / ဘလွန်းဘာ့ဂ် (ဇွန်လ 24)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.agweb.com/article/european-farmers-brace-for-trade-fallout-in-wake-of-brexit-blmg/
African exporters face choppy waters in the wake of?Brexit?– The Conversation – By Fatima Bhoola and Nimisha Naik (ဇွန်လ 26)
link ကá€á€¯:?https://theconversation.com/african-exporters-face-choppy-waters-in-the-wake-of-brexit-61637
British food firms set to increase trade with US following Brexit vote?– စားနပ်ရá€á€€á€¹á€á€¬ Navigator?By Douglas Yu?(ဇွန်လ 27)
“UK confectionery and snack businesses may look to ramp up their trade with the US in light of last week?s vote to leave the European Union.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.foodnavigator.com/Market-Trends/British-food-firms-set-to-increase-trade-with-US-following-Brexit-vote
ဂျာမနီ, USA and Canada ALL say they want special trade deals with post-Brexit Britain – Sunday Express (ဖြစ်ရပါမယ်) – By Lana Clements (ဇွန်လ 25)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/683117/US-and-Canada-lead-promises-to-maintain-trade-relations-with-Britain-outside-the-EU
UK vote triggers talks with US – အဆá€á€¯á€•á€«á€Ÿá€±á€¸á€œá€º – By Jordan Fabian and Vicki Needham (ဇွန်လ 24)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/284857-uk-vote-triggers-talks-with-us
Brexit prompts new agenda for North American Leaders? Summit – The Globe and Mail (ကနေဒါ) – By Robert Fife (ဇွန်လ 27)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/brexit-prompts-new-north-american-leaders-summit-agenda/article30621999/
State Dept.: No need to rush trade deal with Britain – Washington Examiner – By Pete Kasperowicz (ဇွန်လ 28)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/state-dept.-no-need-to-rush-trade-deal-with-britain/article/2595124?
U.S. mixes signals on possible separate EU, UK trade talks – ရá€á€¯á€€á€ºá€á€¬á€žá€á€„်းဌာန (ဇွန်လ 28)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-usa-trade-idUSKCN0ZE2W4
TTIP will survive Brexit, EU commissioner says – MarketWatch – By Harvard Zhang (ဇွန်လ 29)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ttip-will-survive-brexit-eu-commissioner-says-2016-06-29
LABELING, စည်းမျဉ်း, မူá€á€«á€’, အá€á€¼á€¬á€¸á€žá€á€„်းများ:
Senate GMO labeling deal would ban state requirements – Boston Globe – By Erik Wasson, Bloomberg News (ဇွန်လ 25)
“Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee have struck a deal that would create the first nationwide standard for foods containing genetically modified organisms.”
link ကá€á€¯:?https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/06/24/senate-gmo-labeling-deal-would-ban-state-requirements/4XwcVSUMK8uMK98oQENGXI/story.html
Australia and Europe GM policies stymieing the release of new crops and food: US science writer – ABC Rural (သြစá€á€¼á€±á€¸á€œá€») – By Sarina Locke (ဇွန်လ 27)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-27/gm-foods-safe-say-majority-scientists/7546000
Federal GMO labeling bill hailed as ‘true compromise,’ but critics say it’s woefully inadequate?- Food Navigator USA -?By Elaine Watson?(ဇွန်လ 23)
“Attempts to reach a federal GMO labeling solution have failed miserably to date. သá€á€¯á€·á€žá€±á€¬á€º, a bipartisan deal requiring mandatory GMO labeling (via smartlabels, symbols or as yet undetermined wording) thrashed out in the Senate on Thursday looks like it could prove the exception to the rule.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Regulation/Federal-GMO-labeling-bill-hailed-as-true-compromise
Documents uncover secret coordination among ?independent? anti-biotech scientists, activists – မျá€á€¯á€¸á€›á€á€¯á€¸á€—ီဇစာá€á€á€ºá€™á€¼á€±á€¬á€€á€ºá€›á€±á€¸á€…ီမံကá€á€”်း – အားဖြင့်?Stephan Neidenbach?(ဇွန်လ 27)
“GMWatch, run by Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson, was quick to applaud the requests submitted by US Right To Know. When the tables were turned they lashed out like a rabid dog backed into a corner.”
GMO: African voices must be heard – Daily Nation (ကင်ညာ) – By Mark Lynas (ဇွန်လ 28)
“European environmentalists feel that African farmers should be prevented from adopting ?fancy? technological advancements.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/GMO-African-voices-must-be-heard/-/440808/3270154/-/6g28hbz/-/index.html
The Push to Make Pears the New Apples – The Atlantic – By Taryn Phaneuf (ဇွန်လ 27)
?Getting a nicely ripened pear is harder than winning the lottery,? Dhingra says. ?The true nature of the fruit hasn?t been explained.?
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/battle-of-the-pomes/488687/
Japanese Scientists Develop Super Plants Thru Simple GM – ဇီá€á€”ည်းပညာအသစ်ပြောင်းá€á€¼á€„်း, Ishaaa (ဇွန်လ 29)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=14519
Scientists Develop GM Bananas With Longer Shelf-Life -?ဇီá€á€”ည်းပညာအသစ်ပြောင်းá€á€¼á€„်း, Ishaaa (ဇွန်လ 29)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=14535
Compliance failures could kill California citrus industry -? အနောက်á€á€á€¯á€„်းလယ်ယာစာနယ်ဇင်း -?Commentary by?
link ကá€á€¯:?http://westernfarmpress.com/orchard-crops/compliance-failures-could-kill-california-citrus-industry
EC to extend glyphosate approval for 18 လများ – Agri-Pulse – By Stephen Davies (ဇွန်လ 28)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.agri-pulse.com/EC-to-extend-glyphosate-approval-for-18-months-06282016.asp
107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs – á€á€«á€›á€¾á€„်á€á€”်ပá€á€¯á€·á€…် -? ?(
?ငါá€á€á€¯á€·?re scientists. We understand the logic of science. It’s easy to see what Greenpeace is doing is damaging and is anti-science,” Roberts told The Washington Post. ?Greenpeace initially, and then some of their allies, deliberately went out of their way to scare people. It was a way for them to raise money for their cause.”
link ကá€á€¯:?https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/06/29/more-than-100-nobel-laureates-take-on-greenpeace-over-gmo-stance/
WA Labor reconsiders plan to transition state out of GM crops if it wins 2017 election – ABC Rural (သြစá€á€¼á€±á€¸á€œá€») – By Belinda Varischetti (ဇွန်လ 29)
“In a major backflip, Labor’s Shadow Agriculture Minister Mick Murray said it was time for the party to be practical about the future of GM technology in WA, and look at ways for GM and non-GM crops to co-exist, rather than becoming GM-free.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-29/wa-labor-mick-murray-reconsiders-future-gm-crops/7554968
EU position on GMOs a blow to SADC?s food security – The Southern Times (áŽ. အာဖရိက) -?အားဖြင့်?Sifelani Tsiko (ဇွန်လ 29)
?Despite Europe having the luxury of enough money to import the food it needs, its rejection of GMOs has had an impact on the acceptance of these foods in the SADC region.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://southernafrican.news/2016/06/29/eu-position-on-gmos-a-blow-to-sadcs-food-security/
Vt. GMO labeling law causing confusion – WCAX.com (Vermont) – By Alex Apple (ဇွန်လ 29)
“If products needing a tag are driven from the market, St. Michael’s College business professor Robert Letovsky says the most economically vulnerable Vermonters are most affected.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.wcax.com/story/32339159/vt-gmo-labeling-law-causing-confusion
More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Demand Greenpeace End Anti-GMO Crusade – Huffington Post – By Nick Visser (ဇွန်လ 30)
?GMOs are extensively tested and subjected to a higher degree of regulatory review than any other crops.?
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nobel-laureates-greenpeace-gmos_us_5774c1a5e4b042fba1cf2b81
The red hands of Greenpeace: Mastio and Mahmood – Opinion by Dave Mastio and Omar Mahmood (ဇွန်လ 29)
41 winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine say group’s anti-scientific activism kills children.
“…Both USA TODAY and The Washington Post have asked Greenpeace for its reply. As of Wednesday evening, all we had heard is silence. With millions of lives on the line, that’s not good enough.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/06/29/greenpeace-gmo-science-nobel-laureates-medicine-science-health-column/86521020/
How Americans Feel About GMOs – US News & World Report – By Megan Meyer (ဇွန်လ 28)
“A new survey provides insight.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/articles/2016-06-28/how-americans-feel-about-gmos#
Stop worrying about GMOs; it’s that organic granola bar that could make you sick – Los Angeles Times – Op-ed by Henry I. Miller က (ဇွန်လ 30)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-miller-clifbar-recall-20160629-snap-story.html
Grain cropper Russian wheat aphid could force organic producers out of industry – ABC Rural (သြစá€á€¼á€±á€¸á€œá€») – By Emma Brown (ဇွန်လ 30)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-30/russian-wheat-aphid-treatment-bother-for-organic-grain-croppers/7556966
Price Chopper loses 3,000 products over GMO law – WCAX.com (Vermont) – By Alex Apple (ဇူလá€á€¯á€„်လ 1)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.wcax.com/story/32354485/price-chopper-loses-3000-products-over-gmo-law
TRADE ကá€á€¯:
A new era in global trade begins, as $5.4-billion Panama Canal expansion opens – Los Angeles Times – By Chris Kraul (ဇွန်လ 26)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-panama-canal-expansion-20160626-snap-story.html
$5.4-billion expansion of Panama Canal could reshape world trade routes – Los Angels Times – By Patrick J. McDonnell and Natalie Kitroeff (ဇွန်လ 24)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-panama-canal-20160624-snap-story.html
Democrats to endorse Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement – Deutsch Welle (ဂျာမနီ) – (ဇွန်လ 25)
“The Democratic Party has voted against an amendment to its platform that would oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ကုန်သွယ်ရေးသဘောá€á€°á€Šá€®á€á€»á€€á€º. The discursive move is a nod toward one of President Obama’s projects.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.dw.com/en/democrats-to-endorse-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement/a-19356105
4 things to know about Panama Canal expansion opening ?Southeast Farm Press – အားဖြင့်? ?(ဇွန်လ 27)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://southeastfarmpress.com/cotton/4-things-know-about-panama-canal-expansion-opening
Obama pushes back on Trump call to overhaul, scrap trade deals – FoxNews.com (ဇွန်လ 29)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/29/obama-pushes-back-on-trump-call-to-overhaul-scrap-trade-deals.html
Three amigos further liberalize NAFTA rules of origin – iPolitics (ကနေဒါ) – By BJ Siekierski (ဇွန်လ 29)
“Agreement covers range of products, from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://ipolitics.ca/2016/06/29/three-amigos-further-liberalize-nafta-rules-of-origin/
Obama, Trudeau, Pena Nieto defend free trade, push back against isolationism – The Japan Times / AP (ဇွန်လ 30)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/30/business/obama-trudeau-pena-nieto-defend-free-trade-push-back-isolationism/#.V3XMWGgrKhd
Trade War: Obama, Trump Battle Over Massive Deals – Roll Call – By John T. Bannett (ဇွန်လ 30)
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trade-war-obama-trump-battle-massive-deals
Russian trade ban inflicts maximum damage?- GlobalMeatNews -?By Oscar Rousseau (ဇူလá€á€¯á€„်လ 1)
“ရုရှား?s politically-motivated decision to slash meat imports continues to be a bloody thorn in the side of the meat industry, according to an exclusive?GlobalMeatNews?survey.”
link ကá€á€¯:?http://www.globalmeatnews.com/Analysis/Russian-trade-ban-inflicts-maximum-damage