Sentences with phrase «farm land remains»

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More recently, the number of sales has declined, but demand for land in the farming sector has remained strong.

Indeed, in the short run there can be little doubt that the poor could profit from the slaughter of the remaining elephants by selling the ivory and farming the land.

When they all elected to remain they were settled on farm land and given eight thousand young women in marriage.

Very little primary forest remains in El Salvador, and shade coffee farms represent much of the rest of the «forested» land in the country.

The largest coffee farm in Costa Rica, Aquiares devotes 80 % of its land to growing high quality coffee and the remaining 20 % to conservation.

In contrast, the conversion to organic farming should consumption patterns remain unchanged would lead to increased land use change to agriculture.

Given the remaining land capacity on earth and the maximum efficiency of existing farms and the environmental impacts of farming, we can not rely on increased farming to feed the growing population.

«There are places in the world where fish farming is best suited and there are places where the production of beef is best suited and particularly through out northern Australia, not only northern Australia but through out the country, where beef production can be an efficient way of utilising that product that's produced naturally in the grass lands, so beef production will remain in those areas.

The Erie county legislature hereby finds, declares, and determines that farming is important to Erie county because it is a major occupation within the county, providing a livelihood and employment for thousands of residents; farming remains the single - largest industry in New York state; farming provides locally produced, fresh commodities; agricultural diversity promotes economic stability; agriculture promotes open space and promotes environmental quality; agricultural land does not increase the demand for services provided by county or local governments.

The abandoning of farms, the creation of reservoirs, and the preservation of the remaining open land resulted in scenic lands that drew large amounts of tourism from New York City.

Also at ensuring that the remaining legitimate cattle do not infringe on the farms of the Indigenes to ensure peace, there should be proper animal husbandry policies that will regulate the movement of the cattle so that residents of Agogo can live comfortably on their lands without any fear of being attacked.

There are a few polyculture farms out there (e.g. polyface farms) which prove that holistic land management with the use of livestock (which can then be butchered) allows an extraordinary amount of biomass to be cultivated in a small surface, while remaining carbon negative.

The family's commitment to sustainability has always been at the heart of their vision for the company, ensuring the land remains healthy and productive for the future generations to farm.

More than two - thirds of St. Lucia is mountainous and covered in forest, while much of the remaining land is devoted to farming.

Liebelt House overlooks the historic farmyard and is set on 69 acres of farming land that has remained in the Liebelt family since the 1850's.

Overall, the gameplay mechanics remained unchanged; as usual, your task is to manage a farm and expand it using the money earned from breeding animals and cultivating land.

The actual main goal of the game, farming, remains one of the most fun experiences throughout the game as you can shape the huge piece of land that has been given to you any way you want, even going with the most unconventional choices possible.

Artist Statement: Though the image of the heroic American agrarian has been obscured by an industrial model, the «human interface» — and the implied connection to the land — remains an icon, along with pastoral vistas, vernacular architecture, and the family farm.

There's been the suggestion of farming methane from living farm animals, but the question remains about how many we would need just to satisfy the world's current demand for it and how much land we'd need to devote to it.

By contrast agro-ecological peasant farming systems feed the remaining 70 % on only a third of available land, enriching soil fertility and with little emissions.

A disconnect between these two critical strands of sustainability is threatening goals to reduce rates of deforestation - with land for farming swallowing ever more slices of the remaining forests, as a result.

Through a voluntary arrangement, the preservation groups have purchased a conservation easement on 325 acres of the Davenport Farm to ensure that the land remains available for farming and is not developed.

The actual production of palm oil from palm fruits is a highly polluting process, producing solid and liquid waste that contaminate surrounding resources, further disrupting land productivity and remaining small - scale farm activities.

To make a wind farm viable the turbines have to be reasonably close together, if there must be large exclusion zones around any houses then the small and isolated bits of land remaining available for turbine construction may well not be enough to make a wind farm a workable proposition.

[133] The remaining 68.3 % of Victorian land (including farming lands) is largely held as freehold, and is not claimable under native title.

The farm land was sold off over the years, but the Pypers lucked out on a larger lot that remained with the house when they bought it.