Sentences with phrase «conservation of agricultural soils»

The contribution of forest ecosystems — such as carbon sequestration, crop pollination, conservation of agricultural soils and control of water discharge to streams and rivers — to other sectors, particularly agriculture, is valued at 6.77 percent of Ethiopia's GDP.

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Sharon Frost, a soil district technician for the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation Service, said one new, 1,000 - gallon tank costs about $ 16,000 and about 75 percent of the cost was paid through the agricultural fuel tank replacement grant program, which receives funding from the stsoil district technician for the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation Service, said one new, 1,000 - gallon tank costs about $ 16,000 and about 75 percent of the cost was paid through the agricultural fuel tank replacement grant program, which receives funding from the stSoil and Water Conservation Service, said one new, 1,000 - gallon tank costs about $ 16,000 and about 75 percent of the cost was paid through the agricultural fuel tank replacement grant program, which receives funding from the state.

Naming Long Island Sound and the Peconic Estuary as one of eight national critical designation areas would help fund agricultural conservation efforts, habitat restoration efforts and the sustainable use of soil, water and other natural resources, according to Mr. Bellone's office.

In the 1950s, when the Soil Conservation Service (now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service) began defining tolerable rates of soil erosion from agricultural land, hardly any data on rates of soil production were availaSoil Conservation Service (now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service) began defining tolerable rates of soil erosion from agricultural land, hardly any data on rates of soil production were availasoil erosion from agricultural land, hardly any data on rates of soil production were availasoil production were available.

Fulbright scholar Muthiah Muruganandam, left, a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, and fisheries biologist Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, will examine how land - use changes affect water quality and fisheries resources in northeastern South Dakota lakes.

Careful planning, and the promotion of sustainable agricultural practices such as soil and water conservation techniques, mixed cropping and appropriate crop varieties were critical to achieving success.

Speakers: Linda Deanovic, Facility Manager, Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture; Nann Fangue, Associate Professor and Master Advisor, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology; Kate Scow, Director, Russell Ranch, Professor of Soil Science, Department of Land, Air, Water Resources; Tom Tomich, Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, Department of Human Ecology; all from UC Davis

The rapidly accumulating evidence of soil depletion over wide agricultural areas, the reduction in crop yields on improperly fertilized or unfertilized areas and on others, the reduction of fertility levels to the point where fertilizer applications represent the minimum subsistence diet, combined with an aroused public consciousness of the importance of soil fertility conservation and restoration, will inevitably lead to a demand that the chemical industry provide here the same high order of service which it offers elsewhere in meeting man's aspirations for more abundance and greater efficiency.

This brings with it reduced population pressures, enhanced environmental conservation and restoration of agricultural soils.

Health and education outcomes can be best improved through economic development and this results in reduced population pressure, as well as providing resources for agricultural soil conservation and increased organic content, for conservation and restoration of ecosystems and for «water sensitive urban design».

Policymakers in Africa need to prioritize investment on research for the development of improved agronomic practices, agricultural enterprises and enterprise mixes that can thrive under moisture stress, and better water and soil conservation techniques.

Conservation and restoration of ecosystems and agricultural soils has the potential to sequester vast amounts of carbon and provides food security and biodiversity benefits.

The duties of an agriculture engineer includes proper application of engineering technology to draw up solutions for agricultural problems that mainly concerns electrification, machinery and power and conservation of water and soil.