Sentences with phrase «at food and agriculture»

«Scientists develop a trait and have something that works and they're excited about, and they simply can't afford to get the testing through,» says Terri Raney, a senior economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.

John Michael Humphries Choptiany formerly of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and now at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, together with colleagues at Dalhousie, Alberta Innovates — Technology Futures (AITF), and G BACH Enterprises Incorporated, explain how they have adopted information from the environmental, social, economic and engineering fields to create their assessment framework, which incorporates utility curves, criterion weights, thresholds, decision trees, Monte Carlo simulation, critical events and sensitivity analysis.

Since the conference we've met up multiple times at food and agriculture events, and I hope this is the start of a long friendship with two wonderful people with similar interests and ambitions.

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«Quebec's so dominant that all the others are in the shade,» says Stephen Page, a maple - and - honey - sector specialist at Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada.

David Acheson, a former official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was brought on as an adviser.

JD.Com said it would purchase more than $ 2 billion of U.S. agriculture and food products over next three years, including at least $ 1.2 billion of beef from Montana Stock Growers Association and pork from Smithfield Foods Inc..

The U.S. has become rich with new incubators and accelerators aimed at startups in such categories as agriculture, art and design, biotech, food and clean energy.

Japanese officials at the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said that Japan will argue for the importance of self - sufficiency in food...

«So in many cases,» says Doug Gurian - Sherman, a plant pathologist and director of sustainable agriculture at the Center for Food Safety, «the particular genes used will only work well in certain genetic backgrounds and environments.»

As a GFI Campus Fellow, your primary goal is to increase the number of students at your university that pursue entrepreneurship in plant - based and cellular agriculture alternatives to factory - farmed foods.

Tim started his career at the Department of Finance, Canada, and then held positions at the Privy Council Office — where he was Secretary to various Cabinet committees — and Agriculture and Agri - food Canada.

These amounts include cuts to Environment Canada, and those imposed on environment related programs at Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada, Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Transport Canada.

She has spent more than 10 years in food and agriculture businesses, including at McKinsey and Syngenta.

We [achieve our mission] by harnessing the power of markets and food technology to create alternatives to industrial animal agriculture that are delicious, cost competitive, and convenient -LSB-...] Fifteen years ago, plant - based milk represented roughly 0 % of the milk market; now it is at 10 % -LSB-...] GFI is laser - focused on replicating (and exceeding!)

India gives broad government food subsidies to its farmers and poor consumers — a benefit that has allegedly undercut fair - market agriculture prices and is at the heart of a World Trade Organization dispute that has irked the U.S.

She was a Manager at Village Capital where she analyzed opportunities and created investment recommendations in the fintech, education, health, food / agriculture, and energy sectors.

Francis drew a standing ovation on Monday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, where he marked the UN's World Food Day by calling for governments to work together to tackle the interconnected problems of hunger, global warming and migration.

The same people who will benefit from an expanded green economy won't suffer from an expanded gambling economy, because they'd rather dine at an upscale (but tastefully casual) restaurant in Brooklyn that specializes in locally sourced food and sustainable agriculture than get on a bus to go to a «Las Vegas — style» casino in the Catskills.

«At this point we grow far more corn and soybeans than we need, and far less good food than we should; we have far too few people on the farm; and it's all the result of government policy favoring industrialized agriculture.»

Arguing against the motion is Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable aAgriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agricultureagriculture.

Speakers at the rally included Dr. Andre Leu, president of IFOAM, Vanadana Shiva of Navdanaya, Hans Herren of the Millennium Institute, and Laura Lengnick author of the book Resilient Agriculture — Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate which is being made into 4 minute videos featuring farmer stories in their own words, along with Precious Phiri, Will Allen, and Ronnie Cummins of the Organic Consumers Association.

The findings were announced by Professor Carlo Leifert of the Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture based at Newcastle University, UK, who with his team are working on the EU funded project called the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and fFood (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and foodfood.

He has an unusual educational background: after graduating in Agricultural Sciences and Business at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Nicola Bertinelli moved to Canada to attend a Master in Business Administration (MBA) at the prestigious Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics of the University of Guelph.

Its core topic will be SAVE FOOD, an initiative that was originally launched at interpack 2011, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and waFOOD, an initiative that was originally launched at interpack 2011, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and waFOOD, an initiative that was originally launched at interpack 2011, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and waFood and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and waFood and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and wafood losses and wafood losses and waste.

A global contest to find world's best agroecology policies has been jointly launched by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM — Organics International was launched last week at the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology, held in Rome (6 April 2018).

Arguing against the motion was Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable aAgriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agricultureagriculture.

On 17 — 21 October, the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this year.

IFOAM — Organics International is attending the COP22 climate talks to speak out on behalf of the organic food and farming community and to raise awareness of the urgent need to make organic agriculture part of a climate change solution.According to Gabor Figeczky, Advocacy Manager at IFOAM — Organics... more

Besides being democratic and transparent in group activities and taking interest in studying issues related to organic agriculture, MASIPAG also aims to strengthen farmers control over the selling of their produce while improving productivity and sustainability and achieving food self - sufficiency at local level.

o Organic research in Canada involves the producers and the researchers o Organic evidence at the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry o The State of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri - Food Sector o Crop rotation and cover crops would help preventing the creation of the Gulf of Mexico «dead zone»

If you use the promocode STONEBARNS between now and April 24, you'll get free shipping at shopterrain.com and 10 % of your order will go to Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture.

Julie Lefort cooperates in a research activity led by Martine Dorais, researcher at Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada, alongside researchers at Laval University.

Before joining the staff at NOFA - VT, Maddie worked in various capacities in outdoor education, agriculture, and food policy in Utah, Colorado, and Vermont.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the livestock sector is «one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global».

State Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross set to join Wine Industry Leaders at Vineyard Economics Seminar

At the Agriculture and Fisheries (Agrifish) Council meeting held on the 17 July, Jourova stated that food makers that misinformed consumers a branded food was the same in all EU countries were guilty of unfair commercial practices.

In a wide - ranging speech titled Why Australia must be responsible with agriculture, delivered at a business lunch today, David Farley called for the government to renegotiate indigenous land titles and pastoral leases, to establish an emergency food bank, in addition to a number of other initiatives to boost Australian food production and export to meet local and regional demands.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Dr. R.R.A. Wijekoon, Director General of Agriculture, Government of Sri Lanka, said «This will strengthen rice research development activities in the country especially to ensure food and nutrition security and sharing of global innovative technologies for the country's successful rice production.»

California Department of Food and Agriculture will release the Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2014 harvest on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at noon

Also represented at the meeting are the Myanmar Department of Rice Research, Myanmar Rice Federation, Yezin Agriculture University, Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT), Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that is responsible for inspection at broiler chicken processing facilities (those facilities that process chickens for meat).

They include: Karen Block, Industrial Relations Manager, Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis; Hunter Francis, Director / Founder, Center for Sustainability in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Allison Jordan, Executive Director, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance; Camron King, President, Lodi Winegrape Commission; Karissa Kruse, President, Sonoma County Winegrowers; Kelli McCune, Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Conservation; Michelle Novi, Industry Relations Manager, Napa Valley Vintners; Cyril Penn, Editor in Chief, Wine Business Monthly; and Beth Vukmanic Lopez, SIP Certification Manager, The Vineyard Team.

At its core is a focus on building Ireland's reputation as a world leader in safe, sustainable agriculture and food production, whilst enhancing competitiveness by supporting innovation and building export capabilities.

Harking back to the inspiring quote by Professor Fresco at the first scholar's day, «We need to tell the story of food and agriculture in a compelling way ``; I felt this really encapsulated the conference experience for myself.

Professor Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations SAVING FOOD FROM THE FARM TO THE FORK: Wastage in rich and poor countries alike, 29 August 2016

Mr Harvey said his experiences at Interflour, where the Salim Group was looking to move downstream into farm production and CBH was looking to move upstream into food processing, showed the potential for cross-investment and joint ventures in agriculture.

As an Agriculture / Business student at UNE, I have always been interested in food security, welfare and international agriculture, and have taken up every opportunity I could find to get involved in those types oAgriculture / Business student at UNE, I have always been interested in food security, welfare and international agriculture, and have taken up every opportunity I could find to get involved in those types oagriculture, and have taken up every opportunity I could find to get involved in those types of programs.

Unfortunately honey bee populations in some parts of the world are at risk from a number of interacting factors such as agriculture intensification, Varroa mite, bee pathogens, changes in bee food supplements and pesticides.

At the launch of Bord Bia's Export Performance and Prospects 2016 - 2017 report, Michael Creed TD, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, said that one of the highlights was the impact of market diversification in the year in the UK decided to leave the European Union.

Michael Creed, Irish minister for agriculture, food and the marine, spoke about the report at its launch.