Sentences with phrase «farmers in developing»

The report predicts that world demand for crops — whether for food, livestock feed or biofuels — will double in the next 50 years, while natural resources necessary to agriculture are becoming scarce or degraded due to the impacts of global climate change.According to the report, areas of focus include sub-Saharan Africa, with the report indicating that farm subsidies for commodities such as cotton and oilseeds in wealthier countries need to be changed as they force prices down for small farmers in developing nations.

Clinton went on to outline a few of the basics of the initiative, which includes providing aid for research and better seed for farmers in developing regions, and innovations to better connect small farmers to marketplaces.

According to this argument, if U.S. farm production is used for fuel instead of food, food prices rise and farmers in developing countries respond by growing more food.

The science for such innovation may be to some unknown extent still lacking, but surely the major elephant in the rice field is persuading farmers in developing areas to adopt these technical changes.

«Led seminars in Bangkok and Jakarta on the benefits of biotechnology for farmers in developing countries,» Moore's website states (2000);

Currently, the only useful action on climate change is to tell the farmers in the developing world about the benefits of anthropogenic CO2 release.

And what can farmers in developing countries do to lessen the negative effects of climate change?

But now I also didn't want to hurt farmers in developing countries by boycotting anything flown in.

Similar issues apply to helping out farmers in the developing world — for example, while shiploads full of grain might seem like a good response to regional drought, in practice that may be the worst option as it destroys local markets for poor farmers who then can't afford to buy seed and fertilizer for the next growing season.

Mobile Climate information services provide crucial information for many rural farmers in developing countries.

As a result, «you get this ever - expanding gap between elite varieties developed by well - funded private breeding programs and varieties developed for farmers in the developing world by public breeding programs,» said Kelly Robbins, former GOBii director who recently joined Cornell's faculty as an assistant professor of plant breeding and genetics.

Such inherently resistant plants would not only hold the promise of decreasing agriculture's pesticide load but could prove especially attractive for poor farmers in developing countries who do not have access to pesticides.

«I believe that this technology can provide a robust, simple, and energy - efficient milk preservation system that would decrease the amount of wasted milk, thus increasing the income of small farmers in developing countries.»

Despite approved crops being created for markets in the developed world, farmers in developing countries have seen higher incomes, greater productivity and significant reductions in pesticide use, according to a 2014 analysis by Qaim and former Göttingen colleague Wilhelm Klümper.

Many of these innovations will be particularly beneficial to smaller farmers in developing countries.

Yet, the disagreement goes beyond questions about GM crop's safety — they are really not what poor farmers in developing countries need.

For many cacao farmers in developing nations, tripling their yields would mean the difference between a subsistence - level income of $ 1 a day and a manageable $ 3 a day.

In a paper in the February 12th issue of the journal Science, researchers warn that unless the focus is on helping small farmers in developing countries, the efforts to feed all the world's people will most likely fail.

In 2005 more than 90 percent of the 8.5 million farmers who grew biotech crops were small farmers in developing countries.

Can a corporation like Monsanto make biotechnology affordable for farmers in the developing world?

The fair trade movement in the past two decades has helped to offset somewhat both the economic and ecological changes, especially for poorer farmers in developing countries.

The report also recommends that U.S. food aid organizations make these more promising and affordable alternatives available to farmers in developing countries.

African small farmers achieve crop yields only one third of those obtained by farmers in developing countries in Asia.

With the help of affordable irrigation and access to markets, farmers in the developing world can grow more food and climb out of poverty

But it could help solve two big problems: the overuse of artificial fertilizer, which can pollute aquifers or water bodies, and the shortage of fertilizer that plagues small farmers in the developing world.

The problem is that smallholder farmers in developing countries often have low productivity and little likelihood of generating the profits needed to rise above poverty level, says Prof. Johns, who directs the McGill Canadian Field Studies in Africa program.

But critics point out that subsistence farmers in developing countries often buy small amounts of improved varieties and breed them with local varieties to bolster yields.

In my 2 years with the ISAAA (see box), I have seen and heard accounts of the many benefits that new agricultural technologies are bringing to farmers in developing countries.

Gracer wants people to move away from getting their protein from traditional livestock such as cows, pigs, and chickens because raising livestock has a huge negative impact on the environment, regardless of whether the animals belong to subsistence farmers in developing countries or a Western industrial conglomerate.

U.S. government programs helping farmers in developing countries withstand climate change now have stronger backing from Congress.

Because sweet potatoes are cheap, easy to grow in uncertain conditions, and able to provide much - needed nutrients like vitamins C, A and B6 to undernourished children, ONE created a petition to help fund farmers in the developing world to make sweet potatoes more widespread.

In fact, many farmers in developing countries perceive organic agriculture as a product meeting the demand of industrialized country consumers, and incorporated into the systems of trade and distribution that prevail in conventional agriculture.

Many organic farmers in developing countries have no access to lucrative markets.

In other words, less subsidised over-production of corn in the US, and more food crops grown by small farmers in the developing world.

Fairtrade Certified Vanilla ensures that small - scale farmers in developing countries receive a fair price and use sustainable farming practices, stabilizing vanilla - producing communities and protecting the environment.

Alfonso shared that Golden Rice was invented by Professor Ingo Potrykus, then of the Institute for Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Professor Peter Beyer of the University of Freiburg, Germany, and is a gift to resource - poor farmers in developing countries by these inventors.

Kuli Kuli's delicious Moringa Energy bars, Pure Organic Moringa powder and Moringa Green Energy smoothie shots, and Organic Green Smoothie mixes make it easy to get greens on the go while helping to plant moringa trees and support farmers in the developing world.

Conduct a variety of postharvest e-learning programs for young professionals who work with small - scale farmers in developing countries.

As a trainee plant pathologist, I could offer basic crop health and plant disease diagnostic support to small holder farmers in developing countries.

I was imbued with confidence and enthusiasm by spending time with Ms Healey who assured me that even with my limited experience, I can still contribute positively to farmers in developing countries.

«Fairtrade is about delivering greater benefits of trade to farmers in the developing world — fair payments, a sustainable environment and just working conditions,» said Hans Theyer, Executive Director of Fairtrade America, the U.S. representative of the international Fairtrade system.

The inventors» desire to donate Golden Rice as a gift to resource - poor farmers in developing countries led to a public - private partnership with Syngenta to help further develop Golden Rice.

The inventors of Golden Rice, Professor Ingo Potrykus and Dr. Peter Beyer, donated the technology in 2000 as a gift for resource - poor farmers in developing countries because of its enormous potential to benefit public health.

Obtaining certification is a big accomplishment, especially for many farmers in the developing world where technical support and capital may be lacking.

Fairtrade Certified Pure Vanilla ensures small - scale farmers in developing countries receive a fair price and use sustainable farming practices, which in return, stabilizes vanilla producing communities and protects the environment.

Fairtrade - certified vanilla indicates that it was grown by small - scale farmers in developing countries who receive a fair price and use sustainable farming practices.

The company's service was developed alongside farming communities in Peru, Kenya and Tanzania, and was something farmers in the developing world actually wanted to use, Barthorpe notes.

A new insurance program has been launched to help small farmers in developing countries recover from devastating effects of climate change.

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Nitrogen is also derived from natural gas, a fossil fuel that will likely become more expensive, putting fertilizer out of reach for farmers in the developing world who can barely afford it today.