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ISSG's Global Invasive Species Database
Guam's terrestrial birds. The prolific tree Miconia calvescens has overrun Tahiti's native forests. Philippine rice farmers have lost nearly US$1 billion in crops to the invasive golden apple snail. African nations alone spend an estimated US$60 million annually on the control of alien water weeds, like water hyacinth Eichhornia ...
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News and Events
(Source: , RISE-AT News Archives) Rewards of organic farming [18 December 2002] While rice farmers this year will receive just a bit over 5,000 baht for 1,000 kilogrammes of their ... rice farmers in Yasothon province will receive as much as 10,000 baht for the same yield. With rice farming a losing proposition in other parts of the country, what is their secret? Organic rice. ( ...
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RIRDC Rice Research Program home page
Foster and achieve innovation, both on and off farm Background The Australian rice industry is primarily based in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Valleys of southern New South Wales. ... growers Progress towards the development of a new farm planning and assessment tool for rice farmers Development of a farmer extension package to extend the understanding of Program research and sustainable ...
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The Center for Food Safety - California Rice Commission Approves Genetically Engineered Rice
Though the approved guidelines restrict production to regions that do not currently grow rice (e.g., Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and seven other Southern California counties), they do not ... under this protocol and the CRC did not act in the best interests of California rice farmers or consumers," said Renata Brillinger of Californians for GE-Free Agriculture. The proposal will ...
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Less is more for Nepali rice
It is also part of the Consultative ... the environment. At CGIARs Annual General Meeting in 2002 near the IRRI in the Philippines, farmers protested calling for both institutions to be dismantled. The protesters issued a statement saying We ...
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organic rice is nice
Busan, South Korea, described the results of a study comparing the ecological effects of cultivating rice by organic and conventional methods. He counted the actual number, and relative abundance, of the aquatic ... become a pest because the mollusk is not hardy enough to survive the ferocious Korean winter. Rice farmers wanting to use the snails in their fields, Lee said, would have to buy a ...
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At Time of Food Crisis, New Rice Varieties Boost Africa’s Rice Production
Already, concerns about food ... the world because of its land and water resources. Our studies have found that local rice production under irrigated conditions can be as competitive as in Asia and much cheaper than ...
scienceinafrica.co.za

No Clearfield 131 rice in Arkansas in 2007
Arkansas State Plant Board has banned the rice variety Clearfield 131. The measure passed on a 6-5 vote at a March 2 emergency meeting and came after lengthy board deliberation and often emotional testimony from farmers, seedsmen and millers... The Arkansas Plant Board's latest action stems from the furor that began last August when the USDA announced a GM ...
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Genetic Engineering - Rice
Prof. Peter Saunders 24th October 2006 USDA Poised to Deregulate Illegal GM Rice Questions over USDAs Role in Transgenic Contamination and Regulation Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan ... problems Prof. Joe Cummins 13th September 2004 New Rice for Africa A new rice variety developed by plant breeders is boosting rice yields for farmers all over Africa Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 28th ...
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rice | Greenpeace UK
GM rice neatly encapsulates the whole sordid GM story into one bite: an uunnecessary crop ... because of potential health risks. (3) IRRI has recently initiated a project to search for rice varieties with naturally high vitamin A content. (4) Greenpeace briefing paper "Vitamin A: Natural Sources ...
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