Sentences with phrase «focused on agriculture»

Interested in the multiple pathways to poverty reduction, Kenda's has worked on development projects focused on agriculture, nutrition, education, and other poverty reducing pathways in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and Ghana.

The report focused on agriculture and energy as areas in which production and consumption patterns have the greatest negative environmental impacts and also present the greatest opportunities for generating «significant environmental, social, and economic returns,» the authors wrote.

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This town is basically an agricultural town mainly because they focused on agriculture and poultry farming.

For example, the 1862 Morrill Act used proceeds from the sale of public lands to establish «land - grant» colleges focused on agriculture and engineering.

«We focused on agriculture because global food demand is expected to double by mid-century, and new or improved roads are vital for farmers,» said Dr Gopalasamy Reuben Clements from James Cook.

Those nine areas are focused on agriculture (carbon farming), increasing energy efficiency, reducing food waste, eliminating commodity - driven deforestation, reducing the climate impact of packaging, advocating for responsible policies, committing to 100 percent renewable power, reducing short - lived climate pollutant emissions and transportation - related emissions.

Kansas City - based TechAccel is a tech and venture development organization focused on agriculture, animal health and food technology.

On March 6, 2018, the Women Startup Challenge: Emerging Tech showcased 10 of the best early - stage, women - led startups focused on Agriculture Tech, Augmented Reality, Biotech, Health Tech, Energy, IoT, Robotics, Space, Transportation, and / or Virtual Reality.

Unreasonable Capital will invest in industries where impact and profitability are maximized — currently, there is tremendous opportunity in (i) scalable clean - energy solutions, (ii) technologies designed to promote financial inclusion and access, and (iii) innovative mobile solutions focused on agriculture, and (iv) companies that are disrupting consumer supply chains between emerging markets and developed markets.

The sixth Women Startup Challenge was held at Google in New York City and showcased 10 of the best early - stage, women - led startups focused on Agriculture Tech, Augmented Reality, Biotech, Health Tech, Energy, IoT, Robotics, Space, Transportation, and / or Virtual Reality.

However, within two years of the completed merger, the newly formed DowDuPont intends to break up into three companies focused on agriculture, material science and technology respectively, according to the press release from DuPont.

China in turn has proposed some $ 50 million on U.S. imports, much of which has been focused on agriculture.

Ankur's strong focus on agriculture mentoring also becomes clear.

A third spin - off will focus on agriculture.

Located in America's Dairyland, the Madison / Milwaukee metro area economy is driven in part by the state's strong focus on agriculture and food processing.

Fifteen startups focusing on agriculture, water, and energy technology will be eligible to pitch their ideas to possible investors through the Fresno State Valley Venture Accelerator.

The community - based land trust and Mass Audubon plan to work with the town and local residents on possible limited residential development as part of an overall plan that will focus on agriculture, trails, and wildlife habitat.

Our aim is to diversify our economy by focusing on agriculture and food security; power and infrastructure.

Katko, R - Camillus, has held six previous community forums on specific topics, with other forums focusing on agriculture, economic development and veterans.

The deputy speaker stated that he would focus on agriculture, education, health and vocational skills acquisition to reposition the economy of the state if voted into power.

In recent years, there has been more of a focus on agriculture at the State Fair, and State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine says there's more evidence of that at this year's event.

The advert amplifies the need to focus on agriculture as the best option for Nigerian economic future.

On trade and investment, Buhari said his government's aim was to diversify the country's economy by focusing on agriculture and food security; power and infrastructure.

About Blog Above Capricorn Technologies - agricultural and environmental consultants managers focussing on agriculture, horticulture, turf, sportsturf, livestock, land and land rehabilitation, erosion management, bioremediation, phytoremediation, water / wastewater and waste management [especially organics] in the tropics.

Governments and food and agriculture organizations join today at the Lima - Paris Action Agenda Focus on Agriculture to respond to the urgent climate challenges facing agriculture with six cooperative initiatives that will protect the long - term livelihoods of millions of farmer and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Sunoj's work depicts our relationship with the land and how this is changing, with a focus on agriculture, inspired by growing up among farmland and his grandfather's livelihood; rice farming.

The main human activities focus on agriculture, forestry, fishery and sport hunting.

Paris 30 Nov: Six Cooperative Initiatives Driving Climate Resilient, Productive and Low Emissions Agriculture Paris, 1 December 2015 — Governments and food and agriculture organizations join today at the LPAA Focus on Agriculture to respond to the urgent climate challenges facing agriculture with six cooperative initiatives that will protect the long - term livelihoods of millions of [continue reading...]

Melissa Osgood, media relations specialist Melissa Osgood is the media relations specialist focusing on agriculture, food, nutrition, health, medical technology; and energy, climate and sustainability.

With a strong focus on agriculture and rural welfare — along with significant tax and financial sector reforms — he defined the pillars of a transformed India.

The company was initially formed to provide insurance coverage to members of the National Grange Patrons of the Husbandry, a community organization with a focus on agriculture.

About Blog Above Capricorn Technologies - agricultural and environmental consultants managers focussing on agriculture, horticulture, turf, sportsturf, livestock, land and land rehabilitation, erosion management, bioremediation, phytoremediation, water / wastewater and waste management [especially organics] in the tropics.

Another long term outcome is a sustainable, well - developed after school programs that focus on agriculture and engage youth with community partners.

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Chambers will focus on areas like the Internet of Things, digital communications, security and agriculture.

The Conservatives» single - minded focus on the export of raw resources — combined with their failure to internalize environmental costs — has contributed to an artificial rise in the value of the Canadian dollar that is hollowing out our other export industries — from forestry to fisheries, from manufacturing to agriculture.

The early - stage venture capital's focus on early - stage agriculture has led Ankur Capital to invest in two other agriculture - focussed startups AgricX and CropIn.

Antitrust and industry experts see the regulatory hurdles to a deal as manageable because Bayer's main business in agriculture is pesticides while Monsanto's focus is on genetically modified seeds.

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders aims to strengthen, diversify, and expand the community of grantmakers that focus on sustainable agriculture and foAgriculture & Food Systems Funders aims to strengthen, diversify, and expand the community of grantmakers that focus on sustainable agriculture and foagriculture and food systems.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

AgNext, focused on horticulture and plantation crops, collects spatial, temporal and spectral data to provide solutions across the agriculture and food value chain.

The Wildrose party has said that Alberta's attempt to diversify in the past was a failure and that Alberta should focus on Oil and Gas and Agriculture.

Jason Hamlin is the founder of Gold Stock Bull and publishes a highly - rated investment newsletter focused on strategies for profiting in the bull markets in gold, silver, energy, agriculture and emerging technologies.

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) has allowed the cultivation of industrial hemp are both research and commercial purposes, with the focus primarily on research.

We [achieve our mission] by harnessing the power of markets and food technology to create alternatives to industrial animal agriculture that are delicious, cost competitive, and convenient -LSB-...] Fifteen years ago, plant - based milk represented roughly 0 % of the milk market; now it is at 10 % -LSB-...] GFI is laser - focused on replicating (and exceeding!)

Also offers Climate Ventures 2.0, a 12 - week program for entrepreneurs focused on innovations in climate adaptation and resilience, particularly impacting food, agriculture and water in urban areas.

When we learned that the government wisely plans to focus attention on rural development, we rejoiced, but we also feared that this would involve the modernization of agriculture on a vast scale.

Agriculture and forestry services should focus on techniques that can make small farms viable productive units while protecting the integrity and productivity of land ecosystems.

The ecologists focused on natural systems and saw agriculture as a kind of necessary evil to be contained as much as possible.

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) sets itself apart with its focus on quality, Vice President of Agriculture Todd Geselius says.