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New Rice for Africa
Society. Rice wars Rice, the ... Rice Promises and Perils of GM Rice Two Rice Better Than One One Bird - Ten Thousand Treasures New Rice For Africa ISIS Press Release 28/07/04 New Rice for Africa A new rice variety developed by plant breeders is boosting rice ...
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Corporate Patents vs People in GM Rice
Society or the Inst. of Science in Society. Rice wars Rice, the staple food crop for more than half the ... to usurp rice varieties through genetic modification A fully referenced version of this article, the fourth in "Rice wars" series, is ... Monsanto, Syngenta – now have rice programmes. Rice is self-pollinated, making hybrid rice seed production costly and difficult, and nearly all rice in Asia ...
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Transcript: How Water Scarcity Will Shape the New Century
This could be. But it is difficult to win water wars. My guess is that the competition for water in the Middle ... begin thinking about changing irrigation practices. There is some evidence that rice, for example, can be grown with intermittent irrigation, rather than ... . Wheat, for example, requires less water per ton than does rice. Growing more water efficient crops is an important component of ...
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GM Potato Hoax : Future of GM Foods Rests on Lies
First it was the "Golden Rice Hoax" to sell genetically engineered foods as a solution to hunger ... every backyard provided hundreds of times more Vitamin A than "golden rice". Now we are being sold a "Protein Potato" hoax as ... Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling on Tehri Dam From Water Wars To Water Democracy People's National Water Forum Suez – Degremont ...
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Seed Sovereignty: Resisting corporate monopolies on seed
Syngenta to withdraw from its attempt to pirate India rice diversity. They committed themselves to stop patents on rice and conserve the rice diversity and knowledge of the people of Asia. Scientists ... Bush Administration Attacks RFSTE Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling on Tehri Dam From Water Wars To Water Democracy People's National Water Forum Suez – Degremont Kills Indian Workers WTO ...
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Origins of agriculture
In China rice and millet were domesticated by 7500 BC, followed by the beans mung, soy and aduki. In the Sahel region of Africa local rice and sorghum were domestic by 5000 BC. Local crops were ... grown by others thus giving power to Chieftains to engage in wars of conquest. The lack of varied chromosomal arrangements in the ...
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The Eyewash that is National Food Security
It is a minimalist system, where "food" means "rice/wheat" and "sugar", and "nutrition" means "basic health". In this reductive fashion, the system ensures ... n The Option AT A GLANCE Legislation Water and society SEE ALSO No water Water wars Look up! How to harvest n In rural areas n In urban areas Jal yodhas ...
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Navdanya catalogue
Rice: A survey of literature and Navdanya's field experience in traditional rice cultivation 35 Seeds of Suicide ... indigenous cold drinks 30 Vitamin A deficiency. Green solutions VS golden rice 25 No GM crops and food 35 Biopiracy of Indian ... Hijack of Food 75 Corporate Hijack of Water 75 Water Water wars 245 The Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan 150 Water - Commodity commons, basic ...
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River of Words: Poetry
In the Holocaust The Dying The Famines The Jailings The Wars The Drugs The Murders The Shootings The Pollution The Slavery The Dying All the troubles ... And when you are gone, mighty sun, I will make it More joyful still. Mae Rice, Age 11 Lakeside Middle School Seattle, Washington Teacher: Alicia Hokanson I Am True, I am ...
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news2000june1
Other "secutiry" initiatives being proposed include corporate tax cuts, Star Wars missle defense system (useless against terrorists), etc. We Must Stay ... Creek, which flows from mine property into tribal lands and Rice Lake, then on to the Wolf River. If Swamp Creek becomes tainted with mine wastes, the tribe's wild rice beds could be harmed or destroyed, a major catastrophe for ...
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