Sentences with phrase «soil fertility from»

Not exact matches

It may be that the preference stems from resistance to local fertility religions that identified the deity too closely with the «maternal» nourishing soil.

Humility also descends form HUMUS: that is why this word chosen, because from the network» associations «point of view organic farming means defending the soil's organic fertility, the environment, nature and the dignity of its inhabitants.

From the data that we have, we see that hemp does have a lot of strong interactions with the biology in soil in enhancing the nutrient content, the fertility of soil and soil structure, which are all very important to enhancing soil health,» said Dr. Kristine Nichols, Chief Scientist of Rodale Institute.

Zanen, M.; Bokhorst, J.G. and Koopmans, C.J. (2008) Soil Fertility and Biodiversity effects from Organic Amendments in Organic Farming.

In the appendixes at the end, we have provided (1) a list of Lao - IRRI publications relating to rainfed lowland rice, which are available from IRRI, and (2) a list of soil fertility experiments that have been conducted from 1991 to 2000.

It is about supporting a system of sustainable agricultural management that promotes soil health and fertility through the use of such methods as crop rotation and cover cropping, which nourish plants, foster species diversity, help combat climate change, prevent damage to valuable water resources, and protect farmers and farmersâ $ ™ families from exposure to harmful chemicals.

Generally speaking, the best pepper - growing soil has the following characteristics: a warm, full - sun location; well - drained loam or sandy loam high in organic material but with moderate fertility; a herbicide - free environment; little or no alkali; and a pH registering from 6.0 to 8.0 (ideally 6.7 to 7.3).

Evidence suggests that the Indians, through the burning of remnants of logs, branches, weeds, crop remains, felled secondary growth vegetation, near - by forest litter, and cut material brought to the fields along with kitchen - fire carbon and ash from the houses, modified the fertility of their soils.

The food industry needs to take greater steps towards sustainable development — one of the key messages from the Sustainable Foods Summit 2015, hosted in Amsterdam on June 4 - 5, 2015, also citing soil fertility, carbon management, regulatory framework, and sustainable food production as major areas of concern.

Adding biochar to soil might be a good way to cut pollution from agriculture while improving fertility.

In her experiment, Bybee - Finley planted four cover crops, which are plants that add fertility to the soil and protect it from erosion.

Despite the great improvements we have in crop genetics and fertility, we're still having to manage weeds,» Dille said, noting that weeds compete with crops for everything from sunlight to moisture to nutrients in the soil.

Figuring out the composition of dark earth and how it was formed offers a way to improve soil fertility for today's small farmers and also curb carbon emissions from the fires that these farmers set to clear the forest.

From the outset all factors limiting wheat production were studied; consequently, there were interdisciplinary researches between genetics and plant breeding, agronomy, soil fertility, plant pathology, and entomology.

If a product is labeled Organic on the front of the package and sold in the State of California which has extremely rigorous organic regulations... then generally, the products contain USDA certified organic ingredients from farms that use a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers.

These grazing patterns indicate soil fertility varies from western Kansas to eastern Kansas.

Pasture - based cattle operations also decrease soil erosion and improve soil fertility and water quality by maintaining grasslands which protect soils from water and wind erosion.

In the Aleutian archipelago, predation of seabirds by introduced Arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) has lowered nutrient input and soil fertility, ultimately causing vegetation to transform from grasslands to dwarf shrub / forb - dominated systems (12).

I agree with Dhogaza that improving agricultural soil fertility is very important, but when talking about 12 billion acres I would like to know where the water would come from.

In The Renewable World, a new book from the World Future Council, Herbie Girardet and Miguel Mendonca (Green Books) are very keen on techniques for improving soil fertility and biological carbon dioxide absorption, and talk of «carbon farming».

(Both cause plant cover to decrease which causes soil moisture decreases often making storms less frequent, less regular, less predictable and more intense, further decreasing plant cover, reducing or killing crops, eroding soil (leading to decreased fertility, water pollution, etc.) and spiraling down into desertification and the creation of wasteland from what had been a fertile, verdant landscape.

Industrial farms Gare fossil - fuel addicted places, from their reliance on fossil fuels for powering machinery to petroleum - based chemicals used to create artificial soil fertility, protect against pests, and stave off weeds.