Introduction to Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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BEIJING SMILE FEED SCI .THE BEST AND BIGGEST MANUFACTURE FOR FEED ADDITIVE ,FEED ENZYMES,IN CHINA
Beijing Smistyle Sci. & Tech. Development Co., Ltd. was founded by the scientists from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in the field of feed and biotechnology, which was registered in Zhongguancun National Hi-Tech Park. The company integrates R & D, production and sale together; owns a team with researchers, doctors, masters and famous experts who have extensive practical experience as the core technology R & D and technical service teams; establishes close technology, communication and product cooperation with the experts from Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS and Institute of Microbiology of Chinese cademy of Sciences (CAS). We have passed ISO9001, HACCP and FAMI-QS certifications and have obtained a number of patents. Smistyle has the advantages of human resource, technologies and scientific research, which establish basis for innovation of product design, create the conditions for interdisciplinary complementary and provide a guarantee for research and production of hi-tech products.
There are four major parts which are biofermentation, chemical synthesis, feed and animal health. The products include feed, feed additives and animal health products. Beijing Smistyle (Huai’an) is in charge of the production of feed enzymes and probiotics and related products.Beijing Smistyle has set up seven divisions and the network has covered all the world. Beijing Smistyle is devoted in the production of biofeeds, biofeed additives and animal health products such as phytase, xylanase, cellulase, mannanase, multi-enzymes, probiotics, which are safe and environmental friendly products. We insist on producing high-quality feed additives and animal health products professionally with the management philosophy of “Concentrate science and technology, and share with you”. Based on the product concept of “Stability, Sustainability and Globalization”, we focus on cooperation with customers all over the world.
New scientific technique to test food
SHOTLIST
Beijing, China - 17 June 2013
1. Zoom out from a pig's head inside a cooled counter
2. Wide of food booth
3. Wide of wall with Syscan (company) posters and laptops
4. Close of test tubes
5. Wide of a lady manipulating the detection machine
6. Close of the screen showing the test result
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhu Wei, 37, Marketing Director at Syscan
(Our testing device) could test the seed, the fertiliser, and the vegetables of farmers. Under the circumstances that without damaging its quality, we can run the test to guarantee the quality of the goods. In the process of food production, we can quickly find out if there is any food addictives or existing secondary pollutants. In that case, we can be sure of definitely protecting the food safety served on the table of common people.
8. Pan left of the exhibition
9. Mid of mobile chemical detection vehicle
10. Tilt down of the vehicle
11. Medium track shot of food samples and detecting devices
12. Mid of the personnel doing the experiment
13. Close up of a machine touch screen
14. Close of signs showing names of chemicals that can be detected
15. Wide of the personnel waiting for the result
16. Set up shots of Liu Li, exhibition visitor
17. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin),60, visitor
We take the food safety as our prime concern. Once your (referring to food producers) products are safe, consumers will recognise the brand. Both your company and business will benefit from it.
18. Wide of a duck meat booth
19. Pan of duck meat stored in fridge for display
20. Close of duck meat
LEADIN
A staggering wave of food scares in China has led to greater awareness for safety among consumers, who are turning increasingly creative in order to scrutinise what - and what not - lands on their table.
And there are some inventive ways turning up at the Food Safety Exhibition in Beijing to help shoppers decide what is best to eat.
STORYLINE
In order to make sure people have more and more access to information about food, dozens of exhibitors are here at the Food Safety Exhibition.
Syscan is one of the participants, a high-tech company that aims to sell a device that could ease shoppers' anxiety.
Zhu Wei, Syscan's marketing director, explains that their machine is able to conduct quick tests of just a few minutes looking for traces of dangerous chemicals in food samples, seeds or even the fertilisers used by farmers.
In the process of food production, we can quickly find out if there is any food additives or existing secondary pollutants. Zhu adds.
In that case, we can be sure of definitely protecting the food safety served on the table of common people, he says.
According to Zhu, the device is pollutant-free, and designers made sure it would not release any radiation.
But one of the main attractions in this expo is a van brought to the Beijing International Exhibition Centre by the American supermarket chain Walmart.
The vehicle is equipped with several testing devices that can trace residues of pesticides and other harmful chemicals in fruits or vegetables.
This food-safety testing vehicle, that can be parked outside shopping centres, can provide customers a quick analysis of food products, when buyers don't feel safe enough.
The van made its debut in this exhibition, a trade event where participants range from research institutes, to food producers aimed to showcase some of the latest technologies and solutions in food safety testing.
Chinese consumers' concerns about food safety are well-founded.
If past reports of melamine-tainted infant formula, 'recycled' cooking oil, or pork meat with high levels of clenbuterol were not enough, thousands of pig carcasses were found floating in a river near Shanghai, earlier this year.
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China’s Anti-Poverty Miracle?
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Anthony Saich
Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and
Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Graham Allison (Moderator)
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Chinese Academy of Sciences – Key Laboratory of Solar Activities
Outstanding research in solar physics and space weather.
CAS Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories was founded in December 2008. It includes two research groups (Solar Magnetism & Activity Group, Solar Activity Prediction Centre) and two observing stations (Huairou Solar Observing Station, Mingantu Observing Station). KLSA is the unique laboratory of solar physics in China, focusing on studying the frontier solar problems, developing new techniques and solar telescopes, forecasting solar activity and space weather to serve national and international key projects.
KLSA equipped a series of advanced solar telescopes, including the world class Solar Multi-Channel Telescopes (SMCT), the world’s leading Mingantu Spectral Radioheliograph — MUSER, and the Chinese Solar Broadband Radio Spectrometer (SBRS), etc.
KLSA has made outstanding research in the domain of solar physics and space weather. Plenty of results have drawn worldwide attention. Some staff have achieved academic awards from international communities for their outstanding researches, and some of them have taken up important position in international organizations and institutes.
China addresses issue of rising world food prices
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Guizhou - September 16, 2006
1. Wide of supermarket and shoppers
2. Shopper buying vegetables
3. Shoppers buying fruits
4. Close-up of fruits
5. Shopper buying drinks
Beijing - December 4, 2007
6. Wide of press conference
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joachim von Braun, Director General of International Food Policy Research Institute:
Today the situation is completely different. One, the climate risk and climate change situation has increased, the climate vulnerability has increased.
Guizhou - September 16, 2006
8. Mid of rice field
9. Wide of farmers threshing rice
10. Close-up of threshing rice tilt down to rice
11. Close-up of rice
Beijing - December 3, 2007
12. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Huqu Zhai, President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS):
The industrialisation in developed countries has contributed to the increase in emissions and climate change
13. Cutaway reporters
14. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Huqu Zhai, President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS):
I think the developed countries are obliged to take the brunt of the responsibility in the reduction of CO2 issues.
Gansu/Qinghai - May 23, 2007
15. Wide of noodle maker
16. Close-up of noodle maker cutting noodles
17. Close-up of noodle maker making noodles
18. Pan of people eating noodles
STORYLINE:
After years of decline, food prices are set to rise around the globe, with climate change making it harder for the world's poorest to get adequate food, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Rising global temperatures as well as growing food consumption in rapidly developing countries such as China and India are pressuring the world food system, meaning that food prices will rise for the foreseeable future, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Joachim von Braun, the director of the Washington-based research group, said food prices steadily decreased after scientists began developing high-yield plant varieties, but stressed that the days of falling food prices may be over.
Today the situation is completely different. One, the climate risk and climate change situation has increased, the climate vulnerability has increased, von Braun told reporters in Beijing.
The institute said in the report that hunger and malnutrition could rise as poor agricultural communities most sensitive to the environment, such as in Africa, are hurt.
Dependency on food imports will also increase as cereal yields decline in those countries.
The world's agricultural production is projected to decrease by 16 percent by 2020 due to global warming, the report said, with land used for certain crops shrinking.
For example, it said land to grow wheat could almost disappear in Africa.
But developing countries like China have pointed the finger at Western countries for the increase in emissions and climate change.
The industrialisation in developed countries has contributed to the increase in emissions and climate change. I think the developed countries are obliged to take the brunt of the responsibility in the reduction of CO2 issues, said Huqu Zhai, President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
The International Food Policy Research Institute's report added that growing demand in rapidly developing countries such as China and India for processed food and expensive meat and dairy products is driving up prices for those goods as well as for feed.
Switching to crops used for biofuels will also reduce the amount of available food and increase prices and trade barriers for food should be eliminated, especially in developed nations, the report recommended, so small farmers can earn more money.
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Reciting my own written poem (The Chinese-expressing my feelings towards Chinese culture) in Chinese New Year (Dragon Year 2012) party at CAAS auditorium, Beijing, China
AVF Summit 2015 Preview
Association for Vertical Farming ( AVF ) Summit 2015 Beijing Preview.
Association for Vertical Farming Summit Beijing
帜·慧引领食品生产攀登新高
垂直农业协会(AVF)北京峰会暨中国现代农业系列高峰论坛
Taking food production to new heights
引领食品生产攀登新高
Beijing, China - May 9th & 10th 2015
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AgriGarden, Beijing IEDA Protected Horticulture Co., LTD
In collaboration with
RUAF, Resource centres on urban agriculture & food security
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Introduction
How can we transfer knowledge in the emerging industry of urban and vertical farming? By bridging the gap between East and West we can encourage sustainable business models and research projects globally. This event will bring together international experts and local stakeholders in urban and vertical farming to present best practices and technological progress to each other with the goal of developing a roadmap for pilot projects around the world.
Focus on China
The AVF’s focus on China is driven by staggering facts that one-fifth of China’s arable land is contaminated and three-quarters of the surface water flowing through urban areas is unsuitable for drinking or fishing. It is estimated that 850 million people will live in urban areas by the year 2020 - they will need to be fed with safe and sustainable resource saving methods. The AVF sees China, with its technological expertise, urban expansion, and existing indoor farming knowledge as a critical player in the global development of sustainable vertical farming.
The Event in Beijing
Within vertical farming, there are a number of challenges on the technical side including the development of sustainable business models, marketing strategies, and robust technology performance data. More needs to be done to collaborate on a roadmap to global implementation as well as analyzing the impact on society and the existing food system infrastructure. Companies, city planners, research institutions and governmental institutions need to exchange their ideas and visions, developing clear best practices based upon their challenges and experiences. The Beijing event will be a unique opportunity to collaborate on these challenges and leapfrog the solutions needed to solve them.
The event intends to bring together multiple stakeholders in order to:
Present the state of technical developments within VF and UA such as aquaponics, hydroponics, artificial lighting and high-tech vertical farming.
Educate and inform on possibilities of integrating VF and UA into urban planning (with a focus on Beijing, Shanghai and other Asian megacities).
Introduce a platform for a variety of VF and UA stakeholders to engage.
Develop a roadmap for three sustainable pilot vertical farm business models for China, Europe, and North America.
Introduction to the Association for Vertical Farming
The Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) is the first and largest international nonprofit organization aimed at driving the Vertical Farming (VF) industry forward. The AVF’s mission is the rapid and sustainable development of VF around the world. The AVF does this by supporting research, projects, and building a trusted network of all actively involved individuals, businesses, and institutions of the VF industry. The board members of the AVF are committed to sustainability and believe that the broad implementation of VF will lead to more resilient cities in the face of climate change.
Speakers included:
Dr. Wei Lingling (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, IEDA)
Prof. Yang Qichang (Chinese Academy for Agricultural Sciences, CAAS)
Dr. Wen Tao (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, IEDA)
Dr. Zhenshan Yang (IGSNRR-CAS and RUAF China)
Dr. Toyoki Kozai (Japan Plant Factory Association)
Dr. Nate Storey (Bright Agrotech)
Dr. Joel Cuello (University of Arizona)
Dr. Dai Jianfeng (Philips City Farming)
Dr. Li Bojun
Dr. Hans Au (iF Foods)
Dr. Dickson Despommier (Columbia University/The Vertical Farm)
Henry Gordon-Smith (Agritecture)
Maximilian Loessl (agrilution)
Jack Ng (Sky Greens)
Henk de Zeeuw (RUAF)
Yuval Zohar (JDS Architects)
Mohan Bajikar (AVF India)
Sean Quinn (10 Design)
Martin Veenstra (Certhon)
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The China Study Documentary
In the early 1990s as the first results from the China Project were being published, a Cornell documentary crew began months of filming in Mongolian villages, Shanghai communes, Beijing hospitals, and research facilities at Oxford and Cornell Universities to create a video that would capture the scope and significance of the study. The film is narrated by Mary McDonnell (Dances With Wolves, Battlestar Galactica, Grand Canyon).
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Communist Party Killed Two Million Landlord In History
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Mainland authors wrote that land reform in China
was full of bloody terror.
Two million landlords were killed
by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Whereas, in Taiwan, under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek,
the rural reform had no fighting, and not one person
had to die; it was accomplished by peaceful economic means.
Commentators point out that the communist theory of class
struggle made the difference between Taiwan and Mainland China.
Wang Guicheng, senior language teacher in a middle school,
said that the Taiwanese government bought the land from landlords,
then sold it to farmers.
Poor farmers used an installment plan to buy the land
according to their actual needs and their abilities to pay.
Farmers provide produce for the country and they pay
for the land with their profits every year.
The government provides incentives to landlords
to establish enterprises, business and services.
Incomes from modern industries were much more than rent
from land, so landlords were happy.
Money from land sales thus turned into capital development
of modern enterprises.
Feng Xingyuan, deputy director of Beijing Institute
of economics:Before the CCP took over China,
farmers supported its policy of fighting landlords
and dividing the land.
Once they seized China, they continued to implement
this policy regardless of the legitimacy of the land.
My grandfather used to have many houses and a lot of land.
However, he lost them due to smoking opium,
so nothing bad happened to him.
He was a very hard working man and bought land
whenever he had saved enough money.
My father-in-law was the same way.
After one had accumulated enough land,
one became a landlord.
Killing landlords during the CCP's land reform was carried
out in accordance with the proportions and killing quotas.
Feng Xingyuan: In a Ningbo village, there were two
landlords, and people called them big rascal and little rascal.
Everyone thought the little rascal was nice and would
not be killed, but both of them were shot to death.
Author Wang Guicheng believes that Taiwan's land reform
was remarkable for its class collaboration.
Landowners, farmers and the government sat down
to discuss ways to solve the land problem so that
farmers would benefit and landlords would not be hurt.
After landlords replaced their land with stocks of enterprises,
they turned into industrial and commercial giants.
Rural reform enabled a full development of Taiwan's
economy, and over a decade of efforts,
Taiwan entered the ranks of advanced countries in the world.
In the 1970s, with Taiwan's skyrocketing economy,
it became one of the four little dragons in Asia.
Yao Jian Fu, researcher of the former State Council Rural
Development Research Center points out that the CCP
knew about peaceful means, but essentially decided
to use violent means.
Peaceful land reform was being criticized at that time.
Ye Jianying, a former leader of the CCP, was prepared
to adopt peaceful land reform in Guangdong.
It did not work out that way, and in the end,
the class struggle won.
In a class struggle, you gobble me up, and I gobble you up,
which is a matter of life and death.
Wang Guicheng quoted a Chinese scholar in America
who said that in both the Soviet Union and China,
landlords were eliminated, which caused slow
agricultural development.
They have not transformed from an agricultural economy
into an industrial economy.
In Europe, the United States and the Asian four dragons,
they eliminated poor farmers instead—farmers became
workers and landlords became capitalists—which turned
an agricultural economy into an industrial economy.
The harder the Chinese people work, the poorer
they become.
On the contrary, people in other countries become richer
by working harder.
Yao Jian Fu points out that the CCP's entire theory revolves
around class struggle, advocating violent revolution.
In the CCP's dictionary, there is one word, destroy.
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312th Knowledge Seekers Workshop, January 23, 2020
Welcome to the 312th Knowledge Seekers Workshop for Thursday, January 23, 2020. This weekly on-going public series of Knowledge Seekers Workshops brings us new teachings, universal knowledge and new understandings of true space technology to everyone on Earth direct from the Keshe Foundation Spaceship Institute. Each Thursday, at 9 am Central European Time, we broadcast live, the latest news, developments, and M.T. Keshe teachings on our zoom channel and other public channels. (see below for channel links)
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Who is winning the artificial intelligence race?
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In a recent talk at Stanford, Kai-Fu Lee says China has taken the lead. Lee is a venture capitalist and author of “AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order.”
Who’s winning the worldwide competition to develop and exploit artificial intelligence? Not the U.S., says Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist and author of AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order.
Although researchers and tech companies in the U.S. hold the lion’s share of AI patents and are responsible for key breakthroughs in the field, the game has changed, and China is taking the lead. “We are now in the implementation phase. It’s a question of who can build the fastest,” Lee said during a recent talk at the AI Salon series presented by the Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) Initiative and the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL).
Building the fastest doesn’t necessarily require the top tier of researchers. “For most applications, you don’t really need super AI experts. Young AI engineers will suffice,” he said. And China has them.
Indeed, the last really significant breakthrough in AI – deep learning – was nine years ago, Lee said. “Without big breakthroughs, it is hard for the U.S to maintain its lead because AI technologies are reasonably well understood,” he said.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence rely on data – lots of data – to function. And that’s where China has its biggest advantage. Not only does China have a huge population, its residents lead by far the United States in the use of mobile applications and payments. Every click, every sale, generates data. “If data is the new oil, China is the new OPEC,” Lee said.
What’s more, the business environment in China is friendlier to AI companies, with more government support and less regulation than in the U.S.
China’s advances in AI haven’t gone unnoticed by investors. Last year, 48 percent of the venture capital money directed to AI went to China, compared with 38 percent invested in U.S. ventures, Lee said.
There are, of course, challenges posed by AI, not the least of which is the threat of job losses, a point made by Lee and two other speakers at the Salon: Susan Athey, a professor of economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy.
Even so, the stakes in the AI race are extremely high. Over the next 11 years, AI and related technologies will account for some $11 trillion in economic activity, a sum larger than the combined economies of China and India, Lee said.
Does an Aspirin A Day Keep Cancer Away?
Worldwide there are 550,000 new cases of head and neck cancer a year. Dr. Jennifer Grandis explores prevention and an opportunity for chemoprevention, substances to stop cancer from developing. In particular, she looks at aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Recorded on 10/17/2019. [12/2019] [Show ID: 35237]
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293rd Knowledge Seekers Workshop September 12, 2019
Welcome to the 293rd Knowledge Seekers Workshop for Thursday, September 12, 2019. This weekly on-going public series of Knowledge Seekers Workshops brings us new teachings, universal knowledge and new understandings of true space technology to everyone on Earth direct from the Keshe Foundation Spaceship Institute. Each Thursday, at 9 am Central European Summer Time, we broadcast live, the latest news, developments, and M.T. Keshe teachings on our zoom channel and other public channels. (see below for channel links)
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Thorium.
Thorium is an abundant material which can be transformed into massive quantities of energy. To do so efficiently requires a very different nuclear reactor than the kind we use today- Not one that uses solid fuel rods, but a reactor in which the fuel is kept in a liquid state. Not one that uses pressurized water as a coolant, but a reactor that uses chemically stable molten salts.
Such a reactor is called a Molten Salt Reactor. Many different configurations are possible. Some of these configurations can harness Thorium very efficiently.
This video explores the attributes of Molten Salt Reactors. Why are they compelling? And why do many people (including myself) see them as the only economical way of fully harnessing ALL our nuclear fuels... including Thorium.
This video has been under development since 2012. I hope it conveys to you why I personally find Molten Salt Reactors so compelling, as do the many volunteers and supporters who helped create it. Much of the footage was shot by volunteers.
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Table of Contents
0:00:00 Space
0:17:29 Constraints
0:28:22 Coolants
0:40:15 MSRE
0:48:54 Earth
0:59:46 Thorium
1:22:03 LFTR
1:36:13 Revolution
1:44:58 Forward
1:58:11 ROEI
2:05:41 Beginning
2:08:36 History
2:38:59 Dowtherm
2:47:57 Salt
2:51:44 Pebbles
3:06:07 India
3:18:44 Caldicott
3:35:55 Fission
3:56:22 Spectrum
4:04:25 Chemistry
4:12:51 Turbine
4:22:27 Waste
4:40:15 Decommission
4:54:39 Candlelight
5:13:06 Facts
5:26:08 Future
5:55:39 Pitches
5:56:17 Terrestrial
6:08:33 ThorCon
6:11:45 Flibe
6:20:51 End
6:25:53 Credits
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Agriculture and Technology: Improving Farming, Food Security, and Funding
Andras Forgacs of Modern Meadow, Robert Leclerc of AgFunder, and Mark Rosegrant of the International Food Policy Research Institute join Carol C. Adelman, senior fellow and director of the Center for Global Prosperity at the Hudson Institute, to discuss emerging technologies in the agriculture sector. The panel elaborates on cell culturing to create animal protein for food, agriculture investment through online marketplaces, and farming technologies such as precision farming and no-till irrigation.
Speakers:
Andras Forgacs, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, Modern Meadow, Inc.
Robert Leclerc, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, AgFunder
Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute
Presider:
Carol C. Adelman, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Global Prosperity, Hudson Institute
Xi Jinping’s Economic Reforms and Consolidation of Power
Madeleine K. Albright, chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group, Jin-Yong Cai, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the International Finance Corporation, David M. Cote, chairman and chief executive officer of Honeywell, and Jon Huntsman, chairman of the Atlantic Council, join Elizabeth C. Economy, CFR's C.V. Starr senior fellow and director for Asia studies, to discuss the political, economic, and security aspects of the U.S.-China relationship and their policy implications.
Introductory Speaker:
Henry M. Paulson, Chairman, Paulson Institute
Speakers:
Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
Jin-Yong Cai, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, International Finance Corporation
David M. Cote, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell
Jon Huntsman, Chairman, Atlantic Council
Presider:
Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
The Middle Income Trap and the Politics of Skills
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With Richard F. Doner, Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University and Ben Ross Schneider, Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT.
Since the mid-2000s, economists in both academia and development multilaterals have drawn increasing attention to the middle-income (mi) trap, especially in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Their writings have been valuable in identifying and defining the trap, in exploring its proximate sources (especially productivity slowdowns), in recommending policy remedies (such as improvements in human capital), and in highlighting the importance of broad political coalitions to implement such remedies. Why then—if experts and leaders are aware of the weaknesses of their economies, if they can identify the policies required to improve productivity, and if they recognize the need for broad support and engagement—has it been so difficult to move forward? In probing this question, we find that the existing analyses simply do not explain precisely why there is a trap. We propose that one answer to the puzzle is to get at how today’s middle-income economies are different from their predecessors. And yet, as Shekhar Aiyar and colleagues conclude in their survey of the debate, “there is virtually no theory about why and how middle-income economies may be different. In our view, the absence of such a theory reflects the neglect of the political economy bases of the middle-income trap. To address this considerable gap, we argue for a deeper appreciation of the challenges inherent in upgrading policies, of the institutions required to address these challenges, and, most critically, of the political obstacles to developing such institutions.
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Richard F. Doner is Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University.
Ben Ross Schneider is Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT.
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Plant tissue culture is used widely in the plant sciences, forestry, and in horticulture. Applications include:
The commercial production of plants used as potting, landscape, and florist subjects, which uses meristem and shoot culture to produce large numbers of identical individuals.
To conserve rare or endangered plant species.[4]
A plant breeder may use tissue culture to screen cells rather than plants for advantageous characters, e.g. herbicide resistance/tolerance.
Large-scale growth of plant cells in liquid culture in bioreactors for production of valuable compounds, like plant-derived secondary metabolites and recombinant proteins used as biopharmaceuticals.[5]
To cross distantly related species by protoplast fusion and regeneration of the novel hybrid.
To cross-pollinate distantly related species and then tissue culture the resulting embryo which would otherwise normally die (Embryo Rescue).
For production of doubled monoploid (dihaploid) plants from haploid cultures to achieve homozygous lines more rapidly in breeding programmes, usually by treatment with colchicine which causes doubling of the chromosome number.
As a tissue for transformation, followed by either short-term testing of genetic constructs or regeneration of transgenic plants.
Certain techniques such as meristem tip culture can be used to produce clean plant material from virused stock, such as potatoes and many species of soft fruit.
Production of identical sterile hybrid species can be obtained.
Although some growers and nurseries have their own labs for propagating plants by the technique of tissue culture, a number of independent laboratories provide custom propagation services. The Plant Tissue Culture Information Exchange lists many commercial tissue culture labs. Since plant tissue culture is a very labour intensive process, this would be an important factor in determining which plants would be commercially viable to propagate in a laboratory. Source of the article published in description is Wikipedia. I am sharing their material. © by original content developers of Wikipedia.
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