The document summarizes the impacts of the Green Revolution from the 1940s-1970s, which aimed to increase global agricultural production through new technologies. It led to increased cereal crop yields through high-yielding varieties, irrigation infrastructure, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This boosted food availability and reduced famine in countries like India and Mexico. However, it also had negative consequences like groundwater depletion, increased monocultures, and worsening inequality as small farmers struggled with high input costs. The document then discusses the introduction of GE crops and notes both arguments for reducing world hunger but also concerns about the impacts on bees, weeds, and Indian farmer suicides.
B4FA 2012 Tanzania: GM crops now and for the future - Chris Leaverb4fa
Presentation at the November 2012 dialogue workshop of the Biosciences for Farming in Africa media fellowship programme in Arusha, Tanzania.
Please see www.b4fa.org for more information
Dr. Marty D. Matlock - Impacts of GMO Products on Food Security and TradeJohn Blue
Impacts of GMO Products on Food Security and Trade - Marty D. Matlock, PhD PE BCEE, Executive Director, Office for Sustainability, Area Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, from the 2014 NIAA Annual Conference titled 'The Precautionary Principle: How Agriculture Will Thrive', March 31 - April 2, 2014, Omaha, NE, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2014_niaa_how_animal_agriculture_will_thrive
GM Crops Policies: Perspectives from IndiaDhanuraj D
GM Crops Policies: Perspectives from India. Presented during the interaction with Semester At Sea Students of 2014 batch. The slides present the policy issues and the debates in India especially the role of regulator in bio safety
B4FA 2012 Tanzania: GM crops now and for the future - Chris Leaverb4fa
Presentation at the November 2012 dialogue workshop of the Biosciences for Farming in Africa media fellowship programme in Arusha, Tanzania.
Please see www.b4fa.org for more information
Dr. Marty D. Matlock - Impacts of GMO Products on Food Security and TradeJohn Blue
Impacts of GMO Products on Food Security and Trade - Marty D. Matlock, PhD PE BCEE, Executive Director, Office for Sustainability, Area Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, from the 2014 NIAA Annual Conference titled 'The Precautionary Principle: How Agriculture Will Thrive', March 31 - April 2, 2014, Omaha, NE, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2014_niaa_how_animal_agriculture_will_thrive
GM Crops Policies: Perspectives from IndiaDhanuraj D
GM Crops Policies: Perspectives from India. Presented during the interaction with Semester At Sea Students of 2014 batch. The slides present the policy issues and the debates in India especially the role of regulator in bio safety
The Green Revolution, Animal Agriculture, and GMOsPablo Martin
This slideshow discusses the Green Revolution and the other industrial breakthroughs in agriculture, including animal husbandry and GMOs, with a discussion of their environmental impacts.
With this document, which has a strong multidisciplinary character, devoted in particular to GMOs, we are trying to find answers to the following questions:
1) Can GMOs provide an effective and lasting solution to the problems of access to food in the world? Or, on the contrary, do they risk increasing inequality?
2) Can GMOs contribute to solving problems of environmental sustainability and the scarcity of natural resources? Or, on the contrary, are they a threat to biodiversity?
3) Are there risks connected with eating the genetically modified food now on the market?
4) What information do people have about biotechnologies and GMOs? And how is the subject handled by the media?
In this study we have attempted to integrate the different perspectives to arrive at a synthetic but detailed opinion, based on the representation of the different positions compared and on the facts that compose them.
What is a GMO? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering. This creates combinations of plant, animal, bacteria, and virus genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods.
One specific concern is the possibility for GMOs to negatively affect human health. This could result from differences in nutritional content, allergic response, or undesired side effects such as toxicity, organ damage, or gene transfer.
Contrary to what some believe, GMO crops can actually allow farmers to use less (and less toxic) pesticides on their fields. ... “On average, GM technology adoption has reduced chemical pesticide use by 37%, increased crop yields by 22%, and increased farmer profits by 68%.”
GM Crops are plant products of Biotechnology. They are developed through genetic modification. GM Crops have greater yield better taste But are they safe or not is a question.
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The Green Revolution, Animal Agriculture, and GMOsPablo Martin
This slideshow discusses the Green Revolution and the other industrial breakthroughs in agriculture, including animal husbandry and GMOs, with a discussion of their environmental impacts.
With this document, which has a strong multidisciplinary character, devoted in particular to GMOs, we are trying to find answers to the following questions:
1) Can GMOs provide an effective and lasting solution to the problems of access to food in the world? Or, on the contrary, do they risk increasing inequality?
2) Can GMOs contribute to solving problems of environmental sustainability and the scarcity of natural resources? Or, on the contrary, are they a threat to biodiversity?
3) Are there risks connected with eating the genetically modified food now on the market?
4) What information do people have about biotechnologies and GMOs? And how is the subject handled by the media?
In this study we have attempted to integrate the different perspectives to arrive at a synthetic but detailed opinion, based on the representation of the different positions compared and on the facts that compose them.
What is a GMO? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering. This creates combinations of plant, animal, bacteria, and virus genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods.
One specific concern is the possibility for GMOs to negatively affect human health. This could result from differences in nutritional content, allergic response, or undesired side effects such as toxicity, organ damage, or gene transfer.
Contrary to what some believe, GMO crops can actually allow farmers to use less (and less toxic) pesticides on their fields. ... “On average, GM technology adoption has reduced chemical pesticide use by 37%, increased crop yields by 22%, and increased farmer profits by 68%.”
GM Crops are plant products of Biotechnology. They are developed through genetic modification. GM Crops have greater yield better taste But are they safe or not is a question.
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Is there anything wrong with genetically modified crops?BHU,Varanasi
As per United Nation’s projection the global population expected to become between 8.3 and 10.9 billion by 2050. While food production has increased accordingly, some 800 million people, primarily in the developing world, still do not have access to sufficient food. Forty thousand people die every day from malnutrition, over half being children under the age of 5. In addition to lack of food, deficiencies in micronutrients, such as vitamins and iron, leading to illness and death are widespread. To meet this challenge over the next 50 years, we must double-to-triple the production of food on, essentially, the same area of land in the face of decreasing water supplies and with respect to the environment. This will be made more difficult by the consequences of global warming, such as increased climatic variability, changing patterns of rainfall and new pests and diseases. At the same time there must be a cessation of wilderness erosion to protect biodiversity and maintain ecosystems. Since the 1970s, the world has also seen a revolution in our understanding of how organisms function at the molecular, biochemical and physiological level. An integral part of this revolution has been the development of technologies that allow the transfer of genes from one species to another using biotechnological tools and which has become an important field in the global market. Genetically modified (GM) crops involves the deliberate modification of plants and animals' genetic material using innovative recombinant DNA technology.It is believed that the application of biotechnology to agriculture—together with plant breeding and improved agricultural practice—may provide solutions to some of the challenges outlined above without jeopardizing the environment, cliamte, biodiversity and human well being . Feeding the increasing world population in a sustainable and nutritious manner is definite and commited role and at the same time assuming responsibility for fully evaluating any technology for future generations is another important task.As with many new technologies, people are keen to embrace the benefits but reluctant to accept potential risks. The manner of introduction of GM crops onto the market has led to widespread loss of public confidence, which has been exploited by non-representative groups and activists for their own political ends. Some hypothesised threats of GM crops to the environment are elevated as being more important than the security of mankind. And the future that the critics offer is bleak: hard-won knowledge is rejected in favour of ideology. They require an absolute safety guarantee for GM crops, but such a warranty cannot be given everything cannot be known about anything. There are mixed views, confusions and confidence about GM crops and their probable effect on soil-water-plant animal continuum system. Thus, a standard of absolute certainty will effectively stop the attainment of the benefits of this or any other technology.
Enhancing Societal Acceptance of GM Crops in IndiaSenthil Natesan
Fate of agricultural biotechnology hinges on how it is perceived by the policy makers and the public
We can help provide information so the stakeholders can make informed choices and pave way for enabling policies
You too Can Be a Seed Saver: A Guide to Seed Saving
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Genetic modification of plants involves adding a specific stretch of DNA into the plant's genome, giving it new or different characteristics.
INTRODUCTION
EXAMPLES
CONCLUSION
A Guide to Seed Saving: You too Can be a Seed Saver
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
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CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SEED INDUSTRY-TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRIDS
-Dr. Arvind Kapur
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What opportunities are there with Ag Biotech that remain unrealized? Important crops have been engineered, by public and government labs, so solve problems for the environment, the farmer, the needy and the consumer. These remain unused due to high regulatory barriers and small farm industry fear of public backlash.
THIS PRESENTATION IS MAINLY ON THE EFFECTS, AVAILABILITY, STATUS, SAFETY, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF GM CROPS IN MODERN LIFE. IT WILL HELP MANY STUDENTS TO STUDY ON THIS TOPIC IN FUTURE.
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GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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To Graph or Not to Graph Knowledge Graph Architectures and LLMs
Week 8 gmo
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4. Research, development, and technology – 1940s-1970s
Increased agricultural production around the world
New view for ag.- commercial sector than a subsistence
one
India Famine –plant breeding, irrigation,
agrochemicals…
“Saving a billion people from starvation”
High-yielding varieties of cereal grains
Expansion of irrigation infrastructure
Modernization of management techniques
Distribution of hybrid seeds
Synthetic fertilizers and pesticides
5. Semi-dwarf allowed countries
like Mexico and India to be
self-sufficient
Yields of rice and wheat
doubled
Higher profits allowed farmers
to expand
Instead of widespread famine,
cereal and calorie availability
per person increased by 30%
Wheat & rice cheaper
Raised farmer’s income
Stimulated rural nonfarm
economy – less poor families
Better nutrition
Depletion of groundwater
Increased monocultures
Excessive and inappropriate
use of fertilizers & pesticides
Increased income inequality
and asset distribution
Owners of large farms were
main adopters of new
technologies (access to
irrigation, fertilizers, seeds,
and credit)
Small farmers unaffected or
harmed – lower product
prices, higher input prices…
Worsened absolute poverty?
6. Pre Revolution – Indian farmers grew diverse food
crops
With new machinery, chemical pesticides and
fertilizers, and hybrid seeds = now planted cash crops
for export rather than local food consumption
Ex: Cotton – India opened its seed sector to
international agribusiness (small farmers competing
with giant cotton plantations and seed corporations)
7. What would have been the magnitude
of hunger and poverty without the yield
increases of the Green Revolution and
with the same population growth?
How does this relate to what’s
happening today with genetically
modified foods? Green Revolution II?
8.
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10.
11. Easing of world hunger?
Development of crops that
can be grown in marginal
soil
Reduced strain on
nonrenewable resources?
- Drought resistant crops
- Salt-tolerant crops
- Crops that make more
efficient use of nitrogen
and other nutrients
12. Reduced use of pesticides
and herbicides?
► Development of pest
resistant crops
► Reduced herbicide use is
better for the environment
and reduces costs for
farmers
13. Improved crop quality?
Frost resistant crops
Disease resistant crops
Flood resistant crops
Improved nutritional quality?
Development of foods
designed to meet specific
nutritional goals
14. In 2002, Monsanto “came to the
rescue” with higher-tech seeds than
hybrid seeds from Green
Revolution = GE Bt Cotton
“Miracle Seeds” would bring pest
resistance and higher yields
Heavily marketed in India with film
stars and religious deities
4-10 times more expensive than
hybrid seeds
GE “terminators” – seeds had to be
repurchased every season
15. Bt cotton required more pesticides spraying than
indigenous cotton
Created new resistant pests – farmers were using 13 times
more pesticides = more costs
Yields are low – Monsanto claims 1500kg per year but
farmers were getting only 300-400 kg per year
Crop failures are common – farming no longer financially
sustainable (can’t compete with cheap subsidized cotton)
1994 – 1 lb of raw cotton = $1.10
2006 – 1 lb of raw cotton = $0.54
“GM Genocide” – In 2009 alone, 17,638 Indian farmers
committed suicide
16. Vandana Shiva ‘s The Violence of the Green Revolution: the non-sustainability of
chemical industrial agriculture and the unproductivity of chemical monocultures.
20. Threatened by pollen in GMO maize
Rapid rise of crops engineered
to withstand herbicides
Monarchs lay their eggs on
milkweed / caterpillars feed on
milkweed
Milkweed thrives on edges of corn fields
Roundup Ready – farmers used regularly without
worrying about impact on RR crops
Milkweed plunged 58%; Monarch egg production
decreased by 81%
21. Feb 2013 - 1500 colonies of honey bees disappear in Mexico
CCD – Colony Collapse Disorder
Monoculture fields of GMO Bt corn inoculated with
pesticide called neonicoticoids (neurotoxins)
Disrupts their ability to learn, remember, and find their way
back to the hive
Coat 142 million acres of corn, wheat, soy and cotton seed
and common ingredients in home gardening products
Contaminate the pollen and nectar
Monocultures also fragment natural food supply
2006 - 30% of US bee population disappeared and bees
were imported; happening annually ever since
22. Bt – bacteria lives in the soil &
naturally produces a toxin
Bt corn – pesticide in pollen
2000 StarLink Bt corn designed
for stock feed
Found in Taco Bell taco shells
Not approved for human
consumption
Kraft recalled all taco shells
Ex. of lack of control to monitor
modified corps entering food supply
23. Soybean and Canola
Concern that plants engineered to
withstand weed killers = super bugs
& super weeds
Traditionally, farmers saved portion
of seeds for next year’s crop
Growers using GE / RR crops must
sign a contract agreeing not to save or reuse seeds
Court decisions have supported Monsanto’s right to
prevent farmers from saving patented seeds
24.
25. DNA genetically modified to
produce growth hormones
for its entire life
Grow at much faster rate than
wild salmon
FDA approved for human
consumption in US
AquAdvantage – grow 2x rate
Fear – interbreeding with natural salmon
Claims fish is sterile – only 95% actually sterile
Available at grocery store by end of year
26. 2013 – farmer sprays Roundup and finds green wheat
stalks
Monsanto never asked for government approval to sell
GMO wheat – growing it would violate the law
Tested positive as GMO wheat at Oregon State
If rogue genes are present in America’s wheat harvest –
Japan, Korea, and other customers
say they won’t take it (millions of
dollars)
Monsanto claims anti-biotech
activists stole the wheat and
staged it as sabotage
27.
28. Map indicating which states have pending GMO labeling bills or
upcoming ballot initiatives. Credit: Right to Know.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34. Is supporting Organic standards
the solution?
• USDA regulations allow food products that contain 95100% certified organic ingredients
• Prohibit chemical fertilizers, synthetic substances,
irradiation, sewer sludge or GMOs in production
• Prohibit antibiotic and synthetic hormone use in
organic meat and poultry
• Require 100% organic feed for
organic livestock
• Labeled “100% organic,” “organic,”
or just “made with organic
ingredients,” non-organic
ingredients cannot be produced
from GMOs
{"5":"Stimulation of rural nonfarm economy generated significant new income and employment of its own. Real per capita incomes almost doubled in Asia between 1970 and 1995. Went from 3 in 5 at poverty level to less than 1 in 3. Much of the steady decline in poverty in Asia and India is due to agricultural growth and associated with declines in food prices! Better nutrition came from raising incomes and reducing prices – people could consume and calories and diversify their diets (more veggies, fruits, and livestock).\nFYI – Sub-Saharan Africa did not reap these benefits – poor infrastructure, high transport costs, limited investment in irrigation, and pricing/marketing policies that penalized farmers made the Green Revolution technologies too expensive or inappropriate for Africa.\n","22":"Bacillus thuringeiensis; this bacteria lives in the soil and naturally produces a toxin that functions as a pesticide; BEES?; Kraft voluntarily recalled all taco shells but in weeks following, SL corn was detected in many other food products, some even outside US. Evidence of lack of control in place to monitor modified crops entering our food supply. Without tracking system as seen with the elevator from last week – how can any of this corn be tracked? \n","17":"Frankenfoods – campaign about how “safe” GMOs really are for the consumption of humans and animals and the environment; “monstrous creation that usually ruins its originator” \nGolden Rice – 1999 spliced 2 genes from a daffodil and 1 from bacterium into rice to include beta carotene; when consumed, beta carotene converted in human body into Vitamin D; hailed as solution to Vitamin A deficiency condition that threatens millions of people around the world with blindness or death; worried about lost of biodiversity and local food security by relying on a single nutrient approach\n","23":"Proponets claim that these genetically engineered soybeans are advantageous for the environemtn because herbicide resistant plants will reduce the use of artificial pesticides; while number of herbicdes treatments on soybeans resistant to glyphosate (active ingredient in RR herbicides) has decerased, the total amoun tof glyphosate used have actually increased. \n","29":"Zoom here - http://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/I-522-full.jpg \n","7":"Increase in food demand does not equate to an increase in food security. Many other factors come into play – level of government corruption, level of action government undertakes to solve food crises, financial ability of country to buy food… Green Revolution does not address the root causes – high birth rates… May help short-term but more negative impacts in the long-term?\n","8":"http://www.pbs.org/pov/foodinc/photo_gallery_quiz.php#.UUZxM1d-SSo - online quizA GM food is one that has sequences of DNA from another organism inserted into its genome in order to get a desired phenotype. The definition of GM foods may also include foods that have an a deleted gene, foods such as cheese that are made from enzymes that are from a genetically modified organism, and foods such as beef that have been fed genetically modified feed. \n","36":"DVDs, CDs, & books are available to help spread the word\n","14":"Bt cotton contains a bacteria gene, an insecticide that repels bollworm, cotton's most voracious parasite.\nnew seeds must be purchased every year from big seed companies, \nvery expensive and have to be repurchased every planting season \nat the same punitive prices.\n","3":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9-HTtgFOk 8 Minutes\n","31":"Proposition 37 registered a full 48.6 percent of the California vote last November. More than 6 million voters saying “yes” to labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods - given that the No campaign (with major funding from chemical companies and packaged food giants such as Monsanto, DuPont, Dow, PepsiCo and Kraft) outspent the initiative’s supporters by more than $35 million dollars. \n","20":"Bt crops have also threatened the Monarch – pollen dusts milkweed plants have cuased caterpillars to develop slowly, consume less food, and die at higher rates\n","15":"Compared to traditional seed, genetically engineered seeds are very expensive and have to be repurchased every planting season \n","4":"India adopted IR8 – a semi-dwarf rice that could produce more grains of rice per plant when grown with certain fertilizers and irrigation. Dubbed “miracle rice” because it yielded 10x more than traditional rice. India became one of the world’s most successful rice producers and is now a major rice exporter.\n"}