Indian smallholder farmers are adopting a new, improved rice variety at an “unprecedented” rate.
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From GMO Pundit. Scientists claim GM cowpea could generate US$1 billion The cowpea is emerging as an important food crop [SALY, SENEGAL] A pest-resistant version of the black-eyed pea, a subspecies of the cowpea, is on track for commercial introduction, promising higher yields and claimed savings of up to US$1 billion on a crop that has found new popularity among African smallholders. This post was syndicated from GMO Pundit. You may comment here or on the original entry. Jorge Cham, the creator of the hilarious and successful online comic strip, Piled Higher and Deeper (Ph.D.), just visited NMSU’s Chili Pepper Institute, and took video! Check it out.
PHD Tales from the Road – NMSU’s Chile Pepper Institute from PHD Comics on Vimeo.  Frank N Scientist by Valerie Lusk A few days ago I mentioned we were going to institute a new registered user profile system here at Biofortified. We want our regular readers and discussion participants to be able to share more about themselves on their profiles, and for visitors to be able to see the people behind the words a little more clearly. Finally, while words can cross and get tense at times, we feel that it will foster more civil discussions if you can find out more about the person behind the comments you are responding to. Coding, testing, and implementation of this new system is now complete. Behold, I give you FrankNSpace!* Let me tell you what you can do with this.
Continue reading… From GMO Pundit. Paraphrasing Johan Norberg at the big ideas forum, CIS For Eastern European satirist and Nobel prize winner, Czeslaw Milosz the object lesson of the years of Eastern European socialism was resistance against stupidity.  This post was syndicated from GMO Pundit. You may comment here or on the original entry. |
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