From PPB to Farmer Seed Network: Enhancing Farmer Seed System for Food Secur...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/agroecology-symposium-china/en/
Presentation of Yiching Song, from Chinese Academy of Science, on Participatory Plant Breeding and farmer seed networks in China. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the International Symposium on Agroecology in China, held in Kunming, China on 29-31 August 2016.
Food security has three dimensions - availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Food insecurity most affects the poor, landless, artisans, petty workers, and ill-paid urban occupations. Food security is ensured when enough food is available and accessible to all at an affordable price. Natural calamities and crop failures can threaten food security by reducing production and increasing prices, potentially leading to starvation and famine over the long term. India aims to ensure food security through self-sufficiency, public distribution systems, and welfare programs.
Genetically modified crops and food Security..scientific factsRajdeeep sidhu
Genetically modified crops can help increase food security in several ways:
1) They can increase yields through traits like insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, virus resistance, and drought tolerance. This helps increase food availability.
2) GM crops that are drought resistant or produce higher yields allow food to be grown in more difficult conditions, improving stability of food sources.
3) Some GM crops aim to directly enhance nutrition, such as golden rice which is engineered to produce higher amounts of vitamin A to address deficiencies.
From PPB to Farmer Seed Network: Enhancing Farmer Seed System for Food Secur...ExternalEvents
http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/agroecology-symposium-china/en/
Presentation of Yiching Song, from Chinese Academy of Science, on Participatory Plant Breeding and farmer seed networks in China. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the International Symposium on Agroecology in China, held in Kunming, China on 29-31 August 2016.
Food security has three dimensions - availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Food insecurity most affects the poor, landless, artisans, petty workers, and ill-paid urban occupations. Food security is ensured when enough food is available and accessible to all at an affordable price. Natural calamities and crop failures can threaten food security by reducing production and increasing prices, potentially leading to starvation and famine over the long term. India aims to ensure food security through self-sufficiency, public distribution systems, and welfare programs.
Genetically modified crops and food Security..scientific factsRajdeeep sidhu
Genetically modified crops can help increase food security in several ways:
1) They can increase yields through traits like insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, virus resistance, and drought tolerance. This helps increase food availability.
2) GM crops that are drought resistant or produce higher yields allow food to be grown in more difficult conditions, improving stability of food sources.
3) Some GM crops aim to directly enhance nutrition, such as golden rice which is engineered to produce higher amounts of vitamin A to address deficiencies.
The document discusses the social game market and opportunities within it. It notes that social games have positive viral loops when the percentage of users inviting friends multiplied by the number of friends invited and the acceptance rate is greater than 1. This drives snowball growth. It also discusses how social games originated from games like farming and aquarium simulations on Facebook and drove the growth of social networks by being more social and engaging than the networks themselves. Social games are driving both user growth and revenue for social media platforms.
The document discusses the social game market and opportunities within it. It notes that social games have positive viral loops when the percentage of users inviting friends multiplied by the number of friends invited and the acceptance rate is greater than 1. This drives snowball growth. It also discusses how social games originated from games like farming and aquarium simulations on Facebook and drove the growth of social networks by being more social and engaging than the networks themselves. Social games are driving both user growth and revenue for social media platforms.