Sentences with phrase «food production systems»

Current food production systems are often unsustainable, inefficient and wasteful, and increasingly threatened by dwindling oil and phosphorus resources, financial speculation, and climate impacts.

Second generation biofuels, he added, offered a better solution as they don't compete for water and land with food production systems.

The larvae eat organic waste, and become high - density protein for the fish, creating an efficient food production system that can also clean the environment.

Vitamin B1 is among the nutrients most prone to destruction by our modern food production system.

Like other urban farming initiatives, rooftop farms promote sustainable living by contributing to the local food production system and to recycling urban organic waste.

Corn ethanol is not only a fuel, it is a significant food production system.

Evolving our global food production system so that it supports the economic well - being of farmers, as well as long - term ecological stability, is not only the right thing to do — it is in the best interest for every single player in the supply chain, from farmers in the most remote regions of the world to consumers in every major metropolis.

«Archaeologists usually consider these kinds of food production systems to be short - lived and transitional, but our research suggests a stable and persistent use of crops and herd animals as a minor part of the economy for a long time.

Poster at: 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, May 31 - June 3 2005.

Alto - Shaam is also the industry leader in providing integrated food production systems for cook / chill, banqueting and rethermalization applications.

Secondly, they want «resilient food production systems», which utilise ecological production methods, and are based on «a multitude of smallholder farmers, gardeners and small - scale fishers who produce local food as the backbone of the food system».

Organic food production systems provide many benefits for soil, plant, animal and man.

This, he explained, was «making food production systems vulnerable.»

Workshop on «Towards better integration of R4D for improved food production systems in the coastal zone of Bangladesh»

The emergence of climate change and critical constraints on fossil fuel and other non-renewable resources as key limiting factors for the expansion or even maintenance of existing large - scale food production systems in Australia

Hydroponic - Aquaponic Food Production System for the Mars Desert Research Station, Matthew Maccarrone, Constanza Cuneo & Peter Merkle

«As WHEAT moves into its 2nd Phase,» he said, «I would like the Independent Steering Committee to continue the work pioneered by my predecessor Tony Fischer and look at some new areas, such as human capacity development and innovation in wheat - based food production systems.»

Cutting - edge research has identified ways in which changes to climatic conditions — such as abnormally warm summers — reduce economic activity, damage food production systems, increase social conflict, and generate migrants.

But it is possible to return most of the atmospheric carbon increase to vegetation and soils in ways that improve agricultural productivity, enhance food security, conserve biodiversity and create more flood and drought tolerant food production systems.

According to Toensmeier, silvopasture has the highest carbon sequestration potential of any temperate climate food production system — about 250 tons per hectare, on par with most naturally - occurring forests in the U.S., even when factoring in the emissions from methane burps.

Author Lisa Palmer tackles a question many experts in the natural and social sciences are also pondering: How can we feed a growing world population in the coming decades when climate change is stressing global food production systems?

«On average, the amount of water required to produce one liter of biofuel is the same amount that's required to produce food for a person for one day,» he said, adding that the problem with first generation biofuels was that they were competing with food production systems in terms of water and land.

There is no shortage of support needs for communities to address the impacts of climate change in agricultural systems, including support for adaptation for vulnerable regions and transformation to sustainable and resilient food production systems, built around local food economies.

During a panel discussion with senior global leaders at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Symposium «Advancing Food and Nutrition Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availability.

For instance, a sustainable food production system could operate on degraded land, but that doesn't mean the land will ever be improved or brought back to a biologically diverse state.

We should insist that our scarce public research and development funds are spent on the transition to food production systems that minimally process foods so they retain their wholesome, nutritious and health - giving natural properties.

FOOD LOSS Postharvest food losses - occurring at the production, harvest, postharvest and processing phases - are the most important source of FLW in developing countries, due to poor infrastructure, poor temperature management, low levels of technology and low investment in the food production systems, especially the cold chain.

In collaboration with food donation organizations, NGOs, waste experts, and a host of other partners along the supply chain, FWRA produces workable resources, such as best practices in reducing food waste, that offer reality - based applications and guidance to the various aspects of our food production system.

In collaborating with Feeding America and a host of others, FWRA offers valuable networking opportunities with solution providers and produces workable resources, such as best practices in reducing food waste, that offer reality based applications and guidance to the various aspects of our food production system.

We have to reorganise agriculture in Brazil... so that the enormous areas of land which are not productive could be incorporated into the food production system.»

While we can encourage people to eat healthily, they can't do it if the food production systems don't allow them to.

But since our food production system has become so commercialized, it's no longer possible for farmers to put back nutrients into the soil on such a large scale.

Faculty are dedicated not only to animal health and welfare, but to improvement of human and environmental well - being through improved understanding of the human - animal bond, food production systems, and ecosystem health.

From breakfast cereal to smoked salmon, the outdoor gear retailer is on a quest to redesign the global food production system.

Barber is an outspoken critic of the current food production system and a strong believer in the power of cooking to counteract rampant food waste; but he also insists on the need for people to think about their overall diets in terms of waste, primarily by reducing meat consumption and prioritizing vegetables and grains.

Chapter 7 is called Food Security and Food Production Systems.

In the meantime, the wobbles are already having a deeply troubling effect on our food production systems; in 3 - 5 year's time we're going to have a very strong evidence base for this not being a freak occurrence.

• Food security and food production systems — Major crop production is negatively impacted as temperatures are rising.

Many experts worry that food production systems may struggle to adapt in coming decades.

The global food production system itself contributes roughly 30 percent of greenhouse gasses emissions, yet, ironically, the biggest threat to food production is escalating climate disruption.

The manual concludes that if agriculture aims to adapt to climate change and achieve food security and nutrition goals in the coming decades, food production systems and ecosystems need to become more flexible, multifunctional and capable of providing multiple services.

Local has become the new buzzword, we now weigh the carbon footprint of our food, and there have been a few recent disasters in our food production system that make one want to look the farmer in the face.