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  2. Animal genetic resources for food and agriculture - Wikipedia

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    AnGR is a subset of and a specific element of agricultural biodiversity . AnGR could be embodied in live populations or in conserved genetic materials such as cryoconserved semen or embryos. The diversity of animal genetic resources includes diversity at species, breed and within-breed level. Known are currently 8,800 different breeds of birds ...

  3. Second-generation biofuels - Wikipedia

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    The term second-generation biofuels is used loosely to describe both the 'advanced' technology used to process feedstocks into biofuel, but also the use of non-food crops, biomass and wastes as feedstocks in 'standard' biofuels processing technologies if suitable. This causes some considerable confusion. Therefore it is important to distinguish ...

  4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Wikipedia

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    Filming Raiders of the Lost Ark in Tunisia caused a sense of loneliness in Spielberg, far from his family and friends, and made memories of his childhood creation resurface. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He told screenwriter Melissa Mathison about Night Skies , and developed a subplot from the failed project in which Buddy, the only friendly alien, befriends an ...

  5. Immigrant generations - Wikipedia

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    Immigrant generations. In sociology, people who permanently resettle to a new country are considered immigrants, regardless of the legal status of their citizenship or residency. [ 1] The United States Census Bureau (USCB) uses the term " generational status " to refer to the place of birth of an individual or an individual's parents.

  6. Mine + Farm Inn: World's Greatest Places 2024 - AOL

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    July 25, 2024 at 3:44 AM. Dishes at Mine + Farm Inn Credit - Courtesy Mine + Farm. The radiant green valleys of Sonoma County are famous for their vineyards. But at Mine + Farm in the small town ...

  7. Regenerative agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Biodiversity of Pune, India. Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, [1] improving the water cycle, [2] enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, [3] increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.

  8. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard [1] published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO (the ...

  9. Food grading - Wikipedia

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    Food grading involves the inspection, assessment and sorting of various foods regarding quality, freshness, legal conformity and market value. [1] [2] Food grading is often done by hand, in which foods are assessed and sorted. [1] [2] Machinery is also used to grade foods, and may involve sorting products by size, shape and quality.