Sentences with phrase «better agriculture practices»

Or do better agriculture practices need more CO2 to produce those increased crops?

Not exact matches

If we want to design agriculture for local ecosystems, suited to the specific soils, climates and cultivation practices of local people, editing is at best a partial solution.

«IFOAM shall position Organic Agriculture better in its own and the public perception as a holistic, sustainable farming system that is committed to further develop its practices to meet traditional and new challenges.

Under the direction of the Action Network's Steering Group, the Core Group drafted successive versions of the initiative's first foundational document, the Best Practice Guideline for Agriculture and Value Chains.

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For seventy years, the Institute has been researching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing findings with farmers and scientists throughout the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet.

I agree with not supporting horrible practices of animal agriculture, and you can actually help the fight against animal cruelty by spending your money on well sourced meat by local farmers who treat their animals right.

Sustainable agriculture and good farming practices may be the best way to counter the growing threat of food security in the region.

The Ethiopian region Tigray, which IFOAM — Organics International has always showcased as one of the best examples for putting sustainable agriculture practices and policies into practice globally, was awarded with the Gold Future Policy Award 2017.

I know that peanut butter gets a bad rap because of the potential for the fungus aflatoxin (which is considered to be carcinogenic) to be present, but good news is that our agriculture practices have gotten much better and buying organic, roasted peanuts exponentially reduces the risk for toxicity.

For more than sixty years, we've been researching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing our findings with farmers and scientists throughout the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about how going organic is the healthiest option for people and the planet.

The AFi will align common definitions, norms, and good practices to improve transparency, reduce environmental and social risk, and improve accountability in forestry and agriculture supply chains.

Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, said that while other regions are deep into promoting good farming and winemaking practices - including the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance - which helped develop the «Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Workbook,» Sonoma's plan is the most ambitious.

With each revision to the standard, the SAN incorporates new scientific evidence and sustainable agriculture best practices to ensure that the standard's requirements are both effective and feasible across the range of crops and countries where the SAN works.

IFOAM President, Andre Leu, who presented a paper on «Alternative to external inputs», highlighted that organic agriculture is part of the agroecology paradigm, and that innovative and science - based methods provide the practices and inputs needed for soil nutrition, pest, disease and weed control that lead to good yields.

For more than 60 years, this group has been researching organic agriculture, sharing best practices, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educating consumers about the health benefits of eating organic.

However, unlike conventional agricultural practices which use large amounts of arsenic - based herbicide, insecticide and feed formulations — organic agriculture strictly prohibits their use — as well as a wide range of toxic pesticides with documented negative health and environmental effects that end up on and in our food supply on a daily basis.

We support actors at various stages of the supply chain in making the transition to Organic Agriculture, promoting local organic solutions, and collecting and disseminating best practices.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Experts gathering at the 5th Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Food and Agriculture have stressed the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to upscale the sharing of proven best practices in sustainable rice production among Asia's smallholder rice farmers.

This will happen by adopting a culture of innovation and continuous improvement that works to implement best practices across a full spectrum of sustainability dimensions — social, ecological, economic, cultural and accountability — for the benefit of all of agriculture and the peoples of the world that depend on it.

The Rainforest Alliance has developed online training materials for best practices in sustainable agriculture, sustainable tourism, REDD +, and Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ Claims, Traceability, and Trademarks:

The number of individuals trained in best management practices during Rainforest Alliance agriculture, forestry, carbon, and tourism projects, or through Rainforest Alliance certification.

The choice of complementary foods will depend on local patterns of diet and agriculture, as well as on existing beliefs and practices, but should never include thin gruels or non-milk liquids.

«NOAH along with the National Farmers Union, the veterinary profession and others in the food chain support this commitment to good practice through the RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture) Alliance,» he said.

Farmers, as well as those employed, retained or otherwise authorized to act on behalf of farmers, may lawfully engage in agricultural practices within Erie county at all such times and all such locations as are reasonably necessary to conduct the business of agriculture.

The animal health sector wants to limit the development of antibiotic resistance by promoting responsible use of antibiotics in order to preserve them for future generations, for example through the work of RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture) Alliance, which produces best practice guidelines.

O'Connor said about 15 years ago local and county officials met with a representative from the state's Department of Agriculture and Markets to consider implementing similar best management practices in Cayuga County.

Speaking about the policy options emerging from the four regional assessments, Watson said: «Although there are no «silver bullets» or «one - size - fits all» answers, the best options in all four regional assessments are found in better governance, integrating biodiversity concerns into sectoral policies and practices (e.g. agriculture and energy), the application of scientific knowledge and technology, increased awareness and behavioural changes.»

The techniques for minimising erosion are well known and covered in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's Code of Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Soil, says Howe.

Farmers are seeing the same trend in voluntary FDA and Agriculture Department standards called «good agricultural practices,» which include several common - sense measures such as hand - washing but can dock farms points if they sit within 2 miles of livestock.

For its part, Agriculture hopes to be able to determine what the overriding impacts and concerns might be for a given multistate region as well as offer advice on farming practices that might curtail agricultural contributions to greenhouse gas emissions (via such processes as fertilizer production and use, plowing practices, and rice paddy methane release).

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.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Experts gathering at the 5th Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Food and Agriculture have stressed the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to upscale the sharing of proven best practices in sustainable rice production among Asia's smallholder rice farmers.

I know that peanut butter gets a bad rap because of the potential for the fungus aflatoxin (which is considered to be carcinogenic) to be present, but good news is that our agriculture practices have gotten much better and buying organic, roasted peanuts exponentially reduces the risk for toxicity.

Educating the family on using food to improve health, as well as supporting the practice of humanely raising animals and sustainable agriculture, were frequent household conversations.

About Blog Climate Wise Agriculture shares information and experiences in order to transfer best practices and drive strategy so as to achieve climate - resilient and sustainable agricultural industries.

Strategic project management as well as external advocacy for the project (in policy and practice) is handled by a joint Project Steering Committee (PSC) with influential members with an interest in the project and the development of the WMI: Distinguished Chair, Wangari Maathai Institute, Principal of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Prof. A. Mwang» ombe; Director of KeFRI, Dr. B. Chikamai; Vice Dean - Faculty of Law, UC, Prof. J. Vestergaard; Project Coordinator UoN, Dr. T. Thenya; Principal Project Coordinator UC, Prof. V. Vindeløv and; Director of WMI, Prof. S.G. Kiama who serves as ex officio member (secretary) to the PSC.

We thank Veterinary Practice News for this opportunity to respond and inform about the good things that are happening in modern animal agriculture.

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Vermont Department of Health and Vermont Veterinary Medical Association urge Vermonters to utilize best management practices when adopting a pet.

In collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), Phnom Penh, a full - day lecture and practical workshop will be conducted on 22 September 2018 on the topic of basic and advanced soft tissue surgical principles and techniques, with participants from RUA's Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine faculties, as well as practicing Cambodian veterinarians.

Last week, the Institute at the Golden Gate, in partnership with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, brought together food service executives from across the nation to share best practices and address common challenges in expanding healthy and sustainable food service.

In contrast, centuries of extraordinary technical progress give me great confidence that diffusion of our best practices and continuing innovation can advance us much further in decarbonization, landless agriculture, and other cardinal directions for a prosperous, green environment.

Invest in support small - scale agriculture, energy efficient buildings, fisheries protection, forestry, energy efficient transportation, better waste management and recycling, low carbon energy, better water use practices.

Soil carbon lost from Mollisols of the North Central U.S.A. with 20 years of agricultural best management practices, Gregg R. Sanford et al., Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, v162, pp 68 et seq..

That passage could as well describe the vista that stretches now in front of us; the path we can take if we so choose: ecovillages, co-housing communities and other forms of living communally, practicing sustainable and regenerative, bioregionalist agriculture, in a permacultural landscape of cultivated ecologies, in millennial balance with the orbit and precession of Earth.

The purpose of CITYFOOD is to raise awareness on resilient city - region food systems and (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture, create an advocacy platform for cities to gain political recognition and support from national governments and international support organizations, to provide information to cities around the world, stimulate exchange of experiences, identify and disseminate important lesson and good practices, and facilitate cooperation between cities worldwide and between local governments and civil society in this area.

Good practices and «lessons learned» in urban agriculture programmes and urban food policies are highlighted in different publications and working papers published by RUAF (see the RUAF Publications section of this web site).

This publication also illustrates the benefits of good practices in climate services, such as water management, agriculture and food security, disaster risk reduction and health.

This technical document provides a brief review of the benefits from various agriculture - based practices and technologies that have the potential to increase food production and the adaptive capacity of the food production system, as well as reduce emissions or enhance carbon storage in agricultural soils and biomass, focusing in detail on empirical evidence concerning costs and barriers to adoption, both from household and project - level data.

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.