Sentences with phrase «changing agricultural practices»

These increases are related not to climate variability and change but to changing agricultural practices and technology.

The scenic qualities of this area have long been recognised and the idea of granting it protection as a national park were put forward as early as the 1920s, the principal reasons being that it was an extensive area of beautiful and relatively wild country but these early plans never came to fruition and urban development and changing agricultural practices continued to impinge on the area's character with much of the traditional grass «downland» being turned over to arable farming.

«Changing agricultural practices played a role.

Other fish in Africa, such as populations of cichlids, are being eliminated due to changing agricultural practices.

Lead researcher Prof David Richardson, from UEA's school of Biological Sciences, said: «The increase in nitrous oxide in the atmosphere is largely the result of changing agricultural practices to more intensive, large scale production systems.

The company modernized its feed facilities and also started encouraging its customers to change agricultural practices to reduce the negative impact on the environment.

This will ultimately change agricultural practices for the better, and will do more to help insure food quality and safety for ourselves and for our companion animals than more government regulations and oversight at tax payers expense.

John has set out to change agricultural practices on a worn out patch of prairie in the agricultural heart of Montana.

Okay, so we're still trying to figure out how to sequester carbon dioxide on the planet to save us from global warming and we're not willing to change our agricultural practices to lock up the extra carbon in places like plants and topsoil.

Satellite imaging highlights the growing need to change agricultural practices in South Asia as higher average temperatures cause the reduction of crop yields on the Indo - Gangetic plain.

No starvation isn't realistic unless developing countries change their agricultural practices.

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Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

Introduce state - of - the - art climate - smart agricultural practices that will contribute to climate change mitigation.

Another step change came a year later when the annual scorecards moved to a fully electronic system, and it moved to a «good agricultural practice» approach, with scorecards weighted to «major must - dos», «minors» and «recommended».

The risk of water scarcity is a direct consequence of unsustainable agricultural practices, climate change, and growth in demand for agricultural commodities.

Henriette: «Good agricultural practices farmers can adopt to better cope with the effects of climate change include things like planting shade trees, implementing efficient irrigation methods and covering the soil with compost to make it more resilient.»

«Further research should look at ways for developing countries to adapt their agricultural practices to climate change.»

He concludes that the demand pressures for increased cocoa exports, changing weather patterns and falling cocoa prices, has led to more monocropping — the agricultural practice of growing only one type of agricultural product in a large area of land, year after year — and less sustainable growing practices in recent years.

But in a new paper in the journal Nature Communications, researchers investigating nutrients in runoff from agricultural land warn that phosphorus losses will increase, due to climate change, unless this is mitigated by making major changes to agricultural practices.

Major changes in agricultural practices will be required to offset increases in nutrient losses due to climate change, according to research published by a Lancaster University - led team.

Changes in forest management and agricultural practices could significantly reduce the threat of global warming much more quickly than can technological solutions such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) from coal - fired power plants, according to experts.

«Finding solutions to address the wide range of factors that may affect bee health... will be a complex undertaking that may take many years and require advances in science and changes in agricultural and land use practices.»

Changes to agricultural practice and forestry management could cut greenhouse gas emissions, buying time to develop alternative technologies

The adoption of this new material coincided with other changes in past societies often including differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles.

The former dust bowl's lone water source could run dry without a change in agricultural practices

Moreover, unsustainable land use practices, coupled with the effects of climate change, lead to land degradation, falling agricultural yields, rise in rural poverty, land abandonment, forced migration and conflict.

That is true, but both goals, extracting 100 GtC from the atmosphere via improved forestry and agricultural practices (with possibly some assistance from CCS technology) and limiting additional net change of non-CO2 forcings to zero, are feasible and probably much easier than the principal task of limiting additional fossil fuel emissions to 130 GtC.

Consumers are becoming increasingly educated on various agricultural practices and their impacts on the environment, including deforestation, biodiversity loss, the acceleration of climate change, and the depletion of limited natural resources.

I finally got my hands on some information that changed everything for me about 3 years ago, while doing a research assignment on agricultural practices for my continuing ed Biology class.

The concept of the Paleo approach to eating is that humans were evolving for millions of years prior to the Neolithic period, which is when agricultural practices changed our diet considerably.

2.4 by 2030 ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters, and that progressively improve land and soil quality

The proposed change would add a new section to the Oklahoma Constitution that would prevent our elected policymakers from passing any law that «abridges the right of farmers and ranchers to employ agricultural technology and livestock production and ranching practices without a compelling state interest.»

In essence, it would not only take away the power of the legislature and municipal governments to regulate agricultural practices and our rights to legal recourse, it effectively takes away the power of the people to vote on changes.

As indicated by the 2014 IPCC assessment from the United Nations, our agricultural practices are one of the leading factors contributing to climate change.

Geologists are still debating whether or not an actual geological epoch has begun starting with the Industrial Revolution, or if human agricultural practices which began several thousand years ago are a more adequate marker of the changes that humans have inflicted on the earth's lithosphere.

10:00 a.m.: Carol Browner mentions elements of legislation that would allow farmers to get income by selling credits for carbon banked in their fields through changes in agricultural practices.

I am very pleased to read above that changes in agricultural practices may solve the AGW problem for us.

Biochar, the modern version of an ancient Amazonian agricultural practice called Terra Preta (black earth), is gaining widespread credibility as a way to address world hunger, climate change, rural poverty, deforestation, and energy shortages... SIMULTANEOUSLY!

It is also affected by the increase of the practice of changing land use, mainly by deforestation for agricultural purposes.

Erratic weather patterns caused by climate change are undermining traditional agricultural practices across much of the developing world.

Caused by the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, agricultural practices, and other human impacts, climate change has currently raised global temperatures 0.8 degrees Celsius (1.44 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the Industrial Revolution average.

The EPA's new effort also connects with existing faith - based environmental efforts focused on climate change, renewable energy use, and sustainable agricultural practices.

The guide is intended for agricultural development professionals who are using field - based research in their work with households and communities to respond to the impacts of climate change, prepare for future climate risks and impacts of climate change or modify agricultural practices to reduce contributions to climate change.

Her environmental law practice focuses on reducing pollution from industrial agricultural operations, protecting and enhancing instream flows for people and fish, and fighting climate change on behalf of young people and future generations.

For instance the demand for safe and healthy food has burgeoned catalysing change in agricultural production practices.

«Some of your [African] governments are already encouraging agricultural practices that are adapted to climate change and are reducing emissions,» he said.

Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

«As more dams are built and as land use and agricultural practices in coastal regions continue to rapidly change, we're seeing a sharp drop in inorganic sediment delivery to many coastal marshes worldwide.

That is true, but both goals, extracting 100 GtC from the atmosphere via improved forestry and agricultural practices (with possibly some assistance from CCS technology) and limiting additional net change of non-CO2 forcings to zero, are feasible and probably much easier than the principal task of limiting additional fossil fuel emissions to 130 GtC.