– “Understanding scientific studies” (EUFIC)
– Smart AgriMatics 2012 : ICT and Farming conference
– “A better banana for Africa” (Farming & Agriculture)
– Putting the crunch on weed seed (IPMNetNews)
– How Making Food Safe Can Harm Wildlife And Water (NPR, USA)
– Nano-Pesticides: Solution or Threat for a Cleaner and Greener Agriculture?
– GMO ban: Risks for science-based assessments
– Is Europe losing its mojo in science and innovativeness? (animated video)
– To smile (?): Does organic food turn people into jerks ? (Today Health)
“Understanding scientific studies” (EUFIC)
In this story, EUFIC aims to “help the media, health professionals, and educators understand how to read and evaluate food and health-related scientific studies. It presents an overview of key information to look for, questions to ask, and other important” The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) is a non-profit organisation which communicates…
Smart AgriMatics 2012 : ICT and Farming conference
La protection des plantes demain
On 13 and 14 june 2012, three europeans projects (agriXchange, ICT-AGRI ERA-NET et SmartAgriFood) organize « Smart AgriMatics 2012 », a conference on ICT and agri-food chain. Precision farming, smart tools on sprayers, robotic, E-services, Databases, etc. : It should be valuable for advisers and growers, including in horticulture Registration La protection des plantes demain …
“A better banana for Africa” (Farming & Agriculture)
Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)
In this story, Farming & Agriculture describes the efforts of Kenyan Growers and researchers to get rid of main banana diseases : nematodes, fungi (Black Sigatoga), bacteria (for example BXW).
As bananas are a staple in many parts of Africa, the pest and diseases control is very important.
Putting the crunch on weed seed (IPMNetNews)
IPMNetNews n°195 (issue soon available online) describes the HSD (standing for “Harrington Seed Destructor”), a farmer-invented device which “collects both straw and chaff discharged by the harvester (combine), passes the former directly through back to the ground surface, while diverting chaff and any carried weed seed to a counter-rotating cage mill that thoroughly grinds the chaff and seed…
How Making Food Safe Can Harm Wildlife And Water (NPR, USA)
In this story, NPR(National Public Radio, USA) informs of what is happening in Salinas Valley in California, the « America’s salad bowl ». “We’d probably like to think that clean, safe food goes hand in hand with pristine nature, with lots of wildlife and clean water. But in the part of California that grows a lot of…
Nano-Pesticides: Solution or Threat for a Cleaner and Greener Agriculture?
Science Daily reports a study by Melanie Kah and Thilo Hofmann from the Department of Environmental Geosciences of the University of Viennathe evaluation of risks and benefits of nano-pesticides to human and environmental health. “The study presents the current scientific state of art on nano-pesticides and identifies direction priorities for future research” “Nano-pesticides may reduce environmental contamination through…
GMO ban: Risks for science-based assessments
French President François Hollande will face judicial problems over the ban on the cultivation of genetically modified plants, and this has weakened science-based risk assessment in the EU by EFSA and others Safety Agencies. It leads confusion in general public, argue Marcel Kuntz, John Davison and Agnès E. Ricroch. Stephane Le Foll, French Ministry of Agriculture, is doing the…
Is Europe losing its mojo in science and innovativeness? (animated video)
This pleasant animated video shows bureaucratic and regulatory barriers to GM innovation in EU. These barriers work also against plant protection…
To smile (?): Does organic food turn people into jerks ? (Today Health)
Organic Market in New York
Organic Market in New York Kendall J. Eskine, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Loyola University New Orleans, recently had his manuscript, “Wholesome Foods and Wholesome Morals? Organic Foods Reduce Pro-social Behavior and Harshen Moral Judgments,” accepted for publication by Social Psychological and Personality Science, a peer-reviewed journal in social and personality psychology….