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• Are we GM-ready?
  
  Jul 14, 2016 - ... than from their non-GM counterparts”, added the report. Therefore, they believe that people should not make any sweeping generalizations on artificially-produced crops. The committee l ...
• Farming mega-mergers threaten food security, say campaigners
  
  Sep 30, 2016 - ... d technology, he says. “Most farmers in countries like China are aged over 50. Young people [no longer] want to farm.”Technology and agriculture watchdog group ETC argues that the ta ...
• What Exportation Says About Food Security
  
  Jun 25, 2015 - 2015 is looking to be a good year for the rice exportation industry in Southeast Asia. As reported in the Bangkok Post earlier in January this year, Thailand is seen t ...
• The Catastrophe that is Drought
  
  Jun 28, 2015 - ... se long dry spells have, of course, serious, if not grave, effects on the lives of the people and the communities. No water, no livelihoodFor the countries in the Lower Mekong, water pla ...
• Shifting the Spotlight to Women in Fisheries
  
  Apr 28, 2015 - ... low through six countries, fishery is an integral economic activity. Around 80% of the people living in the Lower Mekong Basin are said to rely on the river for their sustenance and live ...
• VN to focus on rural development, poverty
  
  Nov 13, 2015 - ... be at a higher level than all other NA's resolutions."The referendum reflects what the people select and decide so it should be just as an ordinary resolution," he said.Regarding the reg ...
• iFarming: How Automated Farming is Changing the Agricultural Landscape
  
  Mar 10, 2016 - ... ccurate. If combined with traditional breeding, this innovation can further hasten how people develop the genetic potential of their crops and livestock. “Taken together, both farm and ...
• Moving Forward to Address Food Security in 2014
  
  Apr 24, 2015 - ... is a key contributor to the countries’ GDP and one of the major sources of income of people in the countryside. The 21st century brings with it new challenges for those in the agricult ...
• Cambodia's 'beating heart' and climate change disaster
  
  Nov 29, 2015 - ... e his income, is at an all-time low. "Competition for fish has increased a lot and now people just have to look out for themselves," he explains. "I don't know what we'll do if there's n ...
• Catching Fish
  
  Jun 25, 2015 - ... in turn, has pronounced effects on the livelihood and food security conditions of the people and communities relying on the abundance of the river. Bringing the fish back The unfortunat ...

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