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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+2"><b>Grain Production
Continues Growth After Mixed Decade</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>For the second year in a row, world grain
production rose in 2008, with farmers producing some 2.3 billion tons.
The record harvest was up more than 7 percent over the previous year
and caps a decade in which only half the years registered gains.
Today, only 150 crops are cultivated, a sharp drop from the 10,000
used over time, and three grains--maize, rice, and wheat--combined
with potatoes provide more than 50 percent of human energy needs.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Read:</b> <a
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Decade"</a> by Alice McKeown<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+2"><b>Thinking Outside the
Agricultural Development Box</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>In a letter published in the<i> New York
Times</i>, Worldwatch Senior Researchers Brian Halweil and Danielle
Nierenberg argue that solving hunger, particularly in Africa, is not
an "either-or" scenario. Agricultural development, they
write, shouldn't focus solely on the adoption of organic farming or on
techno-fixes such as new seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation, but
rather on a combination of approaches. Combined approaches, including
using conventional practices paired with agro-ecological techniques,
have proven more effective in terms of productivity, income
generation, and resilience than any single approach.<br>
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>Worldwatch Responds to the<i> New York Times</i></a> by Brian
Halweil and Danielle Nierenberg<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+2"><b>U.S. Public Still
Unconvinced on Climate Change</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The latest Pew survey finds that fewer
U.S. residents consider climate change to be a "serious"
threat, compared to previous surveys, even as scientific evidence
demonstrates that the problem has become increasingly severe. The
results suggest that those who disseminate climate science are losing
ground, analysts said.<br>
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Block<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+2"><b>Pesticide Endosulfan
Ruled "Highly Toxic"</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>An international scientific review
committee ruled last week that endosulfan, a widely used pesticide, is
highly toxic to humans and wildlife. The ruling concludes debate on
whether the chemical should be classified as a persistent organic
pollutant (POP), a decision that could result in a global ban.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+2"><b>Cheap Energy Comes at
High "Hidden" Cost</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>U.S. consumers pay less for their energy
than consumers in most industrialized nations. Yet electricity and
fuel prices typically fail to reflect the full cost of energy
production and consumption, especially in terms of health effects. As
part of its 2005 energy bill, the U.S. Congress requested a
clarification of "hidden" energy costs. The result, released
recently, concluded that the external effects of burning fossil fuels
cost the United States more than $120 billion in 2005.<br>
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Block<br>
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