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 [misstyzek: sleep now in the fire] misstyzek: CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Hearings on whether Prince Edward Island should ban the use of genetically modified organisms in its agriculture industry has international experts on both sides of the debate digging in for a fight.

 [Back40.blogspot.com] crumb trail: Instead, they use 'low-input' agricultural systems, which draw nutrients for crop growth mostly from the decomposition of soil organic matter and plant residues. In the 2002 May-June issue of the Agronomy Journal, scientists report the development of a computer-based simulation model that greatly simplify the evaluation of such systems in an article titled, 'Modifying DSSAT Crop Models for Low-Input Agricultural Systems Using a Soil Organic Matter-Residue Module from CENTURY.' This is good news for scientists working to improve low-input agriculture and thus increase food security, raise farm incomes, and halt the rampant decline of soil fertility in the tropics.

 [Junkscience.com] Junkscience.com -- Archives, January 2005: "After tsunami, poverty eradication must top global agenda: UN agency" - "UN International Fund for Agricultural Development describes the impact of the tsunami on Asian development and the resulting need to redouble efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals. IFAD outlines formula for long-term relief of the tsunami survivors and other rural poor from extreme poverty: accessible financial institutions for saving and borrowing, usable technologies, control of land and water on which they rely for a living, and fair opportunities for selling their produce."

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