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🐝🔥 Varroa mites — not pesticides — remain the #1 threat to honeybee health. But cutting-edge RNAi tech may finally turn the tide #SaveTheBees #CT dlvr.it/TLfsHZ
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Neonics are the most powerful tools available for preventing pest-borne illnesses from damaging #farmlands and decreasing access to abundant food. #groceries #CT
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Neonics give farmers pinpoint solutions to safeguard #crops from disease-carrying pests. #Farmers can achieve the same level of crop protections with fewer pesticides, benefitting their lands and the health of nearby #wildlife #CT
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There are zero #bird fatalities in the U.S. confirmed to be linked to neonic-treated seeds. (USGS, 2019; Franzen-Klein et al., 2020). #CT
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GAME CHANGER! "The bananas have the same taste, smell, sweetness profile, the same everything, except that the flesh doesn’t go brown as quickly..." #biotech #bananas #CT dlvr.it/TJJPzV

Non-browning and extended life bananas are here—thank you gene editing

UK-based plant biotech co Tropic is gearing up to launch non-browning bananas in March and bananas with extended shelf-life by the year end—innovations it

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China pioneers aim to enhance food security, reduce reliance on imports, and position China as a leader in modern farming technologies. #biotech #CT dlvr.it/TJ91XN
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"Just because a pesticide product is natural doesn’t mean it is less toxic than its synthetic counterpart." #ag #farming #CT dlvr.it/THyhz3
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Using CRISPR does not involve adding foreign genes into plants, and can help end hunger...but it can help reduce hunger in the world! #biotech #agriculture #CT dlvr.it/THyVg6

Gene Editing for Growth: How CRISPR Could Redefine Africa’s Agricultural Landscape

Africa is grappling with severe food insecurity in the wake of consecutive droughts, climate change, and ongoing conflicts, which are affecting millions across the continent.

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“There’s a trend right now, in agriculture, where a lot of the companies are positioning themselves more in the tech space than traditional ag.” #precisionfarming #ag #CT dlvr.it/THvLmH
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The increase in agricultural productivity over the past century has enabled a five-fold increase in the human population and about a 50 percent increase in food per person. #farming #agriculture #CT dlvr.it/THcGmh

Biotech revolution facilitates 'smart agriculture'

The increase in agricultural productivity over the past century has enabled a five-fold increase in the human population and about a 50 percent increase in food per person.

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Fortunately for planet Earth, Ms. Renkl and the New York Times, again, got it very wrong. #agriculture #insects #farming #CT dlvr.it/THWMR4

Are we facing an 'Insect Apocalypse' caused by 'intensive, industrial' farming and agricultural...

he media call it the “Insect Apocalypse”. In the past few years, the phrase has become an accepted truth of the journalism literati, and usually

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Over the past year, the country has increased approvals for higher-yielding GM corn and soybean seeds to raise domestic production and reduce grain imports. #biotech #agriculture #CT dlvr.it/THGP3f

China approves more GM crops to boost yields, ensure food security

China has approved five gene-edited crop varieties and 12 types of genetically modified (GM) soybean, corn and cotton, expanding approvals to boost high-yield crops, reduce import reliance, and...

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In countries that are poor, which often means outside natural breadbasket climates, the organic food process means cycles of famine and starvation. #agriculture #biotech #CT dlvr.it/TGh5BX

Smarter Soybeans Mean Affordable Food In Poorer Regions

It is easy for wealthy countries to spend $135 billion on an organic food process that uses higher quantities of older, more toxic pesticides at greater environmental strain, because it is a niche

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Why isn't the media covering this? #agriculture #biotech #CT dlvr.it/TGGSLf

99+% pesticide free: While activists claim chemicals soak our fruits and vegetables, USDA provides...

he U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual Pesticide Data Program report to little fanfare or attention.  We’ve said repeatedly for

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Population growth means there will be 10 billion mouths to feed by 2050 #biotech #agriculture #CT dlvr.it/TG0SnC
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1. Feeding a growing global population without encroaching on remaining wild lands #biotech #CT READ THE REST HERE dlvr.it/TFrmwt

6 problems CRISPR gene-edited agriculture helps solve

Genome editing with CRISPR and other tools is an exciting new technology with myriad applications from human health to industrial biotechnology. Gene

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Two diseases threaten to wipe out the #banana as we know it, and scientists are racing to breed a fruit of the future. #biotech #agriculture #CT dlvr.it/TFZWhF

Scientists See Hope in Race to Save the Banana

Chiquita announced a new disease-resistant strain, and Australian researchers have developed a genetically modified fruit.

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GAME CHANGER! “A variety of #strawberry that naturally has a 15- to 20-day shelf life...” #biotech #agriculture #CT dlvr.it/TFRhWk

How Will We Secure our Food Future? | BIO

As the global population approaches 10 billion by 2050, the challenge of providing safe, nutritious food is growing more urgent. Climate change is further straining food systems, impacting water...

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NO risk! NO problem! #biotech #geneediting #CT dlvr.it/TCFKWN
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AFTER 12 years of extensive regulatory, laboratory and field-testing...it's here! #agriculture #blackeyedpeas #CT dlvr.it/TC69gh

Ghana approves first biotech crop — Pest-resistant black-eyed peas

What happens when a state or country forces organic production on all of its farmers? There are a couple of examples.

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