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Herbicide tolerant beet to tackle weeds
February 16, 2009
US growers tackle weeds with herbicide-tolerant beet | www.farmersguardian.com
More research required to tackle weeds by developing crops which are herbicide/pesticide tolerant in order to increasetheir yield.
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February 5, 2009
Primafuel, Converting Algae to Green Gasoline | www.thedailygreen.com
Algae to many of us is only an organism but actually it has many hidden applications which scientists are trying to unground.
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Bunge and sugar making business.
February 2, 2009
Bunge in talks to buy stake in GMR Inds: report | www.reuters.com
If successful in entering sugar making business, Bunge could become a real prominent company.
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GM crops are the need of the hour.
February 2, 2009
GM crops may double agri growth rate | www.business-standard.com
With the ever incerasing population of world it is highly being apprecaited that maybe more and more GM crops would need to be cultivated having enhanced nutritional value and strong production capabilities.
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China's grain market going strong
February 2, 2009
Grain production set for new high | www.china.org.cn
Despite the fact that the world is facing a shortage in grain production we see that china is all set to achieve a very strong harvest of major crops.
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Pakistan looks for Bt cotton seed from Monsanto
February 2, 2009
Pakistan in talks to buy Bt cotton seed from Monsanto | www.molplantbreed.org
Monsanto is one of the biggest company of seed development. Recently Pakistan has made an agreement with them for purchase of Bt cotton seed to increase yields.
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Grain Analyzer may improve harvest and crops
January 30, 2009
Portable On-Farm Grain Analyser to Improve Harvest and Profit | www.fatcow.com.au
Over the years farmers have faced many problems due to harvest and post harvest losses. New inventions like grain analyzers have provided a breakthrough in the field of cropping.
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Bunge and grain market dynamics.
January 30, 2009
Bunge: Can Food Prices Rebound? | www.bullishbankers.com
Agribusiness, fertilizer, and food products are the major commodities which are associated with Bunge. A lot still needs to be done on its part to control the food prices.
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January 26, 2009
Researchers raise concern about fragility of the global grain supply | planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
China is one of the leading agricultural grain producing countries. The annual grain production of china is nearly 413 million tonnes a year. Urbanization is raising few question marks for the grain supply in china.
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Modified rice shows good response against disease producing virus.
January 26, 2009
Modified Rice May Resist Disease in Southeast Asia | www.merid.org
There is strong need for research to be done in producing genetically modified rice which is less susceptible to disease. Latest research has opened doors in producing genetically modified rice.
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January 19, 2009
New, efficient rice in the works | beta.irri.org
Rice production and quality needs to be improved and IRRI has a major role to play in this regard.
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Soaring Food Prices: Hybrid rice a good option!
January 8, 2009
Are Hybrid Rice An Answer To The Soaring Food Prices? | oryza.com
With the ever increasing food prices and input costs, world leaders are seriously thinking to use hybrid rice as a supporting thing to boost world rice productions.
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Pakistan Rice Industry Flourishing
December 28, 2008
Pakistan to Export Rice, Import Sugar | www.flex-news-food.com
Pakistan rrice industry is improving by every year and Pakistan is all set to become one of the leading asian rice producer in next 4 to 5 years, provided that the input costs remain stable. Access to last season’s strong international prices encouraged farmers to move additional planting area to rice, and as a result, MY2008/09 rice production is estimated to reach a record 6.3 million tons.
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November 11, 2008
ECC approves Rs. 27 bln subsidy on DAP fertilizer | www.thenews.com.pk
Pakistani Government is taking serious steps in promoting stron farming. ecently the government has announced subsidy on DAP
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November 11, 2008
USDA Attache: Pakistan's 2007-08 Rice Exports Surge | news.alibaba.com
Over the years Pakistan has become one of the leading rice exporters. According to statistics, during the current fiscal year the rice exports climbed up significantly reaching to a level of 4.2 million metric tons.
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Potential of Biofortified Crops
November 7, 2008
Reaching End Users | www.harvestplus.org
World poverty and population is increasing at steady rate and there is a strong need to devolop (breed) crops in a way to get maximum benefits from them. Every year a lot of people especially in underdeveloped countries die because of malnutrition. Over the years a lot of crops have been fortified to get enhanced nutritional values from them.
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November 6, 2008
Pakistan’s first sugarcane-waste biogas plant | bznotes.wordpress.com
Pakistan has a very strong sugercane market. Pakistan is looking stongly into the possibilities of utilizing sugercane for biofuel production.
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Pakistan Tagets Wheat Production of 25 million tonnes.
November 5, 2008
FCA sets wheat target of 25 mn tonnes for 2008-09 | pakistan.blogstwist.com
Pakistani government has increased the support price for wheat from 625 to 950 per 40 Kg bag. Government targets 25 mn tonnes and backs farmers to go all out and apply fertilizers in desired ratio.
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Pakistan One of the Targets of Ug99 fungus
October 28, 2008
Pakistan on Ug99 Wheat Stem Rust High Alert | www.seedquest.com
Ug99 is spreading like a wild fire. It is high time to take necessary stepss before it is too late. Significant crop destruction could take place because of this virus. Pakistan is on high alert following detection of the deadly Ug99 wheat stem rust disease in Iran in March 2008.
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October 15, 2008
Food prices Continue to Rise Worldwide | www.wsws.org
Wheat and Oil Prices are demand driven and over the years there has been an increasing trend in the prices of these both. World authorities need to pay special attention in order to bring down wheat prices. US commodity exchanges have seen extreme volatility in the past week, with speculation on spring wheat crops driving per-bushel prices to record levels, while high oil prices and severe weather have contributed to rising corn and soybean prices.
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