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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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FFAR Sponsors Competition to Feed the Next Billion
Challenge Led by the XPRIZE Foundation Will Crowdsource Innovative Solutions to Global Food and Agriculture Issues We are facing one of the biggest challenges of our time: How will we feed ten billion people by 2050? We need the best and brightest scientists working on solutions to help us make nutritious
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