Crops For the Future, known by its acronym CFF, is an independent international organisation with a mandate to promote and facilitate the greater use...
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Genetically modified crops (GM crops) are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering methods. Plant genomes...
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Tamarind (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
L. Crops for the Future. ISBN 978-0-85432-859-8. Borah, Prabalika M. (April 27, 2018). "Here's what you can cook with tender tamarind leaves". The Hindu...
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crops around desirable cash crops. The following is a simplified classification based on crop quality and purpose. Many crops which are critical for the...
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among smallholders almost all crops are mainly grown for revenue. In the least developed countries, cash crops are usually crops which attract demand in more...
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world’s crop diversity for future food security. Through an endowment fund for crop diversity, the Crop Trust provides financial support for key international...
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change on individual crops, particularly on the four staple crops: corn (maize), rice, wheat and soybeans. These crops are responsible for around two-thirds...
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to describe such crops include minor, orphan, underused, local, traditional, alternative, minor, niche, or underdeveloped. Three crops: maize, wheat, and...
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The following table shows the vegetable oil yields of common energy crops associated with biodiesel production. Included is growing zone data, relevant...
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Tropical agriculture (section Pioneering crops)
tropical agriculture, cash crops (normally crops grown for export) are also included in the definition. When people discuss the tropics, it is normal to...
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Mountain papaya (category Crops originating from the Americas)
Agriculture. University of Ghent: Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis Tradewinds Fruit Database Crops for the Future: Mountain papaya (Vasconcellea pubescens)...
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395,400,000 acres). 10% of the world's crop lands were planted with GM crops in 2010. As of 2011, 11 different transgenic crops were grown commercially on...
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Starving Time (redirect from The starving time)
reducing the original settlement to only 38 survivors. After expanding fortifications, reinforcing shelters, and placing armed men to defend crops from native...
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Legume (redirect from Leguminous crops)
nodules. Some of the fixed nitrogen becomes available to later crops, so legumes play a key role in crop rotation. The term pulse, as used by the United Nations'...
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Agriculture (redirect from Crop farming)
without harming the resistant crop. Herbicide-tolerant crops are used by farmers worldwide. With the increasing use of herbicide-tolerant crops, comes an increase...
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and Benefits of Transgenic Crops. Dordrecht, NL: Springer Press Smyth SJ (April 2020). "The human health benefits from GM crops". Plant Biotechnology Journal...
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Amaranthus caudatus (category Crops originating from South America)
Hong Kong Baptist University) (in Chinese) (in English) Crops for the Future: Kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus) "Amaranthus caudatus". Plants for a Future....
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resistant crops have also been developed or are in development. This makes the insect and weed management of crops easier and can indirectly increase crop yield...
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Energy crops are low-cost and low-maintenance crops grown solely for renewable bioenergy production (not for food). The crops are processed into solid...
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Genetically modified food (redirect from Transgenic food crop)
on cash crops in high demand by farmers such as soybean, maize/corn, canola, and cotton. Genetically modified crops have been engineered for resistance...
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Saccharum officinarum (category Crops originating from Asia)
(2019). "De Novo Domestication: An Alternative Route toward New Crops for the Future". Molecular Plant. 12 (5). Cell Press: 615–631. doi:10.1016/j.molp...
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agriculture, cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested. Cover crops manage soil erosion...
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Futures studies (redirect from Images of the future)
and work in the future. Predictive techniques, such as forecasting, can be applied, but contemporary futures studies scholars emphasize the importance...
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Yacón (category Crops originating from Peru)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Lima, Perú. 60 p. Yacón description from the Australian New Crops Newsletter Crops for the Future: Yacon (Smallanthus...
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The X-Files (also known as The X-Files: Fight the Future) is a 1998 American science fiction thriller film based on Chris Carter's television series of...
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Agricultural biodiversity (category Crops)
tree biodiversity Crops for the Future (CFF) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture European Crop Wild Relative Diversity...
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Artocarpus lacucha (category Flora of the Indian subcontinent)
Fruit with foliage Crops for the Future: Barhal (Artocarpus lakoocha) Experiments have shown that the heme-peroxidase enzyme from the medicinal plant Artocarpus...
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redomestication of wild relatives of domesticated crops. Through millennia under selection, most domesticated crops have undergone many genetic bottlenecks, drastically...
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Emmer (category Founder crops)
emmer, the seed head remains intact, thus making it easier for people to harvest the grain. Along with einkorn, emmer was one of the first crops domesticated...
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Precision agriculture (redirect from Site Specific Crop Management (SSCM))
August 2016). "Hacking the farm: How farmers use 'digital agriculture' to grow more crops". CNNMoney. "The future of agriculture". The Economist. 9 June 2016...
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