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Healthy soil for more nutritious food and healthier planet

Healthy soil for more nutritious food and a healthier planet

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Sri Noor Chalidah and Eristyana Sari (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta ● Mon 12 December 2022 2022-12-12 03:04 0 499db3314bec618375f5d217fc1148e3 4 Academia land,agriculture,food,health,fertilizer,methane,greenhouse gas,spatial planning,soil,FAO Free Soil is widely recognized as the foundation of the food system, which produces 95% of our food. In the opening address to the G20 summit last month, President Joko “Jokowi” …

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“Solutions” to food emissions worry experts after COP27

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IIn some ways, this year’s UN climate summit, held in Egypt, was all about food. Against the backdrop of poor harvests and food insecurity, due to extreme weather and declining diversity, as well as rising food prices exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and the narrow grip of corporate monopolies, COP27 included the very first …

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New food technologies could return 80% of the world's agricultural land to nature

New food technologies could return 80% of the world’s agricultural land to nature

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Here is the basic problem for global conservation: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food, more forests and other natural ecosystems are cleared, and farms intensify and become less hospitable to many wild animals and plants. Therefore, global conservation, currently focused on the …

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Researchers develop 3D organoid model to advance understanding of gastroesophageal junction cancer

Researchers develop 3D organoid model to advance understanding of gastroesophageal junction cancer

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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers claim to have created a three-dimensional, lab-grown ‘organoid’ model derived from human tissue and designed to advance understanding of how early stages of cancer develop at the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) – the point where the food pipe of the digestive system meets the stomach. A report on the results of the …

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Osage Nation students chat with the first Indigenous woman in space on NASA's downlink from the ISS

Osage Nation students chat with the first Indigenous woman in space on NASA’s downlink from the ISS

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The International Space Station astronaut provided an exciting glimpse of space for young Osage on November 23, 2022. On Wednesday, Osage Nation students had the opportunity to ask NASA astronaut Nicole Mann questions about all things space. Through a remote video link from the International Space Station in Pawhuska, Mann, a member of the Wailacki …

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Genetics play a role in regulating the metabolism of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids

Genetics play a role in regulating the metabolism of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids

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Genetic background has an effect on the metabolism of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. Supplementing the diet with camelina oil rich in alpha-linolenic acid, or with sunflower oil rich in linoleic acid modifies the concentrations of the metabolites of these …

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South Korea has almost zero food waste. Here’s what the United States can learn

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Every few months or so, Hwang Ae-soon, a 69-year-old Seoul resident, stops by a local convenience store to buy a set of 10 special yellow plastic bags. Since 2013, as part of South Korea’s mandatory composting program, residents have been required to use these bags to dispose of their uneaten food. Printed with the words …

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Astronaut in the International Space Station illuminated by fuchsia light emanating from a plant chamber growth device on the left side. The device is box-shaped with two rows of black threes

Productivity, Nutritional Value and Acceptability of Pick-and-Eat Salad Crops to Supplement the ISS Food System (Veg-05)

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Scientific objectives The Pick-and-Eat Salad-Crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the ISS Food System (Veg-05) survey is the next step in efforts to address the need for a continuous food production system cool in space. Healthy, nutritious food is essential for long-duration exploration missions, which means that the typical pre-packaged diet of astronauts …

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Chinese scientists increase corn protein as food by successfully cloning a mutant gene in wild corn

Chinese scientists increase corn protein as food by successfully cloning a mutant gene in wild corn

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Human ancestors began domesticating maize 9,000 years ago and gradually transformed the weed-like wild maize teosinte into what we have today. Source: The Paper A couple of scientists in Shanghai have cloned a mutant gene in wild corn after 10 years of effort, dramatically increasing the protein content of corn. This study is not only …

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