------------------------------------------------- GM crops: Promise and reality The introduction of the first transgenic plant 30 years ago heralded the start of a second green revolution‚ providing food to the starving‚ profits to farmers and environmental benefits to boot. Many GM crops fulfilled the promise. But their success has been mired in controversy with many questioning their safety‚ their profitability and their green credentials. A polarized debate has left little room for consensus
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oldest known crop‚ with evidence of seeds found in Ecuadorian caves from up to 12‚000 years ago. Squash was referred as one of the 3 sister crops by Iroquois Native Americans‚ where the other two “sister” crops were maize‚ and beans. They were referred as sister crops because maize created a supporting structure for bean vines to climb‚ while the bean rooted the corn to the ground‚ and provided nitrates for all three sister crops. Squash kept out weeds‚ moisturized the soil‚ and kept insects
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GENETICALLY ALTERED CORN Corn or maize only exists in its modern form because of humans. Evidence from archaeological And genetic studies suggests that corn was bred and cultivated by early Mexican inhibiters as Early as 10‚000 years ago. The early Mesoamericans managed to develop corn from its grassy Ancestor by selective breeding. Corn was bred from a wild grain called teosinte. Teosinte is so unlike modern corn that originally botanists didn’t think the two were even related. An ear
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environments where traditional cereals such as maize are underperforming. Yield levels for maize in these agro-ecological zones has declined from 1.2t/ha to 0.7t/ha in the past decade (Ministry of Agriculture‚ 2015). Sorghum and millets have the potential to contribute towards food availability if increased production and productivity is attained. According to (Svodziwa‚ 2015)‚ sorghum and millets have a high percentage of availability compared to maize.
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“The Real Price of Foreign Food Aid” Tahirah Marston Human Rights and Ethics Final Paper America ’s food assistance programs began in 1812 when President James Madison sent emergency aid to earthquake victims in Venezuela. This was the United States’ first foreign food aid initiative that successfully supplanted these victims need for food. Years later‚ Herbert Hoover led a feeding program in Russia during the 1920 ’s‚ in addition to famine relief programs during World War I and World War II
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Chapter 1 Executive Summary Swasthya Food Products is a newly established organization which basically deals with the processed health food products which are related to health products. The company started business on Public-Private Partnership mode with the Bakery training unit of the University of Agricultural Sciences‚ Bangalore. The company has launched three new products‚ namely Ragi malt with a brand name of Magic malt‚ Swasthya Plus a health drink which suits for all ages and
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147 APPENDIX 4 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CROPS WITH BOTANICAL NAME AND CROP CODE Musa textilis Medicago sativa Medicago sativa Prunus dulcis Pimpinella anisum Malus sylvestris Prunus armeniaca Areca catechu Arracacia xanthorrhiza Maranta arundinacea Cynara scolymus Asparagus officinalis Persea americana ICC code 9213 911 911 361 6212 351 352 992 59 59 211 212 311 Previous 1 code 2.2.4.1 1.7.1.1 1.8.2 2.1.7.1 1.4.3.4 2.1.2.1 2.1.3.1 2.2.7.6 1.2.9 1.2.5
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http://agro.maxwellbd.com/index.html Bangladesh is an agro based country and most of the people are associated with agricultural productions and its services. Agriculture is considered as the prime economic sector in Bangladesh. Statistics shows that contribution of this sector is nearly 30% of total GDP and about 70% of the total industrial work forces are employed in the agro based industries. Live stock sector‚ strongly dominated by poultry‚ plays a vital role. More than 20% of the total population
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come from one certain crop and that is maize‚ which was altered to an extent. The development was done by a company known to be Swiss‚ called "Ciba-Geiby". That which was debated dealt with the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) stating that "A gene resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin used in an early stage of the developmental process‚ could theoretically be passed to man via bacteria lodged in the gut of animals which eat the maize unprocessed (559)". In response to this
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both the Inca and Maya civilization and how they compare to many other Empires/civilizations will be revealed. The Mayan civilization in all stages--formative‚ flourishing‚ declining‚ and continuing--has been based on agriculture. Indian corn‚ or maize‚ was domesticated from a wild grass in central Mexico about 7‚000 years ago and sustained most sedentary Indian civilizations from that time. The productivity of the corn farmer sustained the Mayan civilization. It is estimated that as many as 150
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