Sentences with phrase «crop yield increases»

The scientific literature cited above refers to crop yield increases of 30 to over 100 % with a doubling of CO2, with an average cited of around 40 %.

We also help them with improved farming methods, environmentally responsible practices, crop yield increases, and producing better coffee.

The Accenture study assumes that smart agriculture will deliver a 900 kg crop yield increase per hectare in the coming 15 years.

Crop yield increased as more wild visitors came to farms.

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«This forecast is in line with medium - term supply demand fundamentals including the transition to more balanced diets, urbanization and a push to increase crop yields due to less arable land,» TD economist Sonya Gulati said.

Even resistant - to - change farmers are taking control: No longer at the mercy of the natural elements, they're harnessing big data to maximize crop yields and increase productivity.

In particular, «agricultural commodities are supported by the dynamics of water shortages in Asia and the Western United States, the declining payback from the green revolution in terms of improving crop yields and the increasing demand from Asia for a diet based more on grains and meat as the population becomes wealthier,» the group responded by e-mail.

Developing disease - resistance and increasing crop yields are only part of the solution to the world's food challenges, of course.

Atlin says the goal is to ultimately increase crop yield by up to 50 % in 10 years without having to increase fertilizer.

These farms use advanced hydroponic systems to reduce water consumption and increase crop yield.

The increases in crop yields seen over the past few decades are starting to slow, and the world's population is still rocketing up.

China's poor crop yields must be increased not just to meet rising demand, but also so that Chinese farmers, the nation's poorest people, can make more money.

Beyond that, zinc can be used to increase crop yields and quality, and it is an essential nutrient for human development and disease prevention.

We already produce far more food than is possible to sell and are therefore hardly in need of the increased yields that GM crops are supposed to provide.

The association does surveys to estimate harvest yields and also has a programme of model farms to raise productivity, increase farmers» incomes and dissuade them from switching to other crops

In times of drought, when other crops in quinoa - growing areas fail, quinoa can actually increase its yields.

Instead farmers are trained to improve their crop and increase their yields.

[17] Genetic engineering of seeds has made GMO crops more resistant to pests and increased yields while at the same time creating more digestive health issues for consumers.

«We are the first business in the world to have launched an SMS platform that enables farmers to access tailored information sourced sustainably — and with the potential to scale — from within the farming community itself, so that they can increase resilience to climate change, increase crop yield and improve their livelihoods whether or not they are online.»

«Agriculture will have no choice but to be more productive,» Diouf added, noting that increases would need to come mostly from yield growth and improved cropping intensity rather than from farming more land despite the fact that there are still ample land resources with potential for cultivation, particularly in sub-Sahara Africa and Latin America.

A group of biologists from the Missouri - based Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have uncovered a genetic mechanism that could increase the yields of some of the world's most important cereal crops, like maize and sorghum.

... give farmers the tools and knowledge to increase soil health, crop quality and yields while simplifying farm management overall.

In 1985, Vietnam achieved self - sufficiency in rice and then went on to continue to increase its production due to supportive government policies, and its adoption of better crop management strategies and new high - yielding rice varieties.

«The use of the Rice Crop Manager will hopefully bring an increase in yield or productivity, and also raise the income of farmers by about Php 4,000 per crop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRiCrop Manager will hopefully bring an increase in yield or productivity, and also raise the income of farmers by about Php 4,000 per crop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRicrop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

The increased yields obtained through IRRI technologies can help rice farmers to free up land area to raise other nutritious crops and animals.

As in many other crop species, genetically modified (GM) varieties of sugarcane are forecast to improve profitability by reducing input costs, increasing sucrose yield or introducing novel products.

This ready and seemingly inexhaustible supply of phosphorus, in the form of guano phosphate (seabird droppings), dramatically increased Australian crop yields, and agricultural productivity following the Second World War.

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Technologies that will be presented at the exhibition include Gamaya, which has been designed to improve the efficiency and sustainability of industrial farms, as well as new sorting solutions that have the potential to increase the yield of the maize crop.

Then there was exciting news from India's poorest state, Bihar (pop 100 million, and 50 % of families in poverty), where the application of what's called the System of Rice / Root Intensification (SRI) has «dramatically increased yields with wheat, potatoes, sugar cane, yams, tomatoes, garlic, aubergine and many other crops», according to the Guardian newspaper.

But now the increasing demand in the market for both the green and dried article is attracting the attention of farmers who have an eye for crops that do not fail and that yield good returns.

Providing a valuable addition to crop rotations, significantly benefiting the next crop, therefore reducing input costs and increasing yields;

Concern over future food and nutritional security is rapidly rising on the global agenda amidst studies showing crop yields are far from increasing at the rates needed to meet projected demands for 2050.

They contend there is no evidence to show GM crops increase average yields.

The US has long embraced genetic modification as a means of improving the nutritional profile of food, reducing the need for large quantities of pesticide and increasing crop yield.

Might we even supercharge the photosynthetic process and increase the yields of vital food crops?

In late 2014, EPA scientists released a study showing that neonic seed treatments produce no significant increase in crop yield.

If successful, they envision being able to reduce the need for chemical fertilizers and enhance soil carbon uptake, thus improving the long - term viability of the land, while at the same time increasing crop yields.

RISING carbon dioxide levels may increase future crop yields but there is a catch: food will be less nutritious.

How can we increase crop yields to feed the world's growing population?

Researchers at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have obtained biochar using manure waste, a new material that can improve soil properties and increase crop yields.

«Crispr - Cas9 genome editing can allow us to respond more rapidly to grower needs and to increase our ability to deliver higher - yielding crops with the same or fewer resources.»

But curbing those substances, scientists and activists say, could slow atmospheric warming 0.5 degrees Celsius by 2050 while also increasing crop yields and preventing hundreds of thousands of related deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

Strategies to adapt could include managing soil moisture content through increasing irrigation or mulching, choosing better vine - stock roots or managing crop yield, said Webb.

Gentry added that the researchers hypothesize that corn yields can be further increased in a sustainable way, even beyond the results demonstrated in this study, with continued crop breeding efforts, advancements in fertilizer formulations and placement technology, and possibly, with the development of effective plant growth promoters, she said.

By using an intensified management system that included increased plant population, transgenic (Bt trait) insect resistance, strobilurin - containing fungicide, balanced crop nutrition (phosphorus - sulfur - zinc), and supplemental side - dressed nitrogen, the researchers saw a yield increase of 28 percent more corn grain compared to that of a standard management system.

The rate of this reaction limits the growth rate of many of our crops, and many scientists think that accelerating this reaction would increase crop yields.

Corn yields with today's hybrids do have the potential to increase with the application of protection chemicals and by making crop nutrients more plant - available,» she said.

They also have sustainable yield pledge awards for actions, such as improving water availability or increasing crop productivity, that conserve more or improve lives.