Vitamin A enriched rice in five years to defeat deficiency
Agriculture scientists in Bangladesh have plans to develop genetically-engineered Vitamin-A enriched rice variety in five years. A genetically modified variety, the Golden Rice will go through greenhouse and field tests before advancing into production phase, like cultivation and harvest. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on [...]
Fixation with pesticides
Away from the dangers the cruel factor of this scenario is that pesticides are a multi-billion profit driven industry, and the general public is not privy to this facet. In a thought provoking expose, in the year 2000 the “New Internationalist” noted: Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on [...]
Toxic dumping in East Africa
East Africa has them. They are hazardous, portend grim and fatal implications and adversely affect all living things. These are obsolete pesticides which are defined as “stocked pesticides that can no longer be used for their original purpose or any other purpose and therefore require disposal.” Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip [...]
Gambia: Farmers’ Platform denies aflo-toxin affects Gambian peanuts
The president of National Farmers’ Platform, Musa Jawneh, has denied claims that Gambian groundnuts (peanuts) have high aflo-toxin content, arguing that they are of good quality like any other nuts coming from the sub-region. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print [...]
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