Sentences with phrase «change as agriculture»

The Ozarks have continued to change as agriculture and grazing decimate stands of giant cane, impacting animals from swamp rabbits to warblers.

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She did 24 %, as she accelerated a major strategic change — «and nobody likes change,» says a colleague — that downplayed chemicals and positioned agriculture and nutrition to power DuPont's third century.

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.

The whipsaw changes roiled agriculture markets, and not everyone who makes a living off the land retained the same fealty to Trump as Wacker.

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.

Nature as a solution to climate change was on display, but agriculture and soils were underrepresented.

By promoting sustainable changes among not just agriculture but its entire supply chain and itself, McDonald's is living by its belief that sustainability is «inextricably linked to its business growth,» and that the world's sustainability is tied to McDonald's sustainability, as well.

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.

A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture examine that growth, as well as changes in dairy product markets, growing price volatility, and dairy policy.

National policies should be created to incentivize producers to change the way they manage their farming systems and adopt natural water retention measures used in organic agriculture such as green cover and intercropping as well as diversifying farmers» crop and income base so they have something to fall back on when drought strikes.

We continue to support the wheat and barley industries in the face of global challenges such as climate change, food and fuel security and sustainable agriculture practices.

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.

This new full - scale - electric feed truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his Marin county organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution to reversing climate change.

As owners of restaurants including The Perennial, they set up The Perennial Farming Initiative to provide funding for programs in «progressive agriculture» and to encourage changes in the industry, from farm to fork.

First used as tolerated weeds, they became an indispensable seasoning and vegetable when the advent of agriculture changed the way humans acquired food.

Produced by Robert Redford, Terrence Malick, & Nick Offerman and directed by Laura Dunn (The Unforeseen), this documentary is «a beautiful and poignant portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, as seen through the eye of American novelist, poet, and activist, Wendell Berry».

This truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution for reversing climate change.

The combined pressures of climate change and epidemics sweeping through intensive animal agriculture such as H5N2 avian flu and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) are growing challenges for industrial agriculture, and workers organizing to demand fair pay and conditions combined with increasing consumer pressure for greater transparency and better treatment of land, animals, and workers, are having an effect.

As international awareness about the environmental costs of producing and eating meat increases — The United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one - fifth of the man - made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide — the work of RiceBran Technologies is supporting environmental sustainability and combating waste while globally providing a nutritious source of protein, carbohydrates, healthy oil and dietary fiber as food ingredientAs international awareness about the environmental costs of producing and eating meat increases — The United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one - fifth of the man - made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide — the work of RiceBran Technologies is supporting environmental sustainability and combating waste while globally providing a nutritious source of protein, carbohydrates, healthy oil and dietary fiber as food ingredientas food ingredients.

Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imChange Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imchange - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.

While I would like to think better of the TDA and our new Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller, it seems as though these proposed changes are motivated by nothing but politics.

Last week, as part of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization, the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill that does include some changes — but also keeps most of the healthy standards in place.

Schools across the country have made big changes in the cafeteria as a result of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's updated nutrition standards for school meals.

Also in a paper presented by Nurudeen Bello on «Effects of Climate Change in Nigeria,» he stated that the adverse effect of climate change such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in NiChange in Nigeria,» he stated that the adverse effect of climate change such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in Nichange such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in Nigeria.

«Unlike before, when only the aged were found going into agriculture ventures, things have changed now as the youth are now taking interest in the sector.

He said that if he gets elected to Congress, his primary goal will be to change that — to focus on local economic development issues, as well as the sprawling agriculture industry of New York's 23rd Congressional District.

Such an approach can effectively address the policy challenges facing the country and in some cases the world, including those raised by concerns such as climate change, health care issues, trade, terrorism and agriculture, said Pearl.

Some researchers expect that as climate change pushes agriculture and human populations farther north, «people are going to come more in contact with these mostly pristine landscapes» and disturb them in ways that could increase fire risk, Page says.

In statement on the White House blog last week, President Obama thanked the bill's co-sponsors in the House and Senate and the leaders of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture committees for their continued support for Feed the Future, which he described as a «game - changing development initiative.»

For example, soil is second only to oceans as the planet's largest carbon sink, while agriculture and land use changes represent the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

That means the future of agriculture as the climate changes could be even worse than this prediction — and that's before taking into account other factors such as the effect of pests.

It has long been known that biomass burning — burning forests to create agricultural lands, burning savannah as a ritual, slash - and - burn agriculture and wildfires — figures into both climate change and public health.

The Levant (i.e. modern - day Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria) has long been recognised as an important region associated with changes in social complexity and shifts in subsistence economy that pre-empted the shift to agriculture and farming.

Using data from several sources on 162 terrestrial animals and plants unique (endemic) to the Albertine Rift, the researchers used ecological niche modeling (computer models) to determine the extent of habitat already lost due to agriculture, and to estimate the future loss of habitat as a result of climate change.

However, when land is used for agriculture, as a wood source, or for mining, carbon is often released into the atmosphere where it contributes to climate change.

+ / - 500,000: km2 of land is degraded due to factors such as deforestation, unsustainable agriculture, overgrazing, uncontrolled mining activities, invasive alien species and climate change, leading to soil erosion, salinization, pollution, and loss of vegetation or soil fertility

Then there are the bees: Regardless of whether honeybees become extinct as a species as a result of colony collapse disorder, climate change and other threats, the local extinction of various honeybee populations and the pollination they provide could spell disaster for human agriculture.

Other explanations, such as a more virulent strain or changes in land use, agriculture, or animal health systems, seemed implausible, they said, and the disease had struck primarily in those areas that had heated up the most.

Now that we've unlocked its genetic secrets, loblolly pine will take on even greater importance as we look for new sources of biomass to drive our nation's bioeconomy and ways to increase carbon sequestration and mitigate climate change,» said Sonny Ramaswamy, director of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), which funded the research.

«The model we developed and applied couples biospheric feedbacks from oceans, atmosphere, and land with human activities, such as fossil fuel emissions, agriculture, and land use, which eliminates important sources of uncertainty from projected climate outcomes,» said Thornton, leader of the Terrestrial Systems Modeling group in ORNL's Environmental Sciences Division and deputy director of ORNL's Climate Change Science Institute.

Lal calculates that land - use changes such as these have stripped 70 billion to 100 billion tons of carbon from the world's soils and pumped it into the earth's atmosphere, oceans, and lakes since the dawn of agriculture.

Land - use change and agriculture are by far the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil, as forests and savannas are cut down for cattle pastures and cropland.

In landscapes that are highly fragmented from human activity like development and agriculture, the end could come as early as 2050, the researchers report today in Nature Climate Change.

«The overwhelming cause of this biodiversity loss is land - use change, driven by the expansion of agriculture and plantations for crops such as oil palm.

In addition, agriculture accounts for at least 85 percent of human water consumption — a growing concern as aquifers diminish and hydrology changes in the face of climate change.

«There are many potential benefits to concentrating our environmental impact by intensifying drivers of land - use change, such as agriculture and forestry, in exchange for gazetting large remote undisturbed reserves.

We don't yet know how climate change will impact spiders, and in turn impact agriculture such as crops and farms.

To meet this need, Diouf proposed setting up a network of 400 to 500 food and agriculture experts to provide «science - based analysis» using the U.N Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change as a model.

A feasible model of south - south cooperation in agriculture research, such as the IRRI South Asia Centre, has the potential to change the lives of 145 million rice farmers all over the world.»

The second enormous challenge that we need to face as a result of the events set in motion 10,000 years ago with the development of agriculture is climate change.