Sentences with phrase «on food biotechnology»
(IFIC Foundation videos, «Physicians Offer Expert Advice on Food Biotechnology»)
http://www.foodinsight.org/ Not exact matches
The Senate Agriculture Committee hearing today on agricultural biotechnology highlighted the overwhelming scientific evidence supporting the safety of foods developed from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the tremendous urgency for Congress to pass a national, uniform labeling standard this year.
International conference on Food and Agricultural economics April 27 - 28 2018, Alanya, Turkey; International congress on Food Technology October 10 - 12 2018, Cappadocia, Turkey; World Biotechnology Congress July 16 - 17, 2018, Berlin, Germany; International Conference on Food Quality, Safety and Security October 25 - 26 2018, Colombo, SriLanka; World Food and Agriculture Conference, June 15 - 27, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden; World Food Science and Technology Conference June 11 - 12, 2018, Greece, Europe; World Congress on Food Chemistry and Microbiology September 03 - 04, 2018, Dubai, UAE.
IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Food and Nutrition (2003) Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2003; out on paperback on October 15, 2007) Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (2004) What to Eat (2006)
While not writing off biotechnology or GM foods, the researchers say that, until more is known, it's prudent to acknowledge and address uncertainties about their effects on people, animals and plants.
About 64 percent of Americans are uncomfortable with animal cloning, and 43 percent believe the products are unsafe for consumption, according to a 2006 survey by the nonpartisan Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.
Biotechnology is a great tool that will allow us to produce more food on less land and with less depletion or damage to water resources and biodiversity.
Given limited farmland and the need to protect natural lands, it is critically important to increase food productivity on a per - acre basis, through advanced breeding and biotechnology.
Such biotechnology is «critical for achieving the ecological intensification required to meet human food demand on a global scale,» argues agronomist Ken Cassman of the University of Nebraska — Lincoln.
Vivian Moses, professor of biotechnology at the University of London and the chairwoman of Cropgen, an advisory group on GM foods, said: «These beekeepers believe that there is a sensitivity among consumers of the presence of GM material, that the honey containing GM loses quality.
«Biotechnology is one of the tools necessary in helping farmers grow more food on less land,» explained ISAAA Global Coordinator Randy Hautea.
The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has met with the International Association for Plant Biotechnology team at University College Cork, Ireland and has been updated on progress towards the 14th quadrennial IAPB congress being held in Dublin in August.
Food and You: Feeding the World with Modern Agricultural Biotechnology by William P. Kucewicz and based on our book by Martina Newell - McGloughlin, D.Sc., Bruce Chassy, Ph.D. and Gregory Conko, J.D.
IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).
Specifically, Andrew Baum is a member of the Executive Committee Board of BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) serving as vice chair and secretary, is chair of BIO's Food and Agriculture Governing Body, serves as a member and past chair of the BIO working group on plant - made pharmaceuticals and is a member of the Council for Biotechnology Information.
On the other hand, if synthetic biology can start improving the world outside of food, perhaps society will start to view biotechnology with more of an open mind, and eventually embrace it — even on the dinner tablOn the other hand, if synthetic biology can start improving the world outside of food, perhaps society will start to view biotechnology with more of an open mind, and eventually embrace it — even on the dinner tablon the dinner table.
We are very excited and honored to be in the top 12 and have the opportunity to present at the Crop, Animal and Food Tech Showcase on April 24 - 25 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
It has healthy household incomes and its 8.3 % unemployment rate (close to the national average) is on a downward trend, mainly because Guelph has rolled out an Economic Development and Tourism Strategy, encouraging growth in key sectors such as the life sciences, biotechnology, agri - food firms, environmental and high - tech.
After gaining degrees in Food Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, and Biophysics (all actual fields of study whether you've heard of them or not), Ndikung casually founded the non-profit art space SAVVY Contemporary Berlin, a space dedicated to displaying «Western» and «non-Western» art on equal terms, along with SAVVY Journal, the first bilingual e-journal for contemporary African Art criticism.
Ndikung has been living on and off in Berlin since 1997, where he studied Food Biotechnology in the University of Technology Berlin, did a doctorate in Medical Biotechnology in the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf / TU Berlin and a post-doctorate in Biophysics in Montpellier.
Biotechnology promises drought - resistant, more productive crops to address food shortages brought on by climate shocks and population growth.
Mr. Stellabotte has worked on matters involving a broad range of technologies, including computer hardware and software, consumer electronics, telecommunications products and services, smart phones, tablets, and mobile media technologies, data transmission, Internet, digital video compression standards, CDs and DVDs, mobile phones, the ATSC digital television standard, navigation and location - based services, pharmaceutical capsules, biotechnology, including immunoassays, home pregnancy and other diagnostic tests, and medical devices, financial services, e-commerce, pharmaceuticals, and food products and processes.
In that capacity he worked on health care, food and drug and biotechnology legislation.
CPL Business Consultants focuses on the Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology sectors.
I am Looking for a Microbiologist, Laboratory Manager, Research Scientist, Research Associate job in the area of San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, Abilene on Food & Environmental, analytical Analysis, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Science, Disease diagnostic by Molecular Biology Techniques.