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GM Crops Promote Superweeds, Food Insecurity and Pesticides, Say NGOs [1]

"Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of "superweeds", according to a report by 20 Indian, south-east Asian, African and Latin American food and conservation groups representing millions of people.

Agriculture [2]
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Source: Guardian [6], 10/21/2011

"Farmers Facing Loss of Subsidy May Get New One" [7]

Don't feel too sorry for the farmers losing one federal subsidy -- they may simply be gaining another.

Environmental Politics [8]
Agriculture [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [10], 10/19/2011

"US Must Stop Promoting Biofuels To Tackle World Hunger, Says Thinktank" [11]

"America must stop promoting the production of biofuels if there is to be any real progress in addressing spiking global food prices and famine, such as seen in the Horn of Africa, an authoritative thinktank has warned."

Food [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Agriculture [2]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: Guardian [14], 10/13/2011

Advocates Push for and Against Crop Insurance [15]

As the federal budget battle continues, President Obama outlined on Sept. 19, 2011, a package of ideas designed to cut costs and increase income over the next decade. One element of the $3 trillion package is an $8.5 billion reduction in costs for crop insurance.

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"Insight: Chasing High Corn Prices, U.S. Farmers Skip Rotations" [18]

"Farmer Brian Schaumburg has planted corn for five straight years in some of the thousands of acres he tends in central Illinois."

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Natural Resources [19]
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Source: Reuters [20], 09/27/2011
December 14, 2011 to December 15, 2011

Food Security 2011: Transforming the Food Production System [21]

This conference will gather business leaders and representatives from the private sector, governments, multilateral agencies, and non-governmental organizations to examine changing agricultural investment patterns, highlighting international policy developments and business approaches to coping with environmental shocks and stresses presented by climate change and global population growth.

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Europe [26]
December 5, 2011 to December 9, 2011

Global South-South Development Expo 2011 in Rome [27]

The Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD) is the first-ever expo to showcase successful Southern-grown development solutions (SDSs) to address the need to meet Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the Global South.

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Health [35]
Government [36]
Forests [37]
Food [12]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Environmental Politics [8]
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"Monsanto Wins Lawsuit Against Indiana Soybean Farmer" [41]

"Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, has prevailed in another lawsuit against a U.S. farmer, earning a ruling from a federal appeals court that protects Monsanto's interests even when its patented seeds are sold in a mix of undifferentiated "commodity" seeds."

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Source: Reuters [42], 09/22/2011
November 10, 2011 to November 12, 2011

International Conference on Payments for Ecosystem Services and Their Institutional Dimensions in Berlin, Germany [43]

The international conference focuses on the institutional frameworks and governance structures of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes in both developing and industrialized countries.

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December 5, 2011 to December 7, 2011

Wessex Institute of Technology - First International Conference on Water and Society in Las Vegas, NV [46]

This first International Conference on Water and Society aims to provide a multi-disciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of many issues affecting water resources today. The meeting will encourage trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society.

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