Sentences with phrase «agriculture practices result»

While organic agriculture practices result in higher soil organic matter (SOM) contents and, in turn, higher nutrient - and water - supplying potential to crops, transition to organic farming typically involves a lag time of several years in which yields can suffer and input demands increase as rebuilding soil microbial communities compete with crops for nitrogen and other available nutrients (Simmons and Coleman, 2008).

«We hope this project allows us to generate data to show that implementing regenerative agriculture practices results in improved outcomes — including economic resiliency and long - term benefits for farmers,» said Carla Vernón, president of the operating unit at Annie's, also owned by parent company General Mills.

Not exact matches

Many of the environmental improvements we see today are the direct result of investment in cleaner forms of energy, agriculture, and basic corporate sustainability practices.

The purpose of the research — funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service — was to determine which type of food safety messaging resulted in the best food - handling practices.

This report results as part of the strategic objective on increasing the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises, as FAO works with member countries to enhance and harmonize the assessment of damage and losses from disasters in crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and forestry, as well as the monitoring and evaluation of DRR / M and CCA good practice technologies in agriculture.

These tools provide the means to sharpen assessment and management capacities required to: compare the result of several water allocations plans; improve soil - moisture control - practices under rainfed conditions; optimize irrigation scheduling; sustainably intensify crop production; close the yield and water - productivity gaps; quantify the impact of climate variability and change on cropping systems; enhance strategies for increased water productivity and water savings; minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by agriculture.

Fortunately for regenerative agriculture, farmers across the country are already pioneering promising paths forward, applying innovative practices and seeing results (I mentioned a few on World Soil Day).

Cohen Milstein also orchestrated the historic settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over discrimination in farm loan lending to Native American farmers and ranchers — Keepseagle v. Vilsack — that resulted in $ 760 million in monetary awards and major reforms in USDA's Farm Loan Program policies and practices.