Sentences with phrase «global agriculture now»

Global agriculture now relies heavily on declining non-renewable resources, in particular fuel and artificial fertilisers.

Not exact matches

Global consumption of avocados, now a $ 3 billion industry, has doubled in the last decade, and a third of the 3.8 million tonne annual harvest is currently traded internationally, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

For the first time ever, a complete global overview of policies supporting organic agriculture has been compiled, and tools for advocates and policy - makers are now available in the «Global Policy Toolkit on Public Support to Organic Agriculture&rglobal overview of policies supporting organic agriculture has been compiled, and tools for advocates and policy - makers are now available in the «Global Policy Toolkit on Public Support to Organic Agricultagriculture has been compiled, and tools for advocates and policy - makers are now available in the «Global Policy Toolkit on Public Support to Organic Agriculture&rGlobal Policy Toolkit on Public Support to Organic AgricultureAgriculture».

Huang Dafang, a member of the biosafety committee in charge of agricultural GM organisms, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture, said that using a new generation of GM crops, such as golden rice, to achieve nutritional improvements is now a global trend.

The rise of crop agriculture changed the entire development of the human race, and it's now estimated that grasses compose about 20 percent of global vegetation.

Unfortunately, the mealybug is equally capable of traveling via a human vector — and it is now devastating the cassava (aka manioc or yucca) crop on some 200,000 hectares in Thailand, where some 60 percent of global exports (worth $ 1.5 billion) are grown, according to the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), a Colombia - based research nonprofit focused on reducing hunger and poverty via sustainable aAgriculture (CIAT), a Colombia - based research nonprofit focused on reducing hunger and poverty via sustainable agricultureagriculture.

«Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat to human and animal health with bacteria now resistant to the last - resort antibiotics, including carbapenems and polymyxins,» said corresponding author Ed Topp, PhD, Principal Research Scientist at Agriculture and Agri - Food, Canada, London, Ontario, describing the motivation for the research.

Now we are a smart species and our agriculture science and production has substantially reduced famine on our planet and has given us more time than most species have before these population reductions occur (although global climate shift and higher energy costs are wildcards in food production and availability in the future).

Now hashtags are building global discussions on a wide array of important issues, from the frontiers of online journalism to next steps for agriculture.

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Agriculture has become a major emitter of greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — which are now responsible for 19 % of total global emissions.

Now, a new study, which is featured in the journal Nature, points to global agriculture as another culprit that contributes to climate change in the same way that fossil fuels do.

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Now compare that to the corresponding «Key Finding» from our report Addendum: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States which is an independent (from the USGCRP) assessment of the scientific literature relating to environmental changes and how they may impact U.S. agriculture:

If we do some advance planning now (like not subsidizing building in low lying areas, or encouraging agriculture in places that are going to dry out), we can make the future significantly more comfortable, regardless of whether global warming is our fault or not.

Right now, many feel that the most successful results of the talks may come in the form of a finalized, global anti-deforestation deal.According to Climate Progress, US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has pledged $ 1 billion dollars over three years towards decreasing deforestation.

According to the IPCC, emissions from agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) now represent about 24 percent of global warming pollution.

Despite all the attention organic agriculture commands and its rapid growth — sales of organic products grew 11.3 percent in 2014 and are now purchased by the majority of U.S. households — organic still accounts for just 1 percent of global agricultural production.