Sentences with phrase «growth of agricultural crops»

Economists must offer convincing demonstrations of what is already apparent from the data: that modest warming correlates with increased GNP, higher average income, and enhanced living standards across the globe; and that carbon dioxide, rather than being a pollutant, benefits the growth of agricultural crops and forests.

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Jaiswal did a PhD in agricultural and biological engineering from Penn State University, US, and conducted research in crop growth modelling at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, US, and the State University of Campinas, Brazil.

Looking ahead, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics expects a decline in the winter cereals crop in 2004/05, as some land used for cropping to generate income quickly following the drought reverts to other uses; consequently, growth in crop exports is expected to slow significantly over this period.

Growth in the Asia - Pacific region has been attributed to the strong demand to improve crop productivity of cereals & oilseeds within the concept of good agricultural practices.

Ten thousand years ago, at the dawn of the Neolithic era, the agricultural revolution began to yield vastly larger amounts of food from cultivated crops and livestock, allowing rapid growth in human populations.

«Early - killed rye reduced weed density by 20 percent and suppressed early - season weed growth 85 percent,» says Marty Williams, an ecologist with the Department of Crop Sciences at U of I and the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

• The manufacture and marketing of environmentally friendly agricultural products and technologies that enhance plant growth and increase crop yields.

I have seen no specific studies regarding lower CO2 levels than those we currently are experiencing, but it is generally agreed in the scientific literature (despite some IPCC claims to the contrary) that an increased atmospheric concentration of CO2 will be beneficial to most plant growth, including agricultural crops.

An elevated CO2 concentration in the atmosphere accelerates growth and improves yields of agricultural crops.

This bill would create «a separate program for the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp and produce agricultural hemp seed in this State,» allowing the crop to be grown for commercial purposes.

They say the technological fixes also distract from more challenging social reforms like slowing the rate of population growth, shifting away from crops like corn ethanol that don't put food on the table, or ending subsidies for livestock production, which currently eats up an appalling 75 percent of the world's agricultural land.

To date, 17 states have passed pro-hemp laws or resolutions, including the California Assembly in 1999 when it passed a resolution declaring that «the Legislature should consider action to revise the legal status of industrial hemp to allow for its growth in California as an agricultural and industrial crop.»