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Temperate matters in agriculture

Most of the world’s food is produced in temperate zones. The Global Food Security program’s Evangelia Kougioumoutzi reports on the TempAg network. Agricultural production in temperate regions is highly productive with a significant proportion of global output originating from temperate…

Isabel28/11/2016

Blog GPC Community Public Engagement

How growing plants improves human well-being: People Plant Council

Credit: Tejvan Pettinger. Used under license: CC BY 2.0. As popular British botanist (and GPC blog guest) James Wong wrote in the UK’s Guardian newspaper earlier this year: “gardening is good for you”. Ask most people how they can benefit from…

Isabel22/11/2016

Blog GPC Community Scientific Meetings

Flipping the symposium

Answers to the question: "Which crop species are most critical with regard to stress resilience?" Lisa Martin, GPC Outreach & Communications Manager GPC Executive Director Ruth Bastow and I recently travelled to Australia to hold the GPC’s annual general meeting…

Isabel16/11/2016

Blog GPC Community Scientific Meetings

Down Under: the Global Plant Council’s 2016 AGM

Lisa Martin, GPC Outreach & Communications Manager As a truly global organization, the Global Plant Council hosts its annual general meeting (AGM) on a different continent each year, to give our members from far-flung corners of the globe the opportunity…

Isabel09/11/2016

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Using plants to convert explosives to fertilizers: an interview with Neil Bruce

Professor Neil Bruce This week we spoke to Professor Neil Bruce, whose research at the University of York (UK) focuses on metabolic pathways. His insights into the detoxification of pollutants by plants and microorganisms has led to promising new solutions…

Isabel05/11/2016

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Temperate matters in agriculture

How growing plants improves human well-being: People Plant Council

Flipping the symposium

Down Under: the Global Plant Council’s 2016 AGM

Using plants to convert explosives to fertilizers: an interview with Neil Bruce

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