They also instruct the farmers, ranchers or managers on how to
conserve soil and water, how to make improvements and about other activities which will help protect the environment.
Employ sustainable production systems that reduce or eliminate synthetic pesticides and fertilizers; avoid the use of hormones, antibiotics, and genetic engineering; and
conserve soil and water.
In a series of interviews with farmers in Ethiopia, our research shows that implementing measures to
conserve soil and water can improve farm incomes by an average of 50 %.
Rebuilding the organic content — and thus productivity — of soils in cropping and grazing lands
conserves soil and water, drought proofs communities, reduces downstream flooding and erosion, restores environments and biodiversity and enhances food security.
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Conserve and improve the Earth's natural environment — land,
soil,
water, air
and space — as humankind's common heritage.
These sustainable vineyard
and winery practices
conserve water and energy, maintain healthy
soil, protect air
and water quality, enhance relations with employees
and communities, preserve local ecosystems
and wildlife habitat,
and improve the economic vitality of vineyards
and wineries.
As an orchard keeper
and chile grower, Nabhan has committed to do his share to curve the growing trend of climate change by
conserving water between rainfalls, growing regional - appropriate crops, such as drought
and heat - tolerant heirlooms,
and soil - building.
For suppliers of agricultural commodities, that can include a range of practices from agroforestry, planting trees
and maintaining forest buffer zones to reducing pesticide use,
conserving water and soil and protecting wildlife.
The judging panel was impressed by the breadth
and depth of sustainable practices being used to
conserve water and energy, maintain healthy
soil, protect air
and water quality, preserve wildlife habitat,
and enhance relations with employees
and communities, all while improving the economic vitality of vineyards
and wineries.»
The committee
and judging panel were impressed by the breadth
and depth of sustainable practices being used to
conserve water and energy, maintain healthy
soil, protect air
and water quality, preserve wildlife habitat,
and enhance relations with employees
and communities, all while improving the economic vitality of vineyards
and wineries.»
The grant recognizes the uniquely cooperative approach California wineries
and winegrape growers are taking to
conserve vital air,
water,
soil and energy resources,
and will allow the Alliance, with the assistance of the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG)
and Wine Institute, to help growers
and vintners learn about, access
and benefit from market - based conservation opportunities.
The «Coffee Growing — Environmental Leadership» section covers
water body protection, including criteria for width
and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent
and seasonal
water bodies,
and use of chemicals or waste storage near
water bodies; protection of
soil resources, including measures to control
and prevent erosion
and use of organic mulches
and cover crops;
conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife,
and establishment of conservation areas;
and environmental management, including pest
and disease control.
Indicating better
soil conservation
and stronger resistance under MCACs agro-ecological practices, the trends in agro-ecological resistance suggest that sustainable land management practices have been effective at building
and conserving soil,
water and vegetation over time.
Employ high - technology devices to measure
water balance
and soil moisture to help avoid under - or over-irrigation, ensure even
water distribution,
and conserve energy.
Organic agriculture captures high levels of CO2,
conserves soil,
water and fossil - fuels, protects carbon - rich ecosystems
and improves food security
Natural resources, such as
water,
soil,
and energy are required to grow
and transport food, which are
conserved when food is not wasted.
Searching through the best potting
soil reviews for something organic
and water conserving?
The good news is though that I think he does feel that it is still possible to take some kinds of actions to respond to problems of climate change, to do a better job of trying to
conserve top
soil, to try to address the problems of
water scarcity all over the world
and so forth; that we can actually head off a lot of these problems.
Efforts to
conserve panda habitat have benefited both other animals
and plants, but also has benefited humans by bolstering forests to sequester greenhouse gases,
and retain
water and soil.
Professor John Quinton, Lancaster University Environment Centre, said: «Improving the physical structure of
soil is vital for
conserving water, reducing flooding
and water pollution.
Organic farming practices help
conserve water and improve
soil quality.
We've grown our rice sustainably, long before anyone used the word, by
conserving water resources, building
soil integrity,
and supporting a healthier ecosystem.
Using methods like planting shrubs, fertilizing with compost,
and moving cover crops, the Institute has been able to keep carbon out of the atmosphere
and in the
soil, where it can better
conserve water.
The organic farmers who produce our ingredients minimize agriculture's impact on the environment, working to
conserve the earth's precious resources,
and reduce
soil, air
and water pollution.
Trees contribute to the environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration,
conserving water, preserving
soil,
and supporting wildlife.»
The reforestation takes place with native species, which has a lot of positive impacts such as it prevents
soil erosion,
conserves resources, biodiversity
and water sources
and it ensures oxygenation of forests.
Using everything from chicken tractors to recycled gray
water,
and from worm composting to foraging ducks, the central effort seems to be around
conserving scarce
water and nutrients, building up fertile
soil,
and creating cooling micro-climates to protect tender crops from the desert heat.
Unfortunately, that kind of blame is rarely accurate or helpful,
and from my viewpoint, has created a big rift between the people who grow most of the food
and the rest of us, who depend on them,
and often overlooks the many growers, ranchers,
and farmers who are making a difference by focusing on building
soil,
conserving water,
and creating a more resilient local food shed.
``... maintain or enhance
soil and water quality, while also
conserving wetlands, woodlands,
and wild life.
Economic growth provides resources for solving problems — restoring organic carbon in agricultural
soils,
conserving and restoring ecosystems, better sanitation
and safer
water, better health
and education, updating the diesel fleet
and other productive assets, replacing cooking fires with better ways of preparing food, etc..
The most effective —
and certainly the most cost - effectve — means of taking carbon from the atmosphere is also the best means of feeding the world,
conserving and building the
soil resource,
conserving water and conserving environments
and biodiversity.
Permaculture makes it possible to grow food, trees
and fodder while enhancing
water quality
and abundance, increasing bio-diversity,
conserving soil and increasing community food security, health
and agricultural productivity.
«Organic farming approaches for these crops not only use an average of 30 percent less fossil energy but also
conserve more
water in the
soil, induce less erosion, maintain
soil quality
and conserve more biological resources than conventional farming does,» Pimentel added.
The techniques improve
water conservation, retain
soils, improve the nutrient status of foods,
conserve downstream environments
and sequester carbon.
Minimum tillage with biological nutrient recycling, as opposed to plowing
and chemical fertilizers, could sequester 0.4 — 1.2 GtC / year [176] while
conserving water in
soils, building agricultural resilience to climate change,
and increasing productivity especially in smallholder rain - fed agriculture, thereby reducing expansion of agriculture into forested ecosystems [177]--[178].
The former to enhance productivity in a hungry world, increase
soil water holding capacity, improve drought resilience, mitigate flooding
and conserve biodiversity.
Reducing black carbon
and tropospheric ozone,
conserving and restoring ecosystems
and agricultural
soils, limiting population by ensuring that everyone has access to safe
water, sanitation, health
and education
and increasing R&D into energy systems — are simply some of the ways of making cost effective changes.
They remove air pollution,
conserve water and reduce
soil erosion, fight the atmospheric greenhouse effect, save energy, modify local climates,
and the list goes on.
A&A considers themselves stewards of the forests they manage through supporting local communities,
conserving wildlife, maintaining
soil and water quality, creating jobs,
and providing sustainable wood products that are used to produce environmentally responsible building materials.
Conserving water is obviously important for droughts
and water shortages, but they can also extend the life of your septic system, reduce
soil saturation,
and reduce pollution caused by leakage.
And compared with industrial farming, it conserves water, saves energy and captures more carbon in the so
And compared with industrial farming, it
conserves water, saves energy
and captures more carbon in the so
and captures more carbon in the
soil.