Dr.Jane Dever,associate professor-cotton breeder for Texas AgriLife Research in Lubbock,is the recipient of the 2012 Cotton Genetics Research Award. The announcement was made on January 10 during the 2013 Beltwide Cotton Improvement ...
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The number of eco-labels in the food industry is expected to continue to proliferate in 2013. More than 200 seals and logos represent some ecological, ethical, ingredient or sustainability attributes in the global food industry. Organic ...
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The Powder Coating 2013 Conference and Expo, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, October 8-10 has issued a Call for Papers. POWDER COATING 2013 invites industry professionals to share their knowledge through seminar ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has started constructing the 139 megawatt Campo Verde Solar Project, located near El Centro in Imperial County, CA, USA. ...
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Iraq’s Parliamentary Agriculture Committee says that Iraq needs investment of more than $20 billion to upgrade the agricultural sector. Committee member Kadhim al-Bahadili told AIN: “The deliberate negligence by the former ...
An Iraqi Member of Parliament has accused Turkey of limiting the supply of water to Iraq for political reasons. MP Karim Elewi of the Parliamentary Agriculture Committee said Iraqi agriculture was being damaged by the shortage of the ...
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Iran has decided to keep its export ban on polymers like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, general purpose polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonates and epoxy resins despite having lifted a ban on exports of other ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,35 commodities increased in prices, 19 fell and 45 remained unchanged on 08/01/2013.The largest rises were DRAWTEXTUREDYARN (1.88%),Iron ore (1.79%),PTA (1.70%),while the ...
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Canada-based natural and organic food group SunOpta has acquired the Bulgarian grain handling and processing facility of Organic Land Corp. The purchase of the Silistra-based facility, a strategic supplier for SunOpta, was made for ...
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Sergei Kuznetsov has been CEO of both Severstal International and Severstal North America since July 2009.He joined Severstal in 2002 to head the business planning group created to acquire foreign assets and develop international ...
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The Lenovo Environment Affairs and Specifications Communication Conference 2012, organized by Lenovo Group and sponsored by SGS, was successfully held in Shanghai and Shenzhen in Oct 2012. Over 500 representatives from Lenovo suppliers ...
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed that the GCC population will soar by 30% to 53.5 million people who will form an increasing strain on the region’s supplies of electricity, food and water. The report said that ...
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Even before considering the extreme nature of its sub-arctic climate,Fairbanks International Airport is unique in many ways.While serving a local population of only 82,000,the airport offers non-stop passenger service to Europe,Asia and ...
Soil pollution is defined as the build-up in soils of persistent toxic compounds, chemicals, salts, radioactive materials, or disease causing agents, which have adverse effects on plant growth and animal health. The wars that hit the ...
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Express News Service reported that Bhusan Power and Steel Limited at Thelkuli suffered yet another jolt with the regional office of Odisha State Pollution Control Board directing it to suspend work on the proposed ash pond till further ...
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