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Samples of seed (clockwise from top left: treated wheat, untreated maize, and treated maize) waiting to be used in germination tests at small seed company Bidasem. These tests are carried out on each batch of seed just after it arrives from the field (before it is stored), directly before processing, and after treatment (just before packaging). The seed is are grown for fixed periods at known temperatures on a damp paper substrate to check its germination rate and vigor.
Bidasem is based in the city of Celaya in the central Mexican plains region known as the Bajío. It produces maize, wheat and oat seed, as well as marketing seed of other crops. Despite their small size, Bidasem and similar companies play an important role in reaching small farmers with improved seed that offers them better livelihoods. “Our aim is to provide farmers with quality seed at accessible prices, that is adapted to the conditions we have here in the Bajío,” says director general María Esther Rivas. “It’s a great satisfaction, when farmers achieve the yields they need.”
Photo credit: X. Fonseca/CIMMYT.
For more on seed production at Bidasem, and CIMMYT’s role in providing the best seed, see CIMMYT’s 2012 e-news story “The seed chain: producing better seed for small farmers,” available online at: http://www.cimmyt.org/en/newsletter/598-2012/1398-the-seed-chain-producing-better-seed-for-small-farmers.
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April 25, 2019 Sunnyvale / CA / USA – RoundUp weed killer on a store shelf; Bayer purchased Monsanto in 2018 and since then there have been more than 10,000 lawsuits filed against its subsidiary
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Tractor spraying soybean field at spring
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52263807 – tractor spraying soybean crops with pesticides and herbicides
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Tractor spraying pesticides on vegetable field with sprayer at spring
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Tractor spraying wheat field
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Tractor spraying wheat field
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Dicamba damage on leaves of oak trees has become common in the Midwest.
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Tractor spraying pesticides on soybean field with sprayer at spring
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79164731 – tractor spraying pesticides on soybean field with sprayer at spring
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Agriculture – Warning sign posted at the edge of a celery field to indicate the field is unsafe to enter shortly after an application of pesticide / Salinas Valley, California, USA.
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Evidence of dicamba drift damage: the field to the right is herbicide-tolerant, the one on the left is not.
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Agriculture – Warning sign posted at the edge of a celery field to indicate the field is unsafe to enter shortly after an application of pesticide / Salinas Valley, California, USA.
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Huge ships like this one are used to transport organic grains from around the world, including countries where access can make it difficult to inspect shipping and sorting facilities to ensure the product meets international organic standards.
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Cattle feedlot feed trough, Moree NSW
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spraying of genetically engineered soya Accession #: 0.97.139.001.06
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