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April 1, 2020
Indian government scraps royalty on Bayer’s proprietary Bt cotton seed - The move will enrich seed companies at the expense of Bayer Crop Science, the technology owner, and farmers (The Federal)
March 31, 2020
Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets
March 30, 2020
Heroes among us, who feed the world
Major climate, nature talks threatened by coronavirus
La Federación Internacional de Semillas pide a los gobiernos que faciliten el movimiento de semillas en tiempos de COVID-19 (Agronews Castilla y León )
March 27, 2020
ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world - Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable
March 26, 2020
FAO Director-General urges G20 to ensure that food value chains are not disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic - Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply
India - With a stressed Rabi season, it's imperative to ensure speedy delivery of Zaid, Kharif seeds to farmers (Firstpost)
March 24, 2020
‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director
March 23, 2020
Movement of seed in the time of COVID-19: A call from the International Seed Federation (ISF) for information from national and regional seed associations and seed companies
March 17, 2020
From hunger to profitable harvest: How GMO, CRISPR-edited plants can help curb $220 billion in annual crop losses (Genetic Literacy Project)
International Seed Federation statement on the movement of seed under the COVID-19 crisis
March 16, 2020
Averting an agricultural and ecological crisis in the Philippines' salad bowl (Mongabay)
March 13, 2020
In new hostile climate, drought-tolerant crops, systems needed on unprecedented scale
March 11, 2020
10 female founders revolutionizing the agriculture and functional food system - The women making tremendous contributions to the growth of the agriculture industry (Thrive Global)
March 10, 2020
The environmental consequences of climate-driven agricultural frontiers (Plos One)
March 9, 2020
To celebrate International Women’s Day the International Seed Federation focuses on the longest serving member of the ISF Secretariat, a woman by the name of Dr Radha Ranganathan
February 28, 2020
Is New Zealand losing the war against weeds?
February 26, 2020
Make India a leader in seed world, Agriculture Minister tells industry (The Hindu BusinessLine)
February 24, 2020
World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations
India - Genome editing stays stuck in a rut (The Hindu BusinessLine)
February 19, 2020
Asia-Pacific - Regional expert consultation on gene editing in agriculture and its regulation
Global climate frameworks miss the 'big picture' on food, say scientists - Schemes may fall short of ambitions by dealing separately with food production, supply and consumption
February 17, 2020
Who will seed organic India? (The Pioneer)
February 7, 2020
No clear path for Golden Rice to reach consumers - Seed choice study reveals flawed assumptions behind hotly debated GMO
January 31, 2020
Verdant Partners present 2019 Global Food and Agribusiness M&A Review
January 22, 2020
Japan - New survey results reveal the experts and public's attitude towards gene-edited crops
January 14, 2020
Australia - Beyond 2020 vision: grains research forum looks into the future
December 30, 2019
Nepal - Bank on maize (My Republica)
December 26, 2019
Nepal - Future of maize: introduce hybrid varieties (Himalayan Times)
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