Nacikgoz – Page 2 – Agriculture, biotechnology, climate change, biofuel, science will not give opportunity to the food crisis

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

HOW WILL FOOD CONSUMPTION HABITS CHANGE IN 2050’s

28/01/2014

It is expected that, world will need 50%-70% more food by 2050. The main reasons are global warming, increasing population and much more daily calories due to raising welfare. But population increase is causing dramatic fall in agricultural areas per person. Currently cultivated landis 1.38 billion hectares and unfortunately this is unfortunately not easy expanded.… » read more

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Agriculture & Food

AS EU RENEWING ITS SEED LEGISLATION: NOT SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES

30/11/2013

Developments in recent years in environment, biodiversity, nutritional values of foods and climate change lead EU to rethink on food safety and security and they have been found strategically important. Actually a sector with €750 billion turnover annually (just value of crops grown in the EU is €205 billion) and 48 million employees deserves such… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Sustainable Dev., Trade & Industry

, agricultural investments, biotechnology, food production, GMO, PLANT REPRODUCTİVE MATERIAL, transgenic

WILL “GMO-FREE” SOYBEAN PRODUCTION STOP?

21/10/2013

During the last 15 years, world-transgenic (GMO) soy production has reached 80 million hectares which currently represents 80% of total acreage. The graph on the right shows the annual production figures. In 2012 in Brazil, the United States and Argentina total GMO soybean ratio were 88%, 92% and 100% respectively. These developments certainly make access… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Sustainable Dev., Trade & Industry

REORIENTATION NEED OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS

03/10/2013

Recent unforeseen developments in world geography and expected demographic realities lead almost everyone to ask each other: “when will we be experiencing food crises?” Lately increasing climate change stories come to the point: S. Arabia has decided to stop up 2015 to grow one of the main crop (wheat) due to drought[1]. On the other… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Sustainable Dev.

, agricultural investments, biofuel, climate change, family farms, food crises, food production, global warming, Smallholder-farmers

Nazimi Acikgoz’s first post…

30/09/2013

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