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🆕 Economic and Social Impacts and Policy Implications of the War in #Ukraine 🇺🇦:
#OECD calls for well targeted support to the vulnerable as war undermines global #recovery.
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#OECD calls for well targeted support to the vulnerable as war undermines global #recovery.
Read full press release⤵️
oe.cd/4nK
Global economic #growth will be more than 1⃣ percentage point lower this year as a result of this #conflict.
#Inflation could be at least a further 2⃣.5⃣ percentage points higher on aggregate than it would otherwise have been.
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#Inflation could be at least a further 2⃣.5⃣ percentage points higher on aggregate than it would otherwise have been.
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#OECD calls for greater #EU solidarity in providing help to 🇺🇦 refugees:
Already some 3⃣ million people have fled #Ukraine with more waves of refugees expected in the weeks ahead.
This is far higher than in wake of the recent Syrian refugee crisis. 👇
oecd.org/economic-outlo…
Already some 3⃣ million people have fled #Ukraine with more waves of refugees expected in the weeks ahead.
This is far higher than in wake of the recent Syrian refugee crisis. 👇
oecd.org/economic-outlo…
Russia's attack on #Ukraine has intensified calls for a transition away from #FossilFuels.
The war also highlights the need for #FoodSystem change. Today, we explore how #AnimalAgriculture fuels global crises by creating high levels of dependency between countries. 1/11👇
The war also highlights the need for #FoodSystem change. Today, we explore how #AnimalAgriculture fuels global crises by creating high levels of dependency between countries. 1/11👇
Ukraine produces large quantities of wheat, barley, rye, and #maize. Russia is the world’s top #wheat exporter.
The two countries taken together account for almost a third of the global wheat export market, @weizent reports via @CNBC. 2/11
cnbc.com/2022/02/23/imp…
The two countries taken together account for almost a third of the global wheat export market, @weizent reports via @CNBC. 2/11
cnbc.com/2022/02/23/imp…
Maize and wheat are just two examples of crops #meat and dairy producers feed to animals.
The #livestock sector currently uses 61% of global maize and 20% of global wheat as animal fodder, according to a 2021 study about #FoodSecurity. 3/11
researchgate.net/publication/34…
The #livestock sector currently uses 61% of global maize and 20% of global wheat as animal fodder, according to a 2021 study about #FoodSecurity. 3/11
researchgate.net/publication/34…
#PlantScienceClassics #5: “Jumping Genes”. In 1950 Barbara McClintock published her landmark @PNASNews paper on the #Maize Dissociation (DS) & Activator (Ac) #TransposableElements, revolutionizing the field of #Genetics to hostile opposition from her peers.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.3…
McClintock started her career & work on #Maize in the 1920s @Cornell, where she immediately made an impact by optimizing chromosome staining methods to characterize the chromosomes of triploid maize in 1929, & then describing the physical basis for chromosomal crossover in 1931.
In 1941 she relocated to @CSHL, where she worked on chromosome breaks in maize. When characterizing a specific break on chromosome 9, she noticed that the break was always associated with a locus she named Dissociation (DS), which could change its position on the chromosome.
#RetailInflation in May 2021 is 6.3%,Vs 4.23% in April
Core Inflation is 6.6%,Vs 5.4%
Food Inflation is 5.01% Vs 1.96%
Despite uptick,@narendramodi
govt has done very well to rein in #Inflation
Global Food Index in May is up 39.7% YoY,due to drought in many parts of the globe
Core Inflation is 6.6%,Vs 5.4%
Food Inflation is 5.01% Vs 1.96%
Despite uptick,@narendramodi
govt has done very well to rein in #Inflation
Global Food Index in May is up 39.7% YoY,due to drought in many parts of the globe
#GlobalFoodIndex is measured by
#FAO Food Price Index,#FFPI,which is a measure of monthly changes in international prices of a basket of #food commodities;It consists of average of five commodity group price indices,weighted by average export shares of each group over 2014-2016
#FAO Food Price Index,#FFPI,which is a measure of monthly changes in international prices of a basket of #food commodities;It consists of average of five commodity group price indices,weighted by average export shares of each group over 2014-2016
The manuscript on integrated #maize #root phenotypes under #drought is now available online from @PlantPhys! Before you head there, here's a little summary on what this paper is all about:
plantphysiol.org/content/early/…
plantphysiol.org/content/early/…
But before I do that, I want to thank the other co-authors, my labmates, collaborators, advisors, funding sources and everyone else involved in this massive root phenotyping effort. None of this would have been possible without their support!
To start, what exactly is an "integrated phenotype"? Tons of awesome work has demonstrated the value of individual traits (or phenes) for performance under stressful conditions. But biology teaches us, “it’s actually more complicated than that.”
