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Tag Archives: sugar beet
A neonic that’s bad news for birds
Here in Europe, three insect-killing neonicotinoids are under a temporary ban. One of the banned neonics is called imidacloprid. Six months into the neonic ban, here’s new science about imidacloprid and insect-eating birds in the Netherlands. The chemical and biotech … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, knowledge transfer
Tagged apple, arthropod, Bayer, bird, crop, DDT, ecosystem, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, history, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, insectivore, invertebrate, knowledge, law, pest control, pesticide, plant_dicot, poison, pollution, research, seed, seedling, soil, sugar beet, tomato, vertebrate, water, wildlife
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The homogenisation and globalisation of diets
Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that some 75% of the diversity of cultivated crops was lost during the 20th Century and, by 2050, we could lose…
Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture, human health, money and trade
Tagged Africa, America, Asia, cassava, city, climate, conservation, crop, crop diversity, crop variety, development, disease, Europe, Food and Agriculture Organization, food safety, genetic diversity, grain, human, iodine, iron, law, micronutrient, millet, neglected crop, nutrition, pest, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, potato, prosperity, research, rice, rye, seedbank, staple food, sugar beet, sugar cane, sweet potato, trade, tuber, Vitamin A, wheat
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Playing the long game for GM crops in Europe
Is Europe a no-go zone for GM crops? Those are genetically modified crops, also called genetically engineered (GE) crops or biotech crops. Whether we’re a no-go zone for GM depends on whether you look at the short game or the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, arthropod, BASF, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, carbohydrate, corn, crop, crop variety, Europe, feed, genetic modification, grocery, insect, insecticide, label, law, livestock, maize, maize MON810, Monsanto, paper, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, potato, potato Amflora, research, soya, sugar beet, supermarket, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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Sugar beet
Humans like sugar. It tastes good to us. Here in Britain we’ve been extracting sugar from beet for a century. The harvest looks like this. The sugar beet (Beta vulgaris subspp vulgaris) is one of several kinds of cultivated beets. … Continue reading
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