Sentences with phrase «impact of agricultural products»

The term «food miles» is often used to describe the potential greenhouse gas emission impact of agricultural products.

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That figure removes the impact of international accounting rules for the agricultural industry that requires cannabis companies to record the value of their plants as income as they grow, before the product is sold, lifting the bottom line.

Asked about the impact on Hong Kong of a trade war, Yau said: «It is hard to assess now without a detailed list, as the US proposal only included a few general categories such as agricultural products and electronics... It also depends on what countermeasures the Chinese government rolls out.»

You are directly affected by * soemone * having knowledge of evolution when you consume all agricultural products (meat, veggies, fruits), go to the doctor, see a geneticist for counseling before having a child, take medication, or are impacted by poilicies concerning environmental change, which is a driver for forcing adaptation vs extinction.

In light of the current trend towards more regional products, a trend mainly occurring in Central Europe, different national market development strategies (e.g. export - orientation vs. production for the domestic market) and their impacts on the agricultural system should be discussed.

McCormick seeks to ensure that the agricultural raw materials in our products are produced responsibly and to do this through enhancing the environmental and social sustainability of its agricultural supply chain partners and local impacted communities.

The researchers are using «big data» concepts and techniques to discover and design new nanomaterials — a priority area under the White House's Materials Genome Initiative — using a methodology that will revolutionize materials design, impacting a broad range of products that affect our daily lives, from drugs and agricultural chemicals such as pesticides or herbicides to fuel additives, paints and varnishes, and even personal care products such as shampoo.

Reducing the use of animal products can have a considerable impact on areas suffering scarce water resources, as meat production requires more water than other agricultural products.

The US CLIVAR PPAI Panel seeks new panelists with expertise in one or more of the following areas: (a) predictability of weather / climate extremes, (b) multi-model ensembles, (c) decadal prediction; (d) application, impact, and mitigation strategies for marine ecosystems or (e) agricultural products; or (f) interactions with stakeholders and / or stakeholder boundary organizations.

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

Market impacts - Impacts that can be quantified in monetary terms, and directly affect Gross Domestic Product — e.g., changes in the price of agricultural inputs and / orimpacts - Impacts that can be quantified in monetary terms, and directly affect Gross Domestic Product — e.g., changes in the price of agricultural inputs and / orImpacts that can be quantified in monetary terms, and directly affect Gross Domestic Product — e.g., changes in the price of agricultural inputs and / or goods.

Some of them include planning, supervising and managing irrigation, flood, drainage and water control systems, building dairy effluent schemes, agricultural product processing, environmental impact assessment and interpretation of research results among many others.