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What’s New in the World Seed Market?

01/01/2019

The first objective in seed business is to improve new varieties. To target farmers, seed companies have to provide the most desired cultivars and they must be best quality and perform maximum yield, resist to diseases-pests, heat-cold, drought etc. This can be achieved with plant breeding. Until recent years selection, hybridization, mutation, tissue culture, foreign… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Climate & Environment

, CRISPR-Cas9, GEN EDITING, GENOM EDITING, New Plant Breeding Techniques, plant breeding, seed, world seed market

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Unexpected Rise of Chinese Universities

07/12/2018

China, a “developing country” in the 21th century, has been one of the superpowers of science and technology for the last 30 years. China’s scintific and technological advancement will lead to its rapid economic development. According to Scopus records, China has increased the number of publications in science, mathematics and computer science to from 200,000… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Development Policy, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev.

, first gene editing result in human medicine, genome sequences., personnel system in universities, reverse brain drain, twin babies with genome editing

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New Plant Breeding Technics Have Started to Bear Fruit

09/10/2018

It is imperative that we improve the new genotypes for sustainable plant and livestock production given the changes in demand and the environment. Until recently mutations and classical breeding techniques were sufficient to breed new varieties. At the end of the 20th century, tissue culture, gene transfer and other molecular biologic developments have entered the… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Climate & Environment, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, Regional Policy, Science & Policymaking

, CRISPR-Cas9, GEN EDITING, GENOM EDITING, GMO, New Plant Breeding Techniques, Talen, Zen

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Bioeconomy should focus on Meat

29/05/2018

All economic activities related to research, development, production, trade and consumption of plants, animals and all other living things are defined as “bioeconomy”. Scientifically bioeconomy aims at producing economical gains by generating surplus values using new methods such as biotechnology with the targeted profits of improved health, increased productivity and higher quality in agricultural and… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Climate & Environment

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HOW CAN BRIC COUNTRIES ASPIRE TO BECOME LEADERS IN 2050’S WORLD ECONOMY

27/02/2018

The economic sizes of countries are evaluated using parameters such as annual growth, inflation, unemployment, exchange rate, interest rate, and budget balance and population movements. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) criterion is used as an economic indicator for countries. Instead of GDP, the “purchasing power parity (PPP)” has been put into use for economic rankings… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Development Policy, Regional Policy, Science & Policymaking

, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia

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RECENT CHANGES IN EUROPEAN SEED BUISNESS

14/11/2017

Reweaving the support systems of world seed business in one paper , I found attitude of some EU countries quite interesting. In 1980’s, they have decided to support firstly those seed companies, working autogam plants, for 25 years. The state which provides credit, scientific consultancy, expert, infrastructure and hardware support in the legal arrangements, especially… » read more

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Agriculture & Food

, plant breeding, Plant Production Material, seed, world seed market, yield increase

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BRIC COUNTRIES, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NEW PLANT BREEDING TECHNIQUES

08/02/2016

Brazil, Russia, India and China (“BRIC” countries) did not attain a prominent economic performance until 2000’s. However, they have made great strides in economic development in the first decade of 21. century. In fact %40 of the world GDP’s increase belongs to BRIC countries during 2011 and 2012, whereas G7’s share of the mentioned increase… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Climate & Environment

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ROLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN CURRENT SYRIAN CONFLICT!

28/03/2015

Natural disasters may restrict available economic resources, which are critical for the society. For example decrease in agricultural production as a result of drought in a given country would not only limit access to food but would also result in extreme imbalance in income distribution. In such cases, the social balance of a nation may… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Sustainable Dev.

, agricultural research systems, climate change, effect of drouht, global warming, Heat-tolerant varieties, Syria, Syrian Conflic

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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS OF MALNUTRITION

14/04/2014

Malnutrition is defined as undernutrition, micro-nutrient deficiency and overweight. Unfortunately, it causes high economic and social costs to society in almost every country. According to FAO’s latest estimates, 12.5 percent (868 million people) of the global population is undernourished. Still, 26 percent of the world’s children have child growth retardation (stunting); 2 billion people suffer… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Sustainable Dev.

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WILL WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN 2050?

17/03/2014

A recent article (literature) mentions that by 2050, the per capita daily calorie consumption will increase 11% as a result of increased wealth. Also per capita food consumption of some food categories might increase dramatically: 14% for sugar, 15% for legumes, 33% for vegetable oil, and 26% for meat, % 19 for milk and dairy… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Sustainable Dev., Trade & Industry

, agricultural research systems, climate change, food production, global warming, Heat-tolerant varieties, Nitrogen-efficient varieties, Precision agriculture

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