Sentences with phrase «improved agriculture practices»

That is one of the reasons that microfinance and improved agriculture practices are key to our work.

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Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

Jean - Marie will be meeting with farmers from Maraba in a series of eight multi-day workshops over the next 18 months, teaching the sustainable agriculture practices that, research has shown, increase farm productivity, increase the quality of harvested coffee, and improve downstream water quality.

The AFi will align common definitions, norms, and good practices to improve transparency, reduce environmental and social risk, and improve accountability in forestry and agriculture supply chains.

The Department of Agriculture stresses the importance of careful menu planning and production practices in the lunch and breakfast programs to reduce food waste and improve consumption of healthy foods.

«We hope this project allows us to generate data to show that implementing regenerative agriculture practices results in improved outcomes — including economic resiliency and long - term benefits for farmers,» said Carla Vernón, president of the operating unit at Annie's, also owned by parent company General Mills.

We are working with partners to develop and promote post-harvest loss reduction practices in major ingredients relevant to Kellogg by developing sustainable agriculture programs with smallholder farmers in India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Thailand, Philippines, and other countries that promote and improve post-harvest loss reduction.

Interacting with journalists at the B - Bovid agriculture facility in the Mpohor - Wassa East District of the Western Region, the head of the Israeli delegation said Ghana must take serious measures aimed at improving agricultural practices to reverse the...

Interacting with journalists at the B - Bovid agriculture facility in the Mpohor - Wassa East District of the Western Region, the head of the Israeli delegation said Ghana must take serious measures aimed at improving agricultural practices to reverse the annual import of rice of up to a billion US dollars, coupled with the high importation of poultry products from the Americas.

The practice of agriculture is also known as «farming», while scientists, inventors and others devoted to improving farming methods and implements are also said to be engaged in agriculture.

By 2022, RICE aims to extend technologies to more households for increased adoption of improved rice varieties and farming practices that reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systems.

Complete restoration of deforested areas is unrealistic, yet 100 GtC carbon drawdown is conceivable because: (1) the human - enhanced atmospheric CO2 level increases carbon uptake by some vegetation and soils, (2) improved agricultural practices can convert agriculture from a CO2 ource into a CO2 sink [174], (3) biomass - burning power plants with CO2 capture and storage can contribute to CO2 drawdown.

Educating the family on using food to improve health, as well as supporting the practice of humanely raising animals and sustainable agriculture, were frequent household conversations.

HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL will seek to improve its environmental sustainability and engage in sustainable agriculture practices through:

The Nature Conservancy works with landowners, communities, and governments in Mexico to promote low - carbon rural development through the design and implementation of improved policy and practice in agriculture, ranching, and forestry.

These tools provide the means to sharpen assessment and management capacities required to: compare the result of several water allocations plans; improve soil - moisture control - practices under rainfed conditions; optimize irrigation scheduling; sustainably intensify crop production; close the yield and water - productivity gaps; quantify the impact of climate variability and change on cropping systems; enhance strategies for increased water productivity and water savings; minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by agriculture.

Finally, the paper considers how synergies between the agriculture and forestry sectors can be improved and how this can be facilitated through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus other sutainable forest practices (REDD +) implementation.

Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

Complete restoration of deforested areas is unrealistic, yet 100 GtC carbon drawdown is conceivable because: (1) the human - enhanced atmospheric CO2 level increases carbon uptake by some vegetation and soils, (2) improved agricultural practices can convert agriculture from a CO2 ource into a CO2 sink [174], (3) biomass - burning power plants with CO2 capture and storage can contribute to CO2 drawdown.

Among other far - reaching work over the years, the organization has collaborated on Peru's National Forest Strategy, engaged the Chinese government on trade practices, worked with Ghana's private sector to improve agricultural production, and helped create the US Office of Environmental Services at the US Department of Agriculture.

«We can help cities grow clean and climate resilient, develop climate smart agriculture practices, and find innovative ways to improve both energy efficiency and the performance of renewable energies.

Mosier et al. (1996) list a number of practices that could be implemented to improve fertilizer and manure N use efficiencies to help reduce N2O emissions from agriculture.

These practices improve access to healthy and affordable food when combined with urban agriculture strategies and to green space for recreation.

This includes methods for analysis of consumers demands (food and non-food products), marketing channels and flows and their characteristics, assessment of the linkages between micro-enterprises involved in urban agriculture, methods to their access to credit, technical advice, labour, marketing information and other services; Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of existing micro and small enterprises related to urban agriculture and methods to improve actual management practices and efficiency in small scale enterprises involved in input supply, food processing and marketing in order to meet market demands.