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ANU Book Presents Stories of Communicating Science in 39 Countries
How did science communication emerge as a field of study and a body of practice? How has development varied from one country to another? What motivated governments, institutions, and people to regard it as answer to social position of science? Australian National University (ANU) released the book, Communicating Science: A Global Perspective, which answers these relevant questions.

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FAO Reports Lack of Progress in Achieving SDG
The world is lagging in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030, and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it even harder, according to the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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PH Government Grants GM Corn Seeds, Farm Inputs to Farmers Association's Model Farm
The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) through its Regional Office 9 turned over farm inputs to a farmer's association in Zamboanga del Norte in Southern Philippines. The inputs, which included seeds of genetically modified (GM) yellow corn, were given as part of the Plant, Plant, Plant Program of DA Secretary William Dar.

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CRISPR-Cas9 Elucidates Seed Shattering Reduction during Rice Domestication
Researchers from the National Agricultural and Food Research Organization in Japan reported a mutation in OsSh1 causing non-shattering in a rice mutant cultivar using whole-genome resequencing. The results are published in Scientific Reports.

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GM APPROVAL UPDATES
  • Brazil approved the wheat event HB4 for commercial cultivation.
  • The Philippines approved the eggplant event EE-1 for cultivation
  • The USA approved the canola event MON94100  for food and feed.
  • Nigeria approved the wheat event HB4 for food and feed.
  • The USA approved the corn event MON87429 for food and feed.
  • Ghana approved the cowpea event AAT709A for food, feed, and cultivation.

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