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Plant Science Innovators Honoured on World Intellectual Property Day (26 Apr 2012)
Issue:crop protection, intellectual property, plant biotechnology
In recognition of World Intellectual Property (IP) Day today, the plant science industry celebrates innovation fostered through IP to help meet agricultural challenges. Advances in agricultural technologies can increase food production for a rapidly growing world population while protecting the environment.
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Farmers Share Their Stories of the Benefits of Plant Science Innovations (23 Apr 2012)
Issue:crop protection, plant biotechnology
To celebrate Earth Day 2012, CropLife International is releasing 34 video profiles of farmers from around the world sharing their stories of how advances in plant biotechnology and crop protection products have made them more profitable and improved their livelihoods, as well as enabled the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. The videos showcase smallholder and large-scale farmers from 11 different countries, harvesting a variety of crops
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Plant Science Innovations are Helping to Conserve Global Water Supplies (22 Mar 2012)
Issue:crop protection, plant biotechnology
Today, agriculture accounts for 70% of global withdrawn fresh water usage, and by 2030 it’s estimated that nearly half the world’s population will be living under severe water stress. It is clear just how important it is for agriculture to use water wisely. Working together with plant scientists, farmers have embraced this challenge by adopting new technologies and techniques that conserve water.
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Small Holder Farmers in Developing Countries Continue to Benefit from Biotech Crops (10 Feb 2012)
In 2011, of the 16.7 million farmers worldwide growing 160 million hectares of biotech crops, 90 percent were small holder farmers in 19 developing countries, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).....
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Rising Regulatory Burden and Cost Risk Impacting the Global Food Supply (7 Nov 2011)
Issue:crop protection, plant biotechnology
In the past decade the amount of time and resources to bring a new biotech crop to market has peaked at over 13 years and US$136 million according to a new survey released by CropLife International and Phillips McDougall, a global business research organization. The first ever survey of the six major biotech crop developers, measured the time and cost of this process and examined the long and intricate path a new biotech crop must navigate in order to move from the laboratory to the marketplace and finally to a farmer’s field.
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Farmer Education and Technology Adoption Crucial to Feeding World Population of Seven Billion (31 Oct 2011)
Issue:crop protection, plant biotechnology
The United Nations estimates that by the end of today the world’s population will have quietly shot past seven billion. This means in the past decade the world has grown by nearly a billion people, and since 1940 the population has more than tripled. To meet the challenge of feeding this exponentially growing world, the plant science industry has created innovative technologies that provide farmers with the means to boost yields, increase farm income and protect natural resources.
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CropLife International & U.S. State Department to Host Town Hall Discussion on Resistance to Agricultural Innovation (5 Oct 2011)
Session will feature experts and agriculture ministers discussing how barriers to agricultural innovation threaten global food security.
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CropLife International Supports Commitment to Anti-Counterfeiting (5 Oct 2011)
Signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) enables a strong international framework against counterfeit pesticide products.
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CropLife International Press Release World Environment Day 2011 (6 Jun 2011)
World Environment Day Serves as a Reminder that Farming Innovations will Preserve the Environment and Support Economic Development.
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CropLife International Press Release World IP Day 2011 (26 Apr 2011)
With an increasing world population and precious finite natural resources, World Intellectual Property day allows us the opportunity to reflect on how innovation can help meet these challenges.
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