Sentences with phrase «s&p yield reduction»

Initially the use of conventional seeds was maintained, but substantial yield reductions necessitated a change in response.

And reforms to the work and study tiers of the Points - Based System have been estimated by government impact assessments to yield reductions in net migration smaller than required if they are to bear a proportionate share of a reduction in net migration large enough to meet the numerical goal.

However, Diers is cautious about the non-significant yield reductions observed in the study.

Another factor affecting yield loss was legumes grown in soil with medium texture also exhibited greater yield reduction compared to those planted in soil of either coarse or fine texture.

Farmers whose fields have poorer soil or notice a yield reduction may want to have their soil tested for sulfate.

Worldwide this would correspond to 42 million tons of yield reduction, which equals a quarter of current global wheat trade.

Worldwide this would correspond to 42 million tons yield reduction for one 1 °C global warming.

The PBL found that «this statement is not directly a statement of climate change, but of climate variability: in individual years, drought can cause up to 50 per cent yield reductions».

For the sake of estimating the potential cost, let us assume that it proves necessary to extract 100 ppm of CO2 (yielding a reduction of airborne CO2 of about 50 ppm) and let us assign each country the responsibility to clean up its fraction of cumulative emissions.

Similar before / after comparisons of Volvos and Fords also yielded reductions in claim rates — a 49 percent reduction in the Volvos with WHIPs, compared with earlier models without WHIPS, and an 18 percent reduction for the Fords with improved restraint geometry.

The extensive use of lightweight high - strength steel in the platform and bodyshell has yielded a reduction in core weight of the vehicle.

The S&P yield reduction over the past year is primarily attributable to these rising equity values.

The overall intervention yielded a reduction in intake of owned cats that was greater in total numbers and percentage than four control areas.

She added recent stats have aligned with what she's heard from Big Island farmers in the Kona Coffee Belt and what she's witnessed with her own crop, saying there are «thoughts there might be some long - term downward trends» fueling yield reduction.

I would suggest that without the 290Gt (C) being released 2020 - 2100 we should still expect ~ 53ppm CO2 reduction over the period, yielding a reduction in positive forcing of something above 0.5 Wm ^ -2.

(2010) Impact of crop yield reduction on greenhouse gas emissions from compensatory cultivation of pasture and forested land.

Under mass - based compliance, the generation would first be multiplied by an emissions rate of 0.8 short tons per MWh, yielding a reduction of 80 short tons.

As of early May, it totaled nearly 37 million bulbs, yielding a reduction in carbon emissions comparable to taking 260,000 cars off the road.

This statement is not directly a statement on climate change, but on climate variability: in individual years, droughts can cause up to 50 % in yield reductions.

Importantly, the changes in cereal yield projected for the 2020s and 2080s are driven by GHG - induced climate change and likely do not fully capture interannual precipitation variability which can result in large yield reductions during dry periods, as the IPCC (Christensen et al., 2007) states: ``... there is less confidence in the ability of the AOGCMs (atmosphere - ocean general circulation models) to generate interannual variability in the SSTs (sea surface temperatures) of the type known to affect African rainfall, as evidenced by the fact that very few AOGCMs produce droughts comparable in magnitude to the Sahel droughts of the 1970s and 1980s.»

For example, in the report Assessing an IPCC Assessment (PBL, 2010a), PBL states ``... the [IPCC] authors made plausible that, due to current climate variability, the yields in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have been varying annually, including yield reductions of nearly 70 % in individual years, in the period between 2000 and 2006.»

In other words, if these yield reductions resulting from greenhouse gas — induced climate change were superimposed on the yield reductions that might occur during a particularly dry period arising from the region's characteristic precipitation variability, they would be higher and comparable with the results from the Morocco National Communication.

For example, an increase in the frequency or magnitude of floods and droughts could lead to yield reductions, crop damage, and crop failure [6].

For the sake of estimating the potential cost, let us assume that it proves necessary to extract 100 ppm of CO2 (yielding a reduction of airborne CO2 of about 50 ppm) and let us assign each country the responsibility to clean up its fraction of cumulative emissions.

If temperatures are not kept down then Africa faces a range of devastating threats such as crop yield reductions in places of as much 50 % in some countries by 2020; Increased pressure on water supplies for 70 — 250 million people by 2020 and 350 — 600 million by 2050; The cost of adaptation to sea level rises of at least 5 — 10 % of gross domestic product.

Therefore, an assumption that the 20 % reduction in land carbon storage resulting from the Lehman et al. work holds globally would yield a reduction on the order of 13 ppm.

Worldwide this would correspond to 42 million tons of yield reduction, which equals a quarter of current global wheat trade, experts warn.»

This result is related to a declining yield gap between irrigated and rain - fed agriculture caused by yield reductions of irrigated crops due to higher temperatures, or yield increases of rain - fed crops due to more precipitation.

The maximum yield reduction at maturity is the difference between the gross and the net yields.

Not exact matches

Total returns, distribution rate, and yields reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the results for those impacted funds would have been lower.

THE QUOTE: «The U.S. dollar has put on a compelling show overnight as the stars align on the back of higher U.S. yields and a considerable reduction in the U.S. dollar's geopolitical risk premium as an outwardly calmer mood surrounding trade and geopolitical risk takes hold,» Stephen Innes of OANDA said in a commentary.

† The subsidized yield reflects the yield calculation with voluntary reduction currently in effect.

For example, one of their commissioned studies says that a reduction in regulation (Ontario level to Alberta level, however measured) will yield a total of 10,600 jobs.

In a working paper entitled «Taxation and Economic Efficiency» Department of Finance concluded that tax reductions on savings and investment yield higher efficiency gains than tax reductions on consumption.

But despite two rate hikes and impending balance sheet reduction, the 10 - year yield has moved 15 % lower since early March while the dollar has been weakening — both contrary to many forecasts at the start of 2017.

A 1 % increase in incomes in the most unequal countries produces a mere 0.6 % reduction in poverty; in the most equal countries, it yields a 4.3 % cut.

Don't go barking up the wrong tree in the Year of the Dog A predictable wave of profit taking and risk reduction, as is standard form ahead of US long weekends, dominated Friday session leading to USD gains as US yields pulled back.

Notably, the market began to reduce yields well in advance of reductions by the U.S. Federal Reserve, a point we first made in November of 2015 (The Market Leads and the Fed Follows).

That's because most states and health insurers found a way to price their plans after the loss of cost - sharing reductions so that they actually yielded better deals for many Americans who buy insurance through Obamacare.

And so the yield curve could possibly approach inversion, but it may or may not occur or stay there very long because at that stage of the game, the flattening of the yield curve will greatly intensify all the other effects — the reduction in the reserve, monetary, and credit aggregates, as well as the weakness in velocity.

In short, investments in churn reduction (retention) can yield a far better return on investment than generating new users on a relative basis.

In bonds, yield levels have become somewhat compressed, finally prompting a reduction in our TIPS position to bring the overall duration of the Strategic Total Return Fund to about 1 year.

GFI argues that though it is true that plant - based products already exist, there may be significant room for the improvement of plant - based technology, and improving plant - based technology may yield shorter - term traction, i.e., greater market share, than the cultured foods.119 Recently developed plant - based products already seem to seem to represent improvements from past products; for example, the Impossible Burger, released in 2016, has received favorable reviews from vegans and omnivores alike.120 GFI's fostering and promotion of the development of similarly popular plant - based products could cause a significant reduction in the demand for animal products, particularly if they focus on plant - based chicken and fish and if they convince institutions to serve the plant - based products rather than animal products.121

The reduction reflects improvements in economic prospects in emerging markets, and increased investor interest in higher - yielding debt, given the relatively low yields available in industrial countries.

As he wrote earlier in this chapter, any use of the test as «a substitute for searching conversation» about world view / setting and the other dimensions of narrative explored later in the book was in his view more likely to yield a mechanist reduction than a deepened symbolic understanding.

Much agriculture in the United States is unsustainable, that is to say present practices are causing soil deterioration with reduction in crop yields.

It refers to the yield that can be sustained without causing a deterioration of the carrying capacity of the resource and therefore a reduction in the yield.

Lopez is referring to the study released by Test Biotech which states that the samples of Golden Rice were found to have lower yields due to the «substantial reduction» of chlorophyll in the rice plants.

«The optimisation resulted in significant reduction of flow disruption, increased product yield, and reduced variation and scrap.

Mr Altschwager agreed that a reduction is needed, but says the lower - quality areas producing the bulk of the country's grapes can become profitable more quickly than the lower - yielding ones.