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REORIENTATION NEED OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS
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...
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WILL “GMO-FREE” SOYBEAN PRODUCTION STOP?
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...
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AS EU RENEWING ITS SEED LEGISLATION: NOT SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
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...
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HOW WILL FOOD CONSUMPTION HABITS CHANGE IN 2050’s
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...
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WILL WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN 2050?
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...
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS OF MALNUTRITION
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...
View ArticleROLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN CURRENT SYRIAN CONFLICT!
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...
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BRIC COUNTRIES, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NEW PLANT BREEDING TECHNIQUES
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....
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RECENT CHANGES IN EUROPEAN SEED BUISNESS
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,...
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HOW CAN BRIC COUNTRIES ASPIRE TO BECOME LEADERS IN 2050’S WORLD ECONOMY
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...
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Bioeconomy should focus on Meat
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...
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New Plant Breeding Technics Have Started to Bear Fruit
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...
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Unexpected Rise of Chinese Universities
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...
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What’s New in the World Seed Market?
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,...
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The First Commercial Product of Genome Editing: Tilapia
Agricultural production must continue by protecting the environment and ensuring sustainability. In this context, it is imperative to develop new genotypes continuously in plants, animals and...
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First Plant Product of Gen Editing: A New Soybean Variety
At the beginning of 2019, soybean oil with improved quality did took its place on the market shelves. The mentioned soybean oil contains several times less saturated fatty acids and healthier oleic...
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What Will be the Future of Farmers?
It is expected that the technological developments such as robotics and artificial intelligence, will reduce the human contribution in agriculture. Even if some farms with hundreds of animals have...
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Urgent Need for Rural Revitalization
During conversations in some countries on agricultural production, the expression of “the people have being deserting the villages” is used. In fact, this is a signal that we will in future be...
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Russia’s Great Investment in Genetics and Breeding
In an unexpected period, Russia announced that it has allocated a large amount of new breeding technologies (Literature). According to information from the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the...
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