Dr. Emma Kovak
@EmmaKovak
Senior Food & Agriculture Analyst @TheBTI. she/her/hers. Environmental & climate benefits of biotechnology and plant breeding in agriculture. Plant Biologist.
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03-10-2019 21:13:39
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I wrote a new article about genetically modified trees for #conservation and carbon sequestration from The American Chestnut Foundation The American Chestnut Foundation and Living Carbon
#AmericanChestnut #climate #GMO #biotechnology
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EPA's regulations for gene-edited disease- and pest-resistant crops are 'depriving farmers of important tools to protect their cropsโ health.' Dr. Emma Kovak w/ Breakthrough recommends 4 ways to improve them. thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-agโฆ
#Biotech serves as an important instrument for enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing our environmental footprint.
Thank you Dr. Emma Kovak and Emily Bass at Breakthrough for outlining how the USDA can establish a regulatory framework that propels key crop innovations
New report from me and Thom Jayne Shamie Zingore Saloni Shah Pedro Sanchez, Amadou Niang, and Cheryl Palm! We highlight agricultural R&D gaps in sub-Saharan Africa and action items for national governments, international funders, CGIAR and more.
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Iโm on the Talking Biotech podcast ๐งฌtalking ๐งฌabout gene editing/NGTs in the EU, the new proposed NGT regulations, and our Breakthrough and Alliance for Science report about the potential โฌ3 trillion loss to the EU of saying no to NGTs
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My God, GMO crops are the Second Avenue Subway of Africa. A very good and frustrating look into why nothing ever happens by โฆDr. Emma Kovakโฉ โฆIan Peter Busuulwaโฉ โฆBreakthroughโฉ. thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-agโฆ
I am thrilled to share this article that Dr. Emma Kovak and I wrote on the reasons as to why more genetically modified crops haven't been commercialized in African countries!
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Check out this article that Ian Peter Busuulwa and I wrote on reasons why more genetically modified crops haven't been commercialized in African countries!
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