By Editorial Staff, November 13, 2017
(Published on Omaha World-Herald)
This promising research is part of a broader effort to develop new strategies to address intestinal ailments such as Crohn’s disease…Read more.
A major report released today from a broad coalition of scientists identifies five key areas of food and agriculture research that should be invested in throughout the next decade. It also marks a major lobbying push to fund agriculture research to ensure a steady food supply for a growing population
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The Senate version of the 2018 Farm Bill was introduced today with no increase in the authorization for the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. Overall, this program, which sets the standard for scientific innovation in this field, has not seen major changes since 2008.
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John Floros, PhD, of Kansas State University and Susan Wessler, PhD, of University of California, Riverside, named co-chairs. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is launching Breakthroughs 2030, an innovative effort to determine the greatest scientific opportunities in the next decade within the fields of food and agriculture.
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