Our Perspective
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Hugh Grant Op-Ed: Let’s End World Hunger
9th March 2012 - 12:13pm
Last year was a milestone year for raising awareness and advancing a global dialogue about the challenge of doubling food production by 2050 to combat hunger and malnutrition and meet the needs of a fast-growing…
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The Challenge of Feeding 7 Billion People
9th March 2012 - 12:04pm
At the end of last year baby Piotr was born in Kaliningrad, Russia, which symbolically marked the elevation of the Earth's population to 7 billion. Piotr represents, at the same time, the challenges and the…
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Rising Above Adversity: The Story of Biotech Corn in the Philippines
12th January 2012 - 4:31pm
The article below includes excerpts and references from "How Biotech Corn Helped Restore a Town," by Tony A. Rodriguez, as published in Agriculture Magazine, November 2011. Permission for their use has been granted by the…
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Monsanto Brazil Helps Set New Standards for Sustainable Agriculture
12th January 2012 - 4:31pm
In a recent interview, the head of Monsanto Brazil's Sustainable Agriculture efforts, Gabriela Burian, explained the philosophies and policies that have helped Brazilian farmers dramatically increase agricultural production, while conserving resources and navigating an increasingly…
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GHI Report Enhancing Private Sector Involvement in Agricultural and Rural Infrastructure Development
12th July 2011 - 11:19am
On June 27, 2011, Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) posted its final policy report, estimating a $90 billion annual agricultural investment gap essential to meeting the needs of 9 billion people by 2050. The…
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GHI Releases Policy Brief, “Embracing Science-Based Technologies”
22nd June 2011 - 1:49pm
On June 13, 2011, Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) publicized a policy issue brief highlighting the importance of science-based technologies in addressing the challenges of feeding a growing nation sustainably. Food security is increasingly…
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A Yield Cup for Canada
20th June 2011 - 10:36am
This past week I was in Canada working with our team based in Winnipeg. The same day the Boston Bruins kept the Stanley Cup from returning to Canada1, I toured the new, state-of-the-art canola breeding…
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Don’t Forget about the Little Guy
10th May 2011 - 4:49pm
The small-stakes farmers should not be overlooked.
This was just one of the many messages presented the first day of the Water for Food Conference held in Lincoln, Nebraska in May 2011. The Conference, hosted…
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Water and Precision Agriculture
10th May 2011 - 4:47pm
The third annual international Water for Food conference, May 1-4, 2011, brought together experts from around the world to discuss the advances that can provide potential solutions for managing and using our water resources…
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Much Ado about Irrigation
10th May 2011 - 4:43pm
If you're not part of the 2 percent of U.S. citizens involved in agriculture, then you might not know the difference between non-irrigated and irrigated farm land. It's OK if you don't, but you should…
