From my home office to yours, I want to thank everyone in our community for their support and continued endurance in getting through these turbulent times. Like many of you, CropLife International has fully integrated into a virtual business model while we continue to deliver the programs and engagement for our members. I am committed […]
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By Emir Šahinović, NextGen Plant Science Network. This blog was originally posted by The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) on the GFAR blog here. Water scarcity, water demand, clean water, water governance – these terms are increasingly being used due to the expanding effect of climate change on Earth. Climate change has significantly threatened this […]
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This week Unearthed released their analysis of global sales and use of products they considered to be Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). Although CropLife International has not had the opportunity to fully review the report at this time, we can comment on our members’ approach towards highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) and the voluntary portfolio review they conducted.
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More and more consumers are changing their eating habits, enough that the industry is seeing sweeping trends toward sustainability, “plant-forward” eating, and new superfoods. Read about the trends and see the original post “Is Biotechnology the Latest Food Trend” on the BIOtechNow blog. Aramark, one of the leading food service businesses in the country, released […]
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Young people in agriculture are innovating and using new ideas to solve the challenges of today and tomorrow. Simon Appeltans, a young PhD researcher, writes about his experience at the Symposium on the Future of Agriculture and discusses some of those challenges. The future of agriculture is arguably the most important conversation today. After all, […]
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A message from João Cesar M. Rando, Chief Executive Officer at inpEV from the 2018 Sustainability report. Republished with permission. Original post can be found here. InpEV closed 2018 with many achievements worth celebrating, despite the challenging scenario persisting throughout the year. We have reached an important milestone: the environmentally appropriate disposal of 500,000 tons of […]
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Dr. Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez has a background in medical sciences and is a physician by trade. After moving to the United States to work at the University of California, Davis and at The Ohio State University getting involved in public health and nutrition, he began his work on food security, improved seed varieties, and the health […]
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For many consumers around the world, where their food comes from and how it is made are important measurements of safety and quality. The demand for transparency is further propelled by concerns over food-borne health threats, the growing global trade of counterfeit and illegal pesticides, and the globalization of the food system.
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The Sustainable Development Goals are central to global efforts to tackle hunger, poverty, waste, pollution, and climate change. Giulia Di Tommaso, CropLife International’s President and CEO discusses how the private sector – notably the plant science industry – can play an important role in helping society achieve these Global Goals.
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“When we connect more, we can do more.” That is the message that YPARD (Young Professionals in Agricultural Development) director Yemi Adeyeye wants young people in agriculture to realize. We spoke with him about the organization and the importance of connecting young plant scientists and other agricultural professionals around the world. Why is it […]
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Dr. Martin Bloem is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. Learn about his take on food systems and how, within the context of global nutrition and food security, we can feed the world through 2050 and beyond. How would you propose […]
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Dr. Leena Tripathi is the Principal Scientist in Plant Biotechnology at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kenya. She is Deputy Director of East Africa Hub and Country Representative of IITA-Kenya. Learn more about her research that has the potential to prevent billions of dollars in crop losses every year for family farmers in […]
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Biodiversity is declining globally at rates “unprecedented in human history” and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with “grave impacts on people around the world now likely”, according to a new report from United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Howard Minigh, CEO of CropLife International, tells us more.
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Hugh Possingham, Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and fellow of the US National Academy of Sciences, has more than 600 peer reviewed papers and coordinates around 300 scientists across the world to ensure they deliver the science The Nature Conservancy needs to create better outcomes for the planet. We talked to him to find out more.
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Mark Haub is a professor at Kansas State University. He is known for the 2010 Twinkie Challenge, where he went on a 10-week diet of Twinkies and other sugary American junk food and lost 27 lbs. He says the point of the diet was to test the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans and to question our assumption that weight-loss is the epitome of health.
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