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Agricultural genetics: A science tool to explore in Puerto Rico’s new age of agriculture

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For around 10,000 years since the origin of agriculture in the Neolithic, modern humans had been using artificial selection for the improvement of crops and livestock. Previous to that period of time, humans had to live on what they found in the wild by hunting, fishing, and collecting seeds and roots to eat. In this context, Neolithic represents to human history the shift from a hunting-gathering economy to the direct production of food. 

Local production of pineapples at risk

Submitted on 13 December 2016 - 1:02am

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Deborah Rodriguez

José Zamora, a researcher from the Agriculture Extension Service at the University of Puerto Rico, warns about the risk of importing pineapple seeds from Costa Rica due to the possible presence of the fungus Fusarium Oxysporum which could terminate local pineapple production. 

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Students confirm the negative effects of using pesticides in agriculture

Submitted on 13 October 2016 - 1:33am

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A group of students from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey carried out a research project to examine the effect of excessive use of pesticides in agriculture. Their research confirmed the negative impact of these substances to health and the natural environment. 

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Agricultural biotechnology sprouting roots

Submitted on 19 September 2016 - 11:40pm

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Antonio R. Gómez

The agricultural biotechnology industry in Puerto Rico is solid and growing and ready to face the competition from other jurisdictions, said the Puerto Rico Agriculture Biotecnology Industrial Association (Prabia). The companies that integrate this consortium are AgReliant Genetics, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont Pioneer, Illinois Crop Improvement Association, Monsanto and Syngenta.

 

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NSF grants award to RUM

Submitted on 2 September 2016 - 10:11pm

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $4 million grant to the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez to research and identify new technologys that lead to sustainable agricultural practices, renewable energy sources and better water and soil quality.

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Puerto Rican agricultor shares strategies to adapt to climate change in new video

Submitted on 24 June 2016 - 11:40pm

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The USDA Caribbean Climate Hub has released a new video about resilient agriculture in the face of clinate change.

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Agricultural Biotechnology and the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez establish agreement to improve the academic curriculum and develop new technologies

Submitted on 5 April 2016 - 2:49pm

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Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, April 5, 2016 – The Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Industry Association (PRABIA) and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus signed a historic collaborative agreement to benefit the agronomers that graduate each year.

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RUM will host the Agricultural Summit of Puerto Rico

Submitted on 22 February 2016 - 6:38pm

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Michelle Estades

The Agricultural Summit will be an exchange of ideas between professors, entrepreneurs, bussiness, agronomists about the present agrifood, the successes achieved, what can be done, its projection and the long terms effects.

The event will be held in the School of Bussiness Administration  and has been organized by the College of Agriculture Science, the College of Agronomists of Puerto Rico and the Department of Agriculure. 

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