Arpita Bhattacharjya

Interested in and advocating for a fact based, equitable, climate resilient food system. Views are personal.

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

what about high fuel and fertilizer costs?

[FarmPolicy @FarmPolicy]

The White House said it will reduce #tariffs on #farm and construction #equipment such as harvesters and forklifts, in an effort to boost investment in the industrial economy through next year.

https://t.co/zRksN80QQ4

[Daniel Norero @DanielNorero]

Philippines approves GM rice enriched with 3x more iron and 2x more zinc for commercial cultivation in major nutrition push 🍚🇵🇭🌾

It still needs varietal registration, seed multiplication, and certification before it reaches the market.

This rice would help combat serious nutritional deficiencies in children; let's hope @Greenpeace doesn't commit another humanitarian crime by calling for its ban, as they did with golden rice in the same country.

🔗https://t.co/7M8l9M3d6I | https://t.co/7M8l9M3d6I

#rice #nutrition #biotech #Philippines

[Daniel Norero @DanielNorero]

300.000 árboles cítricos editados con CRISPR. No es un experimento: es producción real a gran escala 🍊🧬

Florida lanza uno de los ensayos más ambiciosos para salvar su industria citrícola del HLB, la enfermedad sin cura que la viene destruyendo hace dos décadas.

Les comparto mi nuevo reportaje en @ChileBio_AG : cómo biotecnología de punta, financiamiento público y seguimiento de largo plazo se combinan para intentar rescatar una industria entera.

🔗 https://t.co/JP5dwrRPFF

#CRISPR #biotech #biotecnología

[Dan Rejto 🇺🇸🌎🍴 @danrejto]

The US has badly neglected agricultural research for decades.

Government funding is down about 1/3 from its early-2000s peak.

And less and less of the R&D, about half, goes toward making farms more productive.

That means less investment in the science that keeps food abundant & affordable and farmers profitable and resilient.

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Vaccines save lives.
Antibiotics save lives.
Clean water saves lives.

Synthetic fertilizer makes those lives possible in the first place.

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@Devinder_Sharma what do they say its modified with? This ia well known tactic of saying something is GMO when it is actually not, just building on fear and misinformation. Lets us ask for proof of how the rice is modified. It is certainly not Golden Rice, the one gmo rice we know of

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@careygillam @thenewledenews @Bayer @EPA No, scientists affiliated with every global public health organization have not found evidence to support this. Take a look at the EU report as an example: https://t.co/I5CulmfzrW

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

https://t.co/e0Jw3GTLV2

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@varughese4 In fact, there is no country that does not use fertilizers, and is also food secure. It is sad that even after the Sri Lanks debacle, this misinformation is being spread around. Also, what about Green Revolution, before which we are acutely food insecure.

[Rishi Tyagi @rishityag]

Developing Nations Drive Global GM Crop Growth - ISAAA

Farmers in developing nations earn higher returns on investment, capturing greater financial value per dollar spent than their counterparts in industrialized countries

https://t.co/UWgI2wf1wM

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@Devinder_Sharma Two words: Sri Lanka. This is the move that caused the economy to collapse. Have we forgotten so quickly?

[Víctor Villalobos Arámbula @vmva1950]

Los transgénicos están transformando la agricultura moderna, y entenderlos es clave para el futuro del campo.

Te invito a adquirir mi libro: “Los transgénicos. Oportunidades y amenazas en la agricultura” en: Amazon, BuscaLibre y Gonvill.
#AgriculturaDelFuturo 🌱📖

[Stuart Smyth @stuartsmyth66]

While many in agriculture have made substantial contributions, it's challenging to argue there is anyone who's contributed more than Borlaug. Some estimates identify the Green Revolution as saving 1 billion lives. The Green Revolution was certainly the #1 20th century innovation.

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@Slate Global health agencies and those in most countries have tested it and found it to be safe. Hating something is not the same as proving actual harm, or providing an alternative. https://t.co/I5CulmfzrW

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@tomphilpott @CamiDRyan @stuartsmyth66 The roots lay in corruption and economic mismanagement but the tools they used to try and solve: banning fertilizers to balance their payments etc were the wrong ones and exacerbated the crisis

[Cami Ryan, PhD @CamiDRyan]

Sri Lanka’s leap—banning every pesticide overnight—turned from eco‑dream to agri‑nightmare, with crops failing and protests blooming. A cautionary tale for anyone (yes, MAHA included) who thinks you can weed out pesticides without sowing bigger problems. https://t.co/bTvtexDxOU

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@RichardGrenell @realDonaldTrump Greenland is sending an army to fight on Iran?? Please explain

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@ACSHorg The number of people who have no idea what is the function of glyphosate and embarrass themselves with dumb comments and outrage …

[Kit Christensen @KitChri75116757]

Glyphosate has liberated women and children from lives of drudgery. Glyphosate isn't a health risk, but look at how healthy that young woman looks.

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@SenFettermanPA what part of security includes bombing a school?