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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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Diálogo Digital

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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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Agribusiness with history and innovation

Submitted on 1 February 2016 - 2:04pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Antonio R. Gómez

 

Ganaderos Alvarado, is a local family business with a long history and productive innovative tradition. It is one of the businesses in the agriculture sector with the capacity of developing a productive process from the farm to the supermarket. 

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Studying the origins of agriculture in the Caribbean

Submitted on 11 September 2015 - 12:31pm

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Puerto Rican scientist Omar Gerardo Ortiz Morales has been perfectly combining agronomy and archaeology in Colombia over the last two years where he analyzes plant macrorests and pursues his dream of becoming a paleoetnobotanist.

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