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Breakthroughs 2030 Report Identifies New Scientific Strategy to Transform US Agriculture
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Announces Moonshots for Food and Agricultural Research The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) today released, “Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030,” an innovative effort to determine the greatest scientific opportunities in the next decade within the fields
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FFAR Executive Director Sally Rockey Statement on 2018 Farm Bill
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Executive Director Sally Rockey, Ph.D., today applauded Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow for their bipartisan leadership in introducing a Senate Farm Bill that includes new funding for the Foundation. Rockey issued the following statement regarding the introduction of
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FFAR Applauds RIPE Research Team for Breakthrough in Crop Engineering that Boosts Crop Yield by Almost 50 Percent
A research team led by University of Essex has enhanced photorespiration, a process related to photosynthesis in plants, to boost yield by almost 50 percent, as reported in Plant Biotechnology Journal. This work is part of the international research project Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) that is supported by Bill & Melinda Gates
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