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Cassava News 130

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Update of Cassava News from  01 January 2015 to 07 January, 2015.


Advancement of Asian Cassava Molecular Breeding by Cutting-edge Technologies 

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Cassava in Vietnam: Save and Grow
Recent progress of sustainable cultivation techniques for cassava in Vietnam


Kenya: Cassava Virus Alert

FreshPlaza - ‎cách đây 17 giờ‎
The cassava brown streak disease has affected more than 50 per cent of the crop in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has said.

First Cassava Shipment of Major Deal Leaves Port

The Cambodia Daily (subscription) - ‎04-01-2015‎
The first shipment of cassava in a major deal between a subsidiary of Chinese biofuel firm Henan Tianguan Group and a Cambodian logistics company left Cambodia on Friday, according to the local firm.

Cassava Weed Management Launched Facebook And Twitter Accounts

spyghana.com - ‎cách đây 15 giờ‎
The Cassava Weed Management Project has launched its Facebook and Twitter accounts as part of the vision to create visibility for the project in order to reach the 125,000 farm families target.

African Brewers Deploy Sorghum, Cassava in Production

The Guardian - ‎31-12-2014‎
There is a growing trend towards contract farming of cassava and other inputs to the brewing industry across Africa, where seven governments have established special tax regimes to stimulate the use of local crops in beer production.

Sh10m set aside for cassava plant

The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog) - ‎01-01-2015‎
East African Agricultural Productivity Project (EAAPP) plans to construct a cassava processing plant in Simba Chai area of Teso South sub-county.

HarvestPlus Opens Cassava Products Outlet in Ibadan

THISDAY Live - ‎02-01-2015‎
A model vitamin-A cassava sales outlet was recently launched by HarvestPlus-Nigeria in Ibadan in conjunction with its development partners, Nollywood producers and actors, led by Zeb Ejiro, to boost Nigerians access to the bio-fortified cassava crops.

Discordant Tunes Over Cassava Bread

The Guardian - ‎31-12-2014‎
Specifically, during the launch of the first commercial 10 percent composite cassava and wheat flour product, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr.

Bitter Leaf Soup Served With Cassava Fufu Or Eba

The Guardian Nigeria - ‎02-01-2015‎
Healthyeating-1-3 1-2015 IN the eastern part of Nigeria, particularly in the Igbo-speaking areas, bitter leaf soup occupies a prominent position in the culinary treats of the people.

Cassava brown streak disease affecting rural production: FAO

Coastweek - ‎05-01-2015‎
NAIVASHA (Xinhua) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Sunday the cassava brown streak disease (CBD) has affected over 50 per cent of the crop production in the country.

McDonald's runs out of French fries in Venezuela

Chattanooga Times Free Press - ‎cách đây 2 phút‎
"It's because of the situation here; it's a total debacle," said Maria Guerreiro, who huffed out of a Caracas McDonald's with her family when she found out they were serving only fries made of yuca, which is also known as cassava. Her daughter won't ...

Hunger Gnaws at Burundi's Soul

Voice of America - ‎30-12-2014‎
Minani tells an all too familiar tale of not having enough land to cultivate and of disease, which this year has wiped out her green beans and cassava, a tasteless but stomach-filling staple crop. Her only hope is for a small harvest of potatoes. Her ...

Shop local, eat global: Broaden your palate with Pittsburgh's ethnic food markets

Pop City - ‎cách đây 2 giờ‎
Musah also stocks hard-to-find items such as fufu flour, cassava leaves, and hard chicken. If you're confused about what to get, Musah is friendly, knowledgeable, and happy to help explain ingredients and put together a menu for your home cooking, ...

Swedish House Mafia Member Turns Up the Volume with E.P. and L.P.

Eater LA - ‎cách đây 13 giờ‎
Think dishes like Bison Cracker Party with hot and sour rare grilled bison with cassava and rice crackers, and Soft Shell Crab Buns with coriander, pickled vegetables, and chili jam mayo to soak up E.P.

Ethiopian Taste closes; Nigerian restaurant opens

Charleston Post Courier - ‎cách đây 8 giờ‎
According to Sweet Savor's website, the restaurant serves a full menu of Nigerian specialties, including meat pies; jollof rice; pepper stew and ogbono soup, served with pounded yam, cassava flakes, yam flour or semovita, a kind of semolina that ...

Food production increased 21m MT in 2014

BusinessDay - ‎cách đây 7 giờ‎
Also, in 2014, farmers, processors and other agribusiness players enjoyed greater lease of life in their businesses through the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), which has touched many commodities from rice, cocoa, cassava, cashew, vegetables ...

Tema residents resort to fufu machine

GhanaWeb - ‎05-01-2015‎
A visit by the Ghana News Agency to one of the several fufu machine centres in the Metropolis at Tema Community 7 on New Year's Day revealed a coiling queue of different sizes of containers containing boiled cassava, yam, cocoyam or plantain to be ...

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Tips News Views - ‎04-01-2015‎
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Farmworker Charged With Raping 9-Year-Old Girl

The Cambodia Daily (subscription) - ‎04-01-2015‎
A 22-year-old farmworker was charged Sunday with the rape of a 9-year-old girl near a cassava farm in Battambang province's Samlot district, officials said.

Trade Volume Exceeds $18 Billion in 2014

The Cambodia Daily (subscription) - ‎cách đây 7 giờ‎
“Last year there were more new garment factories opening in our country to produce clothes for export and more agricultural products were exported like rice, cassava, corn,” he said. The figures show that the value of imports reached $10.43 billion ...

Peasants to Get More Agricultural Supports

AllAfrica.com - ‎cách đây 18 giờ‎
He said that the supports will result from a joint work amongst the municipal administration, provincial government and partners. Among the main agricultural products cultivated in Camanongue, it includes cassava, maize, bean, potato, peanut and ...

Food Crops News 265

                       Update of Food Crops News from 02 Jan. 2015 to 07 Jan., 2015.

food crops
Daily update January 7, 2015

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Chandigarh Tribune

Experts urge caution on GM crops
It concluded by saying that a moratorium of ten years should be imposed on field trials of GM food crops and held that this time should be adequate to ...
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Mail & Guardian Africa

There is war over Genetically Modified foods, but they might just 'save' Africa
These useful genes could make crops high-yielding, disease resistant or ... It is the third African major staple food crop after maize and rice, and ...
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Daily News & Analysis

Indian Science Congress: 'Modern technology must for food security'
Opposition to the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops in India was hijacked first by leftist, then neo-leftist and now by far right, and in the ...
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Colleges cultivate agricultural education with hands-on classes
The rising sun dried dew droplets on the kale, beet greens, arugula, collards, carrots and other crops, flowers and fruit trees growing on the one-acre ...
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agprofessional.com

UK research funding of spider venom crop protection
One of the top projects announced is being led by Arch UK Biocides Limited and in collaboration with the University of Durham, the Food and ...
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Capital press

Table grape harvest ends with second largest crop in history
Table grapes are one of the most expensive crops to grow.” ... With growing consumer demand for fresh fruit, rated the top snack food and the ...
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The Ecologist

UK ministers prepare for 2017 GM crop rollout
The government is preparing for the planting of GM crops in the UK by putting ... Its 2013 'Feeding the Nation' food policy review states: "Biotechnology ...
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Can GMOs save the world?
Half a world away in Des Moines, Iowa, the annual World Food Prize ... bans on genetically engineered crops, according to the Center for Food Safety.
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Upside Down World

Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru's Andes
“The families' food security is definitely at risk,” agricultural technician Lino Loayza told IPS. “The rainy season started in September, and the fields ...
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food crops
Daily update January 6, 2015

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Zee News

GM crops pushing Monarch butterflies' rapid decline
... said that many crops are altered to be resistant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide which kills milkweed, the monarch caterpillar's only source of food.
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Daily Sun

Nigeria's Demand for soybean valued at N300bn
... at Community of Agricultural Stakeholders of Nigeria (CASON), Mr. Sotonye ... source of protein, making it a major global industrial and food crop.
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Youth Health Magzine

FDA Continues to Promote Safe Use of Manure and Compost on Crops
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) answers questions relating to the final issuance of the Product Safety rule this year (2015). This rule will help ...
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Rabi crop coverage area falls from 579.63 lakh to 552.82 lakh hectares
The total area covered under rabi crops was estimated to be 552.82 lakh hectares. Last year's sowing area was estimated to be 579.63 lakh hectares.
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The Star Online

Global warming will cut wheat yields, research shows
For food security: Wheat production will be adversely affected by rising ... on wheat production – one of the world's most important staple crops – the ...
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food crops
Daily update January 5, 2015

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Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru's Andes
"The families' food security is definitely at risk," agricultural technician Lino Loayza told IPS. "The rainy season started in September, and the fields ...
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Free press journal

To GM or not to GM?
Food crops like vegetables and fruits created by using genetic engineering methods are genetically modified (GM). These are made by combining ...
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High Plains Journal

NSP announces annual Yield Contest Winners
Ki Gamble of Kansas is the Irrigated National Food-Grade category winner with a yield of 177.97 bushels per acre, and Stanley Brandyberry Farms of ...
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The Public Slate

GMO's and the Rights of Consumers
In addition, because GMO products resist bacteria, increased herbicides are being used on food crops. Support for the use of GMO additives attempts ...
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food crops
Daily update January 4, 2015

NEWS

Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru's Andes
"The families' food security is definitely at risk," agricultural technician Lino Loayza told IPS. "The rainy season started in September, and the fields ...
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Free press journal

To GM or not to GM?
Food crops like vegetables and fruits created by using genetic engineering methods are genetically modified (GM). These are made by combining ...
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High Plains Journal

NSP announces annual Yield Contest Winners
Ki Gamble of Kansas is the Irrigated National Food-Grade category winner with a yield of 177.97 bushels per acre, and Stanley Brandyberry Farms of ...
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The Public Slate

GMO's and the Rights of Consumers
In addition, because GMO products resist bacteria, increased herbicides are being used on food crops. Support for the use of GMO additives attempts ...
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food crops
Daily update January 3, 2015

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Carolinas receive nearly $2 million in specialty crop grants
North Carolina projects include assistance to specialty crop growers ... the volume of specialty crops distributed through local food hubs and managing ...
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Daily News

Stop It, He Tells Officials Who Block Crop Exporters
In this amount, maize makes up 1.55 million tons, rice 794,000 tons and the remaining amount is from other food crops," he explained. The president ...
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NDTV

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar Bats for Genetically Modified Crop Trials
Citing the reasons for the government's push for GM crops, he said, "For the sake of food security, to get the poor to live with dignity, we need to ...
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Online Athens

Monarchs being pushed toward extinction by herbicide-resistant crops, say environmental groups ...
Genetically engineered crops are driving the iconic monarch butterfly ... the Center for Food Safety, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation ...
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New York Times

Scientists Alter Crops With Techniques Outside Regulators' Scope
The trend alarms critics of biotech crops, who say genetic modification can have ... Until now, in part because of the costs associated with regulation, crop ... Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration.
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New York Times

Frankengrass Comes Alive: New GMO Crops Evade Federal Oversight
The FDA does not require identification and labeling of food products that are made through genetically engineered plants. Around 93% of ...
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Economic Partnership Agreement to Hasten Development Among EAC States
Dr Kamala appealed to farmers in the country to increase production of both cash and food crops to increase their incomes. The country's smallholder ...
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RNAi Technology: Farmer's Saviour or Pipe Dream?
There will need to be a huge push on educating the public about this technology if it is going to be sprayed on food crops. Also, due to the advanced ...
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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Gene Editing Will Change Everything—Just Not All at One Time
Gene editing offers the ability to modify critical traits in crops and animals: boosting food crop yields and nutrient quotients and making crops able to ...
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food crops
Daily update January 2, 2015

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Treehugger

Wakati solar-powered food preserver keeps produce fresh longer in developing areas
Crops can dry out quickly after being harvested, but with the Wakati system the humidity keeps the cells of the crops intact and the acids and enzymes ...
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Paste Magazine

101 Food Orgs to Watch in 2015
Washington, DC - To celebrate 2015, Food Tank is highlighting 101 .... They operate a seed bank, to provide regionally appropriate crops for ...
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