Sentences with phrase «commercial cultivation»

If successful, the landmark lawsuit will lead to the first state - regulated commercial cultivation of industrial hemp in fifty years.

The list is published yearly and contains viable information on the varieties of industrial hemp that can be used for commercial cultivation and its testing requirements.

If successful, the landmark lawsuit will lead to the first state - regulated commercial cultivation of industrial hemp in over fifty years.

The commissioner regulates separate licenses for research and commercial cultivation with a maximum $ 250 application fee.

Under the STRASA project, two flood - tolerant rice varieties, BRRI dhan51 (Swarna - Sub1) and BRRI dhan52 (BR11 - Sub1), were released in Bangladesh for commercial cultivation in 2010.

In 2004 India allowed commercial cultivation of GM cotton and it now accounts for more than 90 % of the nation's harvest.

It has grown wild in Africa for centuries but has been under commercial cultivation in for many years in Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.

Add to this the recent published study stating that Golden Rice is unfit for commercial cultivation due to poor agronomic performance leading to low yield.

The types of peppers grown in the Mascarenes vary from island to island and from farm to farm, but there is significant commercial cultivation.

In Mexico, commercial cultivation measures approximately 40,000 acres in three main agricultural zones: the Lower Palaloapan River Valley in the states of Veracruz and Oaxaca, northern Veracruz, and the area around Delicias, Chihuahua.

Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, over staunch opposition from organic farmers, agreed to the unrestricted commercial cultivation of genetically modified alfalfa (developed by Monsanto to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup).

EU law forbade a compulsory moratorium on GM crop planting, so the government negotiated an agreement with the industry umbrella group SCIMAC (Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops) to hold back from commercial cultivation until the Field Scale Evaluations were complete.

For plant oil — based biofuels, such as jatropha, the main obstacle is the lack of research and practice in large - scale commercial cultivation, as well as mechanized harvesting.

The irony is thick because techniques used to insert genes from one organism into another were developed in European university labs more than 30 years ago, and the first stabs at commercial cultivation of so - called «transgenic» crops occurred in Europe's fields.

The EU approval of the starch potato «Amflora» in 2010 marked a major milestone for the whole green biotechnology sector, being the first approval for commercial cultivation of a genetically modified crop within the EU in more than a decade.

Therefore, Italy does not allow commercial cultivation of any GMOs, nor field trials of any modified plants tested in the country's academic labs or research centers.

In a recent study, scientists from India showed that the derived lines of Golden Rice produced phenotypic abnormality and poor yield performance making it unfit for commercial cultivation.

In recent study, scientists from India showed that the derived lines of Golden Rice produced phenotypic abnormality and poor yield performance making it unfit for commercial cultivation.

Despite 25 years of research and development, no Golden Rice - varieties are available today that are suitable for commercial cultivation.

As a result the Golden Swarna lines are unifit for commercial cultivation the study concludes.

By Dave DeWitt Hundreds of articles and at least one book — The Pepper Garden — have been written on the home and commercial cultivation of the Capsicums, so there's far too much information to go into great detail in this section.

Hundreds of articles and at least one book — The Pepper Garden — have been written on the home and commercial cultivation of the Capsicums, so there's far too much information to go into great detail in this section.

A moratorium was placed on the commercial cultivation of GM crops in WA in 2004.

In March 2004, environment secretary Margaret Beckett announced that the government would permit the commercial cultivation of the GM maize tested in the FSE trials, on certain conditions relating to further testing after 2006.

It added: «Reclassifying cannabis to Class B will reinforce our national message that cannabis is harmful and illegal, and will help to drive the enforcement priorities to reverse the massive growth in commercial cultivation.»

Mr. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet announced the party's plan to make the commercial cultivation of the African tropical almond tree the backbone of the Ghanaian economy should his party win power come the November polls.

Their results are the first step toward the commercial cultivation of mosses, a green alternative to the current practice of collecting it from the forest floor.

In 1999 the Thai government banned the import of genetically modified seeds for commercial cultivation but allowed imports for research.

At the end of 2009, the Chinese Biosafety Committee of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture announced its approval of GM Bt rice for commercial cultivation.

The EU approval of Amflora in 2010 marked a major milestone for the whole green biotechnology sector, being the first approval for commercial cultivation of a genetically modified crop within the EU in more than a decade.

While the processing methods used in the commercial cultivation of quinoa remove much of the soapy saponins that coats quinoa seeds, some people believe that it is a good idea to thoroughly wash the seeds to remove any remaining saponin residue.

Commercial cultivation is alive and well in those countries.

BTW, the commercial cultivation of bamboo for multiple products is great carbon sink.

They contend that commercial cultivation would increase the likelihood of covert production of high - THC marijuana, significantly complicate DEA's surveillance and enforcement activities, and send the wrong message to the American public concerning the government's position on drugs.

Passed by a unanimous vote among NCSL members, this inclusion of hemp farming support in the organization's agriculture policy marks an important shift among states toward lifting prohibition on the crop, and implementing regulations for its commercial cultivation at the state level.

This bill would open the way for commercial cultivation of industrial hemp in the United States at the federal level for the first time, by amending the Controlled Substances Act to specify that the term «marijuana» does not include industrial hemp.

Commercial Cultivation of Industrial Hemp, Policy Paper, 1997.