Sentences with phrase «dominated by agriculture»

The economy of the Cherkasy Oblast is largely dominated by agriculture.

Paul Stoy, an ecologist at MSU, paces in front of whiteboards in a powder blue shirt and jeans as he describes how a landscape already dominated by agriculture could be transformed yet again by a different green revolution: vast plantations of crops, sown to sop up carbon dioxide (CO2) from the sky.

Not exact matches

According to the ex-president: «There is no lack of willingness to engage in agriculture by women» but observed factors such as male - dominated land holding systems and lack of access to finance for agricultural production among others, have limited the participation of women in the agric sector.

There is also a fourth problem with the structure and nature of domestic production in Nigeria - agriculture is sub-modern, dominated by small holders and insufficiently linked with domestic processing, agro-allied and manufacturing; wholesale and retail trade is largely in imported products; and the oil export is of crude, unprocessed oil without a local refining sector and no domestic value - added (meaning no domestic jobs and productivity!)

But it's about more than just a rainbow of fruits and vegetables... Genetic diversity also means protection from diseases, reliability for our food supply and insurance against the dangers of a commercial agriculture dominated by monoculture.

Agriculture in Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers.

Of the 300,000 plant species on earth, we've successfully domesticated less than 200 for large - scale agriculture, and most of the world's farmland is dominated by just three: wheat, corn and rice.

Beyond Oromia, states and countries will be selected based on their degree of REDD readiness and political will, as well as on a case - by - case analysis of their agriculture sectors — clearly in keeping with the «landscapes» theme that has dominated side events here this year.

With the African population expected to increase to 2 billion by 2050, and nearly 65 % of African livelihoods directly linked to agriculture - dominated landscapes, it is critical to provide targeted solutions that stimulate action, build resilience and provide emerging opportunities.

At the same time agriculture has also moved increasingly toward systems dominated by a few annual crops — typically corn and soybeans — often with fields left bare between growing seasons.

Climate change will further exacerbate the risks facing agriculture in Africa, which is dominated by small farms with few assets and limited capacities to adapt.

Francesco Panella, President of the Italian Association of Beekepers, says: «On behalf of beegrowers working in a countryside dominated by maize crops, I wrote to the Minister of Agriculture to confirm the great news, for once: thanks to the suspension of the bee - killing seed coating, the hives in the Po Valley are flourishing again.»

The region's beautiful and towering evergreens eventually gave way to agriculture, and throughout the first half of the 20th century Bellevue was dominated by an abundance of farms best known for strawberries and blueberries.