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Number of hungry people rises to 963 million - FAO
Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, according to preliminary estimates published by FAO today. This brings the overall number of undernourished people in the world to 963 million, compared to 923 million in 2007 and the ongoing financial and economic crisis could tip even more people into hunger and poverty, FAO warned. 'World ...
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Comparing farmland changes in China, the Netherlands and Germany
Converting agricultural land for non-agricultural use has implications for food security and environmental degradation, and concerns many countries across the world. How different nations address these issues has been examined in a recent study which compares the governance structures for farmland conversion in the Netherlands, Germany and China. Working within the RECREATE project1, partly ...
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UN agricultural agency aiding Peruvian alpaca farmers
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is rushing veterinary care to the rural population in the Peruvian Andes, where the Government has declared a state of emergency after two weeks of heavy rains. Livestock farmers in the central and southern regions of Apurimac, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Puno and Cusco are in a serious crisis, according to FAO, as the rains threatened their ...
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Mississippi company to pay $4,082 civil penalty for aerial pesticide application drift to public trail in Decorah, Iowa (IA)
A Mississippi company has agreed to pay a $4,082 civil penalty to the United States for an August 2009 incident in which a liquid pesticide that it sprayed over an Iowa corn field drifted to an adjacent public use trail, causing several trail users, including members of a high school cross country running team, to complain of skin and eye irritation. Custom Air, LLC, of Louisville, Miss., was ...
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Eli Lilly and children international`s teen Campaign reduces TB cases in India
Lilly MDR TB Partnership and Children International will continue a public awareness campaign aimed to bolster the eradication of tuberculosis in India. This highly successful program meets a unique need in those communities that have a high rate of tuberculosis (TB). In just its first year, the following milestones were accomplished: 29 Children International youth reached more than 1,500 ...
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Eriez Magnetics - PR1013 Eriez Europe support foreign language students
With Europe consisting of many different countries, with different cultures and languages, it is important that Eriez can communicate with them in the best possible way. Subsequently, the personnel at Eriez Europe use a variety of different languages in their working day. This gives Eriez an advantage as customers respond very positively when communicating in their native tongue, if not direct ...
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Analytik Jena Subsidiary Obtained Approval for two ELISA-based Tests for Detection and Differentiation of PRRSV
AJ Roboscreen, an Analytik Jena company, recently obtained the approval for two new assays for screening of swine sera for PRRSV (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) antibodies and for evaluation. The new ELISA-based tests differentiate into PRRSV Type I (Europe-Type) and Type II (North America-Type). The ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay) is an immunoassay to detect ...
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EFSA assesses potential link between two neonicotinoids and developmental neurotoxicity
Two neonicotinoid insecticides - acetamiprid and imidacloprid - may affect the developing human nervous system, said the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Experts from the Authority propose that some guidance levels for acceptable exposure to the two neonicotinoids be lowered while further research is carried out to provide more reliable data on so-called developmental neurotoxicity (DNT). ...
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UN and partners launch 3-year humanitarian plan to help Africa`s Sahel region
The United Nations and humanitarian partners launched a three-year Regional Strategic Response Plan to provide aid to millions of people in nine countries in Africa's Sahel region. The plan seeks to mobilize an initial US$2 billion from international donors in 2014. Some twenty million people are currently at risk of food insecurity in the Sahel and 2.5 million of them need urgent lifesaving ...
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Lallemand Animal Nutrition continues to deploy its “Swine Exchange”
As part of its Forward approach focusing on education and service, Lallemand Animal Nutrition continues to develop its Swine Exchange concept. The last Exchange was held in France with the Bellanné company in partnership with the Bocavet Veterinary Clinic in December 2015. This technical meeting gathered a small group of technicians and farmers. After this session, all the attendees were ...
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Unlimited Studio transforms tractors
When a tractor rolls off the assembly line and is sent to the Unlimited Studio, it undergoes a complete transformation. The team of experts in the Unlimited Studio don’t just fit options and equipment to tractors; they design them, test them, source parts, install them and document the entire work process to ensure that everything is legal and compatible with the tractor’s other ...
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EAB Upholds EPA Cancellation of Flubendiamide Registrations
On July 29, 2016, the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB or Board) issued its Final Decision and Order (Order) upholding the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Initial Decision and an earlier order denying Bayer CropScience LP and Nichino America, Inc.’s (BCS/NAI) Motion for Accelerated Decision that held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was authorized to cancel the conditional ...
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Have livestock? The new federal rule that could impact you
We know a lot of you have livestock. There’s a new federal regulation about to take effect that may impact you. Before adding antibiotics to your feed, you may need to get your veterinarian’s approval first in the future. Right now some antibiotics you can pick up at the feed store without having to talk to your vet about it. A few months from now – you will need your ...
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North East Asia hit hard by Avian Influenza
At least half a dozen farms in Taiwan have been included in the recent our breakout of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (Avian Flu). Since October 2016, nearly 33 million birds across almost 35 different poultry farms have been affected in South Korea due to the recent breakouts. Japan has also seen the H5N6 virus, or Avian Flu, in wilds birds and nearly 1,4 million birds on 10 different ...
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Bioconservacion at Macfrut 2017
Thanks to our Italian partner Graziani Packaging, Bioconservacion was present at Macfrut 2017, the International Trade Fair for the Fruit and Vegetable Sector held by CESENA FIERA from 10 to 12 May 2017 at the Rimini Expo Centre in Rimini (Italy). The main theme of this new edition of Macfrut was strawberries, as we can see in its presentation image. As a result, several activities were ...
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“Veggycation” relaunch teaches us how to love vegetables
EATING THE right amount of vegetables each day will not only support your overall health and wellbeing, it can also help improve your vision, speed up your metabolism and keep your mind active. The nutrition, origins, health benefits and even cooking and storage tips for more than 80 vegetables have been showcased through the newly relaunched Veggycation website, an online educational tool ...
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Breakdown in coral spawning places species at risk of extinction
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on our planet. But due to climate change and other human stressors, reef-building corals that reproduce by means of broadcast-spawning -- the simultaneous release of eggs and sperm into open water -- may now be under threat of extinction. A new Tel Aviv University study finds that the highly synchronized, iconic spawning events ...
By Coral S.p.A
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The power of Nutriscore
A trip to the grocery store used to be a careless experience. We would zigzag up and down the isles, often discovering suitable and healthy products along the way. But ever since the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, grocery hauls have been reduced to nothing more than a necessary evil. A major consequence of the virus is that healthy eating is often placed on the back burner. People want to get in ...
By BESTMIX
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Roberts Applauds School Nutrition Flexibilities Extension
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s announcement of five federal school nutrition program flexibilities through June 30, 2021. “I thank Secretary Perdue for providing certainty to school food service operators that flexibilities will remain available ...
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Ranking Member Stabenow Statement on USDA Provisions in the Continuing Resolution
Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provisions in the continuing resolution. “Farmers have been hurting due to multiple disasters – and those hit the hardest need support from USDA. Whether it’s using ...
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