Sentences with phrase «annual grain production»

Recently, Jack has worked with The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, to implement a humid climate trial of the intermediate wheatgrass Kernza, a wheat variety that is hoped to be a commercially viable perennial alternative to annual grain production.

USAID estimates that the country's current annual grain production of 2 million metric tons is less than half of what is required to meet minimum nutritional needs.

Not exact matches

Chapter 9 Data: Feeding Eight Billion People Well (XLS PDF Highlights) Undernourishment in the World and in Selected Groups and Regions, 2009 Undernourishment in the World, 1969 - 2009 World Grain Production and Consumption, 1960 - 2009 World Average Grain Yields, 1950 - 2009 World Grain Yields, Annual Percent Increase by Decade, 1950 - 2009 Milk Production in India and the United States, 1961 - 2007 World Animal Protein Production, 1961 - 2007 World Soybean Production, 1964 - 2009 World Fertilizer Consumption, 1950 - 2008 Top of Page

The researchers conclude: «The energy discarded in wasted food is more than the energy available from many popular efficiency and energy procurement strategies, such as the annual production of ethanol from grains and annual petroleum available from drilling in the outer continental shelf,» and so minimizing wasted food means minimizing overall energy consumption.