Sentences with phrase «crops using less water»

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This involves both the more efficient use of water and the development of crops that need less.

Greenhouses can yield eight to 10 times more crop than a field crop while using less water and fertilizer.

With a set of practices that Lotus calls More Crop Per Drop, farmers can double and even triple their yields using up to 50 percent less water on average and 80 - 90 percent less seed.

Using less water to irrigate crops could restore the entire Aral Sea, says Micklin.

Growing crops in city skyscrapers would use less water and fossil fuel than outdoor farming, eliminate agricultural runoff, and provide fresh food

To address this concern, engineering CAM photosynthesis into food and energy crops could reduce agricultural water use and boost crops» resilience when the water supply is less than desirable.

For instance, some scientists are using multi-omic analysis to engineer networks that let crop plants thrive with less water.

If their efficiency could be transferred to crops, we could grow more food in less time using less water and less nitrogen fertilizer.

The latter process used much less water, for example, and it allowed farmers to diversify their crops and use their land to plant other crops as well.

The steps are as follows: improve crop yields, consume less meat, reduce food waste, stop expanding into rainforests, and use fertilizer and water more efficiently.

The project therefore represents one of the most plausible approaches to enhancing crop yield and increasing resilience in the face of reduced land area, decreased use of fertilizers and less predictable supplies of water.

Secondly, rather than using pure cotton, which is one of the world's thirstiest and most pesticide - sprayed crops, they've created an innovative and soft fabric blend that includes a bit of cotton, yes, but also Tencel, a processed wood fibre made from eucalyptus trees which takes far less energy, is 100 % renewable and uses 85 % less water than cotton to grow.

Trading off cotton farming for concentrating solar is a good example of smart planning — take out one of the most water - wasteful subsidized crops we don't grow very well, and replace it with a plant that uses less water and produces electricity.

Better use of this water will soon be possible with emerging ag technologies that use less water dependent crops to produce bio-fuels and will save much aquifer water for the future growth of regional communities.

The more biofuels we produce, the less food we have to eat, because we grow biofuel crops using the same land, water, fertilizer, farm equipment, and labor we use to grow food.

Current farming methods erode and degrade topsoil, but we could reverse that by adopting methods that are less disturbing to the soil and plant roots and by more use of cover crops or «green manures» that add organic matter to the soil, increase soil fertility and water retention, and reduce pests and diseases.

Land produces a far higher yield of food crops, wiht the use of less water.

Every one of these EPA, Interior, and other regulatory diktats assumes that CO2 has suddenly replaced the powerful natural forces that have driven climate fluctuations throughout Earth's history — and ignores this miracle molecule's role in making crops, forests, and grasslands grow faster and better while using less water.

«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.

It's also, apparently, a genetically - interesting crop, and scientists have unlocked the secret to its super efficient form of photosynthesis that uses considerably less water and allows it to grow on less - than - hospitable land.