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Farmer Profile - USA - Tiede - Embracing the innovations of plant science(05/02/2010)
Focus area: crop protection,pesticide management ,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: agriculture,chemical,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America,Spraying,Water
Tiede uses variable rate technology to apply crop protection. An aeroplane applicator sprays fungicide to prevent diseases such as blight. “Applicators with GPS locators have tremendous accuracy, putting the right amount of chemical in the right place".
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Farmer Profile - Canada - Chorney - A holistic approach to farming(21/01/2010)
Focus area: growing food,plant biotechnology,crop protection,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,sustainability,water,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: biotech crops,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America,Water
By using Biotech crops, Chorney can look at crop rotation on a holistic approach. He believes that stewardship of the land now is critical to ensure that crop production is going to be able to meet the production challenges of the future.
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Farmer Profile - India - Prasad - Build a Farm(08/07/2009)
Focus area: growing food,supplying sustainably,plant biotechnology,crop protection,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,sustainability,water,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: agricultural biotechnology,Asia pacific,biotechnology,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,Integrated pest management,Water
Prasad has seen great improvements in his cotton crops since he began using new seed varieties derived from biotechnology. Before adopting this technology, he faced destruction of his crop from pests, and flowering was inadequate.
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Farmer Profile - Brazil - Bissoni - Beyond the Garden(24/06/2009)
Focus area: growing food,plant biotechnology,crop protection,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,sustainability,sustainable agriculture,stewardship,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: biotechnology,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,Latin America,sustainable agriculture,Water
Bissoni’s father's farm produced just enough to feed the family. Thanks to new technologies such as mechanised equipment, fertilizers and crop protection products, as well as better seed varieties, the farm now produces enough food for 2-3000 people.
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