Africa agriculture trade monitor 2023
The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, a flagship publication of AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute, provides an overview of trade in agriculture in Africa, including
Cotton
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Climate tipping point defined for US crop yields
While news reports and disaster movies remind us about tipping points for Arctic melt and sea level rise, some things closer to home get less attention. Take food supply: new modelling studies show that there are climate tipping points here too, beyond which crop yields will collapse.
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Life is cheap in the killing BT cotton fields of Gujarat
1/3rd Of Workforce Below 14 Yrs Of Age; Remaining Under 18 Yrs Fall Prey To Rape & Sexual Abuse While Being Forced To Work In Fields Akhilesh Kumar Singh & Rao Jaswant Singh | TNN
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Introgression of pink bollworm resistance from wild Gossypium thurberi Tod. to cultivated Gossypium arboreum L. cotton
Pink bollworm (PBW, Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) is a pest of economic importance in cotton producing countries. Earlier results of host-plant resistance to the PBW indicated races of Gossypium hirsutum L. and some wild species including Gossypium thurberi Tod. which are resistant to PBW. Hence prebreeding
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China offers help to control curl leaf virus
Chinese government has agreed to send its agricultural experts to Pakistan for the control of Cotton leaf curl virus that has extensively hit cotton crop in Punjab and Sindh. Three experts from China have been invited to visit Pakistan to support the ongoing research against the virus, the chairman Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Parc) Dr Zafar Altaf said while addressing a meeting of
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Campaign against Bt Cotton
The debate against genetically modified (GM) seeds in the country has been going on for quite some time and the article by Kavitha Kuruganti (KK henceforth) on
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High and dry Gujarat farmers abandon paddy, turn to cotton
The long dry spell this monsoon has forced farmers to alter their crop pattern and switch over to the kharif cotton crop in several parts of Gujarat, particularly in Saurashtra, which is known as
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Transgenic Bharta
Safety studies are essential before GM crops are approved
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Ubergene Cometh
Genetic Crops: Foods In The Pipeline Cotton Status: Being grown in over 80% of cotton acreage Impact: Cottonseed oil has already entered the food chain Brinjal Status: Large-scale field trials completed in 11 locations Impact: Data from field trials being reviewed, could get green signal soon Mustard Status: Slipped off the radar after biosafety concerns Impact: Research under way
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Rural poverty and employment effects of Bt cotton in India
The impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on the poor in developing countries is still the subject of controversy. While previous studies have examined direct productivity effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton and other GM crops, little is known about wider socioeconomic outcomes.
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Effects of Bt cotton in India during the first five years of adoption
While previous research has analyzed the impacts of Bt cotton in India, most available studies are based on one or two years of data only. This paper analyze the technology