Sentences with phrase «for modern agriculture»

However, given that only 2 % of the population is required for modern agriculture, there should be room for improvement.

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For another, the more we conserve scarce and nonrenewable resources, such as the oil used so extensively in modern agriculture and elsewhere, the less pressure there will be to engage in an interventionist and imperialist foreign policy and the wars that follow from such a policy.

Lammerts van Bueren, E.T. (2010) Future breeding for organic and low - input agriculture: integrating values and modern breeding tools for improving robustness.

Australian agricultural industry groups are bracing for attacks from animal activists globally following the recent release of an explosive documentary which claims to «expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture».

For example, Kibbutzes or hippie communies in California don't need to spend money on R&D in agriculture, or defense, or large scale law enforcement (again, you may have the luxury to exclude 1 - 3 % of psychopaths / sociopaths from a small community, and not worry about said excluded psychopaths attacking you for your communal material possessions from outside since they are dealt with by outside society), or on disaster preparedness, or on medical R&D, or pretty much any other economic overhead of modern civilizatiFor example, Kibbutzes or hippie communies in California don't need to spend money on R&D in agriculture, or defense, or large scale law enforcement (again, you may have the luxury to exclude 1 - 3 % of psychopaths / sociopaths from a small community, and not worry about said excluded psychopaths attacking you for your communal material possessions from outside since they are dealt with by outside society), or on disaster preparedness, or on medical R&D, or pretty much any other economic overhead of modern civilizatifor your communal material possessions from outside since they are dealt with by outside society), or on disaster preparedness, or on medical R&D, or pretty much any other economic overhead of modern civilization.

With modernisation and diversification of agriculture being a key component of the NPP's 4 - Point Agenda for the development of Ghana, I wish to assure our farmers and fisherfolk that the blessing of oil will not distract an Akufo - Addo - led NPP government from growing the agricultural sector and making it more modern, more efficient and therefore, more productive.

«From Nigeria, I have watched closely your achievements, ranging from your ingenious approach to creating jobs for the teeming youths through various initiatives, including the repositioning of agriculture for modern farming, «Farming for Jobs and Food», Senior High School (SHS) free education, One - District - One - Factory, and One - Village - One - Dam as well as the improvement being recorded in the Republic's macroeconomic indicators.

The additional uses, which include commercial solar farms, storage warehouses and other structures that some consider essential to modern agriculture, were approved by the Suffolk County Legislature on properties for which Suffolk has paid hundreds of millions of dollars to purchase «development rights.»

Modern agriculture extends well beyond the traditional production of food for humans and animal feeds.

«Despite their potential value in meeting the challenges of modern agriculture, few systematic, range - wide collections of wild relatives exist for any crop species,» the team of scientists write, «and even the available wild genetic resources are widely under - utilized for crop improvement.»

But not all altered landscapes are equal for bees: modern agriculture has taken a severe toll on wild bee numbers.

Besides enabling quantification of recovery rates of compacted soil and better understanding of the recovery mechanisms, the authors expect that data provided by the soil structure observatory will help improve our general understanding of soil structure dynamics and help define strategies and guidelines for accelerating soil structure recovery, and more generally, improving soil structure in modern agriculture.

This is consistent with recent findings that AMY2B copy number is highest in modern dog populations originating from geographic regions with prehistoric agrarian societies, and lowest from regions where humans did not rely on agriculture for subsistence34 and supports the claim that the expansion occurred after initial domestication (possibly after the migration of dingoes to Australia 3,500 — 5,000 years ago) 34.

The battles against GMOs are just the visible skirmishes of a war that has raged for decades: a war against modern agriculture.

In modern usage, the word «agriculture» covers all activities essential to food, feed, and fiber production, including all techniques for raising and processing livestock.

Prior to modern agriculture, it was very important for the body to keep extra resources, but in today's environment, those genes have been linked to obesity.

This seminar, intended for students from all academic majors, will examine the evolution of energy supply, energy demand and the global energy system as a whole, from the rise of photosynthesis to the development of agriculture, the Industrial revolution, and the modern, carbon - constrained world.

After a lifetime of ecological research, Zimbabwean ecologist Allan Savory discovered (the hard way) that the quickest and most efficient way for humanity to re-build topsoil and restore the ecological damage caused by modern agriculture is to put grazing animals onto broken land.

Evolution has not kept pace with advances in agriculture and food processing resulting in a plague of health problems for modern man.

If the abundance of agriculture may be too much for some tastes, the film subtly reveals how farming methods grew increasingly industrialized over the years: Just as the armies of the Great War employed modern weapons like tanks and airplanes for the first time, so the Paridiers begin to use combines and tractors to yield more crops with less labor.

Vrrrooommm - Farming for Kids At this Web site teachers can learn more about a video series that introduces concepts of modern agriculture to children.

Designed for grades 9 through 12, the standards - aligned lesson plans and educator guides provide educators with planning materials to engage students with a first - hand glimpse into modern agriculture using lessons and activities that bring to life critical issues such as sustainability, the new science behind farming, and entrepreneurship.

We thank Veterinary Practice News for this opportunity to respond and inform about the good things that are happening in modern animal agriculture.

Modern agriculture replaced the need for these dogs as herders.

They are the logical results of the continual exercise of the first precondition of modern civilization, the drummer we have been marching to for ten thousand years since the invention of agriculture.

When not interrupted by agriculture, territorial encroachment and modernization, foraging cultures have a much lower impact on the environment than modern cultures, and their populations can also be quite stable (for a popular reference, read some of Jared Diamond's books).

While warning that modern agricultural methods are placing unprecedented demands on our natural resources, Dr. Foley's work offers hope, promise and a way forward, offering strategic solutions for increasing global food production while reducing agriculture's often devastating environmental footprint.

Modern high - yield agriculture techniques reduce the need for additional farmland.

They could paralyze modern society, which has become so dependent on abundant water supplies for agriculture, energy generation, human consumption and other uses.

provides a foundational look at the modern food system, diving deep into the issues surrounding food and agriculture and presenting information in these complex questions in a way accessible for all readers.

The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is the umbrella organisation for organic agriculture, and its establishment in 1972 marked the beginning of the modern, organised organiAgriculture Movements (IFOAM) is the umbrella organisation for organic agriculture, and its establishment in 1972 marked the beginning of the modern, organised organiagriculture, and its establishment in 1972 marked the beginning of the modern, organised organic movement.

On this panel, we consider how global agriculture will need to evolve in order to provide modern diets for everyone without converting what remains of the planets undeveloped areas into farms.

He combines the disciplines of anthropology, biology, architecture, engineering, agriculture, and ecology to address modern challenges of providing for human needs while maintaining ecosystem health.

60 Wind Generation Historically Small wind turbines used for Wind Generation Historically Small wind turbines used for agriculture use — pump water Provide electrical needs for isolated homes Extracts ~ 3 kW of power with wind vanes no larger than 1m long Modern Wind turbines with vanes larger than 50 m can extract megawatts of power from the wind Blades designed to function similar to airplane wings utilizing lift created by the wind flowing over the surface to turn the blades — more efficient Turbines mounted on tall towers or at sea can take advantage of higher winds.

For modern humans whose population numbers are dependent on maintaining efficient agriculture, it is the decade - long transition that is so catastrophic (given a slow temperature transition over a 500 year period, we could probably cope).

As the wonderful BBC documentary A Farm for the Future has shown us all too clearly, modern agriculture is woefully dependent on fossil fuels, and oil in particular.

It seems frankly amazing that in the mid 20th century we happened to be sitting at the absolute ideal temperature for modern technological society and agriculture.

As I possess in - depth knowledge of the modern equipments used for agriculture, I desire to work in an environment that will utilize my knowledge to the fullest.

Her approach to marketing is fresh and modern and perhaps a bit unconventional, given that she's practicing in a relatively conservative town known for its agriculture, manufacturing and tourism.