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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Cottoning on disparity
WTO special subcommittee formed to scrutinise subsidies
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Degress of TPP suppressible resistance acquired by Aphis gossypil Glover to selected insecticides
Studies were conducted on the occurence of metabolic mediated resistance in cotton aphid, Aphis gossypil to selected insecticides viz., endosulfan, monocrotophos, dimethoate, phosphamidon, carbaryl and cypermethrin using synergist TPP suppressible metabolic resistance even at 1:5 ratio in respect of monocrotophos and cypermethrin.
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Made for India
Addition of newly found gene could help Indian Bt cotton varieties withstand pest attacks
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Vidarbha's trauma
The Vidarbha region of Maharashtra sees a spate of suicides by farmers, but the State's Agriculture Minister denies any connection between these incidents and government policy.
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Torn to shreds
US stand on cotton subsidies rejected by WTO
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More facts, more doubts
Monsanto ups the Bt cotton ante with a feel-good survey
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A pest overrides Bt
Judicious mix of Bt and non Bt crops can prevent this
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Bt cotton in India
Since the first transgenic plant was obtained, great progress has been achieved in GM crops.
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World Trade Outcry
How inevitable was the collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization? How engineered was it? CLIFFORD POLYCARP reports from the streets and conference centres of Cancun
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The secret gardens of Malabar
An Elglish translation has been made exactly 300 years after the Hortus Malabricus was written, new, sinister designs seem to lurking behind it biopiracy