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Tag Archives: brinjal
Bt crops
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) does what its name says it will do. Among other things, it promotes genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE) crops. On the other side of this heated debate, GM Watch … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, human health, knowledge transfer
Tagged academia, arthropod, aubergine, bacterium, biotechnology, bird, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, crop variety, eggplant, evolution, feed, food, food safety, genetic modification, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, knowledge, livestock, maize, maize 1507, mammal, Monsanto, organic, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, staple food, vegetable, vertebrate, wildlife
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Bangladesh Gets Bt Brinjal
Originally posted on Thought + Food:
It has been a recurring theme here at Thought+Food that the debates going on about the food system should not be overwhelmed by special interest groups. Instead, there must be room for the farmer to make…
Posted in agriculture, horticulture
Tagged arthropod, Asia, aubergine, biotechnology, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, development, eggplant, evolution, farm, farmer, garden, gardener, genetic modification, insect, insecticide, larva, law, lepidopteran, Monsanto, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, politics, population, root borer, staple food, stem borer, vegetable, vegetable variety
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Golden Rice trial is vandalised
Golden Rice is being tested in experimental fields in the Philippines but some people there don’t want it. Matt McGrath at the BBC reports that, a few days ago, local farmers vandalised the field trial. I’m grateful to my fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, aubergine, biofortification, biotechnology, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, child, development, eggplant, farmer, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, International Rice Research Institute, law, Monsanto, nutrition, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, poverty, research, rice, staple food, Syngenta, Vitamin A, woman
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