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A growing demand for organics, and the near-total reliance by US farmers on genetically modified corn and soyabeans, is driving a surge in imports from other nations where crops largely are free of bioengineering. Imports such as corn from Romania and soyabeans from India are booming, according to an analysis of US trade data released on Wednesday by the Organic Trade Association and Pennsylvania State University. That shows a potential market for US growers willing to avoid the use of artificial chemicals and genetically modified seeds, said Laura Batcha, chief executive officer of the association, which includes Whole Foods Market Inc., Whitewave Foods Co-operation and Earthbound Farm LLC. The report is “a help-wanted sign” for US farmers, Batcha said. “There are market distortions that are pretty striking.” Most of the corn and soyabean shipments become feed for chickens and cows so they can be certified organic under US Department of Agriculture guidelines. Organic poultry and dairy operators shun feed made with seeds from Monsanto Co. and other domestic suppliers in favour of foreign products even as the US remains the world’s top grower of corn and soyabeans. As a result, imports to the US of Romanian corn rose to 545,000 the year before. Soyabean imports from India more than doubled to $73.8 million. Rising consumer demand in what’s been a niche market is creating shortages, pushing companies that supply farms. needing organic feed to seek out foreign sources. About 90% of US corn and soya is bioengineered, thus automatically ineligible for the organic label.
What is driving a surge in imports from other nations?
In the following question groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.
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In the following questions. rearrange the parts of each sentence in correct order.
Education is of
P. utmost importance for
Q. eradicating the unemployment
R. problem of our country
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One who eats human flesh
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outlandish
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
Add fuel to the fire
In the following questions, some sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
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Validate
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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
The students will finish the assignment next month.