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NCAR, which is financed in part by the National Science Foundation, has spent several years searching for ways to extend the predicability of floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather events from weeks to months as a way to give weather - sensitive sectors such as agriculture more time to protect themselves against costly losses.

Not exact matches

Agriculture, one of the few sectors of the American economy with a trade surplus, has been more supportive of Nafta than other areas, such as manufacturing.

Chinese dairy production and consumption has soared in the past three decades, averaging a 12.8 % annual growth rate since 2000 as a result of changing diet trends that are shifting more toward Western foods, according to a report by the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.

As an aside, «clean meat» does turn up some Google hits that do not relate to meat grown through cellular agriculture, but they're all for Biblically clean meats, and they are all very small websites; the common way of discussing Biblically clean (or more typically «unclean») meat is to refer to pure vs. impure or kosher / halal and not kosher / halal.

Between these extremes lies a more humane economic order: one in which, as Röpke put it, «wealth [is] widely dispersed, genuine communities, from the family upwards, form a background of moral support for the individual, and a healthy balance [exists] between town and country, industry and agriculture.»

For another, the more we conserve scarce and nonrenewable resources, such as the oil used so extensively in modern agriculture and elsewhere, the less pressure there will be to engage in an interventionist and imperialist foreign policy and the wars that follow from such a policy.

Unlike Louverture, they have portrayed subsistence farming as a legitimate — even a more ecologically benign — alternative to commercial agriculture, rather than the economic calamity it was.

Since then agriculture, which employs more than 60 percent of the country's population, has stagnated, but the services sector has grown as corporate demand has increased in Europe and America for India's software engineers and English - speaking back - office workers.!

In the short run, such traumas will probably only lead to more intensification of agriculture, as we attempt to produce our way out of our problems.

During the process of domestication, plants undergo changes in certain traits that make them more amenable to humans and agriculture such as larger seeds, larger fruits, a compact growth habit, and so on.

She has helped AFSA establish its voice and authority on a range of issues and secured frequent meetings with a number of politicians to lobby for significant reform, as well as leading the process for submissions to government inquiries, including the Productivity Commission's inquiry into the impact of regulation on agriculture, and the Victorian Government's Animal Industries Advisory Committee, which released its report in 2016 that includes recommendations for more scale - appropriate application of the planning scheme around extensive and intensive animal husbandry.

An analysis of the most recent USDA Census of Agriculture determined that direct market farm sales grew three times as fast in Appalachia as compared to the rest of the country and that Appalachian consumers spend more per capita on direct farms sales than the rest of the country.

New processes and technologies in landscape planning, soil analysis, irrigation, and even alternative proteins such as plant - based meat are making agriculture and land use more sustainable.

«One of the criticisms [of organic agriculture] is because it is more expensive, maybe it's not as accessible to some people as conventional products, and certainly that is something that needs to be considered as well,» Crowder says.

BMG was established as a cooperative in 1927; the not - for - profit corporation was conceived to promote sustainable agriculture in the Oregon area and to help growers be more competitive.

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.

Lopez's advocacy is right along the campaigns and calls of MASIPAG for a more sustainable development, as espoused in MASIPAG's programs for farmer - led and farmer - centered sustainable agriculture.

The conference was attended by more that 150 farmers, NGO workers, representatives from the regional Department of Agriculture, as well as students, academe and media representatives.

However, critics argue that organic agriculture may have lower yields and would therefore need more land to produce the same amount of food as conventional farms, resulting in more widespread deforestation and biodiversity loss, and thus undermining the environmental benefits of organic practices5.

Thrupp, who has more than 20 years experience in sustainable agriculture, will also maintain her current position as Manager of Organic Development and North Coast Grower Representative at Fetzer Vineyards.

To establish organic agriculture as an important tool in sustainable food production, the factors limiting organic yields need to be more fully understood, alongside assessments of the many social, environmental and economic benefits of organic farming systems.

We are delighted to announce that the next step of succession planning has been completed, and that Louise Luttikholt will join IFOAM - Organics International as our next Executive Director.Raised on a small family farm in the Netherlands, Louise has extensive experience in organic agriculture, fair trade and development cooperation at a strategic... more

As the debate on foreign investment in Australia's agriculture rages, QIC's potential investment could well be seen as the first major move by an Australian institution in the cattle sector for more than a decade since AMP sold out of pastoral company StanbrokAs the debate on foreign investment in Australia's agriculture rages, QIC's potential investment could well be seen as the first major move by an Australian institution in the cattle sector for more than a decade since AMP sold out of pastoral company Stanbrokas the first major move by an Australian institution in the cattle sector for more than a decade since AMP sold out of pastoral company Stanbroke.

The Scholar Days were really engaging and provided heaps of information on how to get into international agriculture research as well as more general career advice.

Around the globe, organic farmers, consumers and facilitating organizations have been developing alternative and complementary tools to third - party certification such as Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) initiatives.PGS and CSA are similar in their overall objectives of improving livelihoods of organic... more

Governments can use these texts to develop national Organic Agriculture programs, which are often more detailed as they respond to specific country needs.

Organic agriculture has been recognized as a driver towards more sustainable agricultural practises and food systems.

Peter Laufer: Yes, except in the environment that we have and the type capitalism we practice the regulatory agency in question which is the USDA, the United States Department of Agriculture; the National Organic Program, the NOP, is serving business at least as much as it's servicing the rest of us and maybe more and it's the position of the USDA that if companies like Trader Joe's or others decide that the origin of their products is a proprietary business tool, then they are successfully able to hide behind that claim and not tell you where something you're going to buy and eat came from.

I agree with this comment, as well as with the others on industrial agriculture, though I do want to mention that there are small town, local and organic farmers out there who treat animals and the environment well — while I do not support the dairy or egg industry, I love to see our friend Bob's hens running around wild, pecking at bugs, etc. and we will eat those eggs, which are seasonal because hens naturally lay more during certain times of the year.

More farmers cultivate organically, more land is certified organic, and 170 countries report organic farming activities (up from 164) as shown in the 2015 edition of the FiBL - IFOAM study «The World of Organic Agriculture&raqMore farmers cultivate organically, more land is certified organic, and 170 countries report organic farming activities (up from 164) as shown in the 2015 edition of the FiBL - IFOAM study «The World of Organic Agriculture&raqmore land is certified organic, and 170 countries report organic farming activities (up from 164) as shown in the 2015 edition of the FiBL - IFOAM study «The World of Organic Agriculture».

So while AFSA strongly supports the need to recognize agriculture as the priority activity in the Farming Zone, we see a need to offer more flexibility to enable farms to construct suitable dwellings for the rich community of workers needed to manage these systems, where those dwellings are genuinely built in support of agricultural purposes.

With more than 60,000 supporters, including members of Parliament as well as Denmark's former Prime Minister, Stop Wasting Food initiated the fight against food waste in Denmark from farm to fork, resulting in a major rise of consumer awareness — 83 percent of Danes have become more willing to fight food waste according to the most recent figures from the Danish Agriculture & Food Council.

As a final assessment, it can be stated that well managed organic agriculture leads to more favourable conditions at all environmental levels.

Across South - East Europe, interest in agriculture and especially horticulture is said to be growing dramatically, with investors showing more interest recently in the region's potential as a fresh produce supplier amid doubts about the profitability of other traditional industries.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) wants to inspire us all a fresh look at a group of ancient food crops known more commonly as legumes.

During the past decade, organically grown products have become the fastest growing sector in agriculture as consumers have become more concerned about how their food is grown and processed.

Bell peppers are in constant demand, and bring a fair average price in the markets, and if once recognized as identical with the fruit from which the imported chili is derived, they could be made to play a still more important part in the annals of domestic agriculture.

So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

Eat Smart... It's In The Garden TOOLKIT [external link] South Carolina's Department of Agriculture developed this toolkit in partnership with Eat Smart Move More SC, [external link] a regional nonprofit promoting healthy eating and active living as the pillars of healthy lifestyles in healthy communities.

Steiner wrote more than 50 books and gave over 6,000 lectures on such diverse subjects as science, philosophy, religion, art, agriculture, medicine, and education.

More leafy greens needed With that in mind, the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, recommended that the U.S. Department of Agriculture stop participants of the federal Women, Infants and Children program, known as WIC, from buying potatoes with federal dollars.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue released a proclamation May 1 that praised the nation's schools for serving nutritious meals and committed to «provide significant technical assistance to schools as they continue to develop menus that are healthy and appealing to students,» but the statement also announced plans to undermine key standards that support... Read More

Comparing to neighbouring Rwanda, whose food production is in a much better state, Burundi has more conducive ecological conditions for agriculture, such as vast plains.

More and more young people are going into agriculture, being able, for the first time, to see farming as a viable endeavMore and more young people are going into agriculture, being able, for the first time, to see farming as a viable endeavmore young people are going into agriculture, being able, for the first time, to see farming as a viable endeavour.

Strengthening business and tourism, supporting local, sustainable agriculture — all this and more — were part of the conversation at the Dutch Ale House in the Village of Saugerties as Assemblyman Pete Lopez, local leaders, chamber members and others celebrated the long - awaited grand opening of John and Karyn Pavich's micro brewery.

Supporters of organic farming acknowledge that production methods are currently more expensive, but point to the subsidies paid to conventional agriculture and funding provided for research in contrast to organic farming as making the comparison unfair.

«Here, we have been able to have a lot of facilities and our target is mostly existing famers who want more knowledge in the area of agriculture as well as youths who want to train in the area of agriculture and students of tertiary institutions.

«As far as he is concerned, «it is the structure of the district economy that will determine what should be done there: maybe that structure is going to lead to more emphasis on agriculture, maybe that structure is going to lead on construction, maybe that structure is going to lead on services, depending on the skills set availablAs far as he is concerned, «it is the structure of the district economy that will determine what should be done there: maybe that structure is going to lead to more emphasis on agriculture, maybe that structure is going to lead on construction, maybe that structure is going to lead on services, depending on the skills set availablas he is concerned, «it is the structure of the district economy that will determine what should be done there: maybe that structure is going to lead to more emphasis on agriculture, maybe that structure is going to lead on construction, maybe that structure is going to lead on services, depending on the skills set available.

Moreover, as appetites for food and biofuels — made with palm, corn, and other plants — rise, more land is needed to accommodate agriculture.