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		<title>Yields of corn and soybeans over 1970-2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate about genetically modified crops is sometimes difficult to follow. Some claim they did not deliver on their promises. Others claim that yields are higher thanks to GMOs. Obviously, the answer is not obvious. When in doubt, it is good to go to the basics and see what the stats show us. I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=2445&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Helping farmers produce better</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting food demand depends for a large part on the ability of farmers to produce adequate quantities of the food products of the right quality. To achieve such an objective, farmers depend on their business partners. To feed an increasing world population, helping farmers succeed is not an option; it is a necessity. There is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1595&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Science taken hostage (cont’d) – The genetically engineered vines</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/08/27/science-taken-hostage-cont%e2%80%99d-%e2%80%93-the-genetically-engineered-vines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another example of what I had presented in my previous post about the “killer canola” is the case of the genetically engineered vines in France. Last week, a group of opponents to GMOs went into a trial field of the French Agricultural Research INRA and pulled out vine plants. Two associations reacted strongly to this act [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1223&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future Harvests – A preview of the book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My book, Future Harvests, is expected to be published before the end of August. Here is a preview to give you a flavor of the content. For a full view, please click on the thumbnails.                     Here is a sample containing the table of contents and the preface [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future Harvests – The book is coming soon!</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/04/09/future-harvests-%e2%80%93-the-book-is-coming-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The editing of my book &#8220;Future Harvests &#8211; The next agricultural revolution&#8221; is about completed. All that is left to do is developing the cover and start the publishing. I have already received orders, even before the book is out. That is quite a good sign. And a great surprise for me. If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=954&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The next agricultural revolution</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/02/19/the-next-agricultural-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Excerpt from my upcoming book, Future Harvests) The next agricultural revolution to feed nine billion people will be different from the previous one. After World War II, agriculture advanced thanks to chemistry and petroleum. This time, biology and renewable energies will lead us to progress. It will not be just a revolution in science and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=901&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avesthagen-Limagrain deal in Atash Seeds Ltd: solution-driven and market-driven</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/10/31/avesthagen-limagrain-deal-in-atash-seeds-ltd-solution-driven-and-market-driven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 29 2009, Avesthagen from India and Limagrain from France signed a cooperation deal. As such, nothing exceptional, except that it brings a leading seed selection company together with an agro biotech company. This deal is about developing and selling genetically modified seeds that answer critical agricultural challenges such as the need for higher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=748&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future approach of genetics in agriculture</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/07/30/future-approach-of-genetics-in-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genetic engineering, that we just mentioned, and traditional breeding and will be increasing intertwined in the future, as they will join their respective areas of expertise into combined genetic improvement programs. Actually, we can expect that these two disciplines will be merged into only one unified science of DNA. We can expect to see an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=282&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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