BBC TODAY programme featured an interview with Mark Owens on supporting GM technology. Mark Owens has not done much research into GM technology. The family he found in Tanzania who had a viral infection on their cassava crop is due to very poor soil conditions – not the lack of GMO technology.
To improve people’s health more refrigerated vehicles are needed world wide to improve the transport of fresh fruit and veg to retail outlets. For example India wastes more food between production and sale than any other country. More lorries mean more CO2 emissions. Refrigerated vehicles are difficult to improve on their carbon footprint (types of
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As of BBC broadcast of 24th January 2015 Farming Today The Lamas machinery show proudly presented their latest mechanical ability for a new kind of seeder that can sow different varieties of seed in different parts of a field where the soil type
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According to the BBC world service, 11 Dec 2014, the world population will be reduced by 10 million due to anti-biotic resistant diseases that will cause unnecessary early deaths. This will deficit the world economy by trillions of dollars. ($63Tn by 2050) In order to re establish good immune systems for the populace it is
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The NHS is said to have a massive deficit for the problems resulting from poor nutrition. BBC Farming today is talking about campylobacter on chicken. There are some 280,000 cases of food poisoning in the UK every year. Oxford Martin School – University of Oxford ‘Eating habits must change to protect people and planet’, urges new
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Regarding the outbreak of bird flue in the north of the country. I stated in the Agroecology meeting in 2013 on Mega Dairies at the house of Commons. “If you have mega dairies you will be more likely to have mega disease.”
BBC world news: The city of Sao Paulo is threatened with ever decreasing water supply due to continued deforestation in the Amazon – City inhabitants 20 million. What’s left of The
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There are not enough students being trained as doctors to fill the posts as GP’s in the UK. Most doctors are now over 60 and many surgeries will face closure. “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” ― Socrates
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