Sentences with phrase «in drought years»

We took the farm tour and viewed large plots of land where the longest - ever side - by - side experiments have been conducted, comparing organic methods with non-organic, measuring yields, effects on soil, moisture, humus, microbiological activity, etc. (Initially, organic farming yields drop off, but within a few years, organic yields are equivalent of chemical farming yields, but in drought years, organic agriculture provides higher yields.

In drought years these can be opened up to herders.

The decrease in drought years has also been a blessing to the farmers.

«The forest didn't burn much in average years, but burned extensively in drought years,» said co-author Michael Coe.

In drought years, trees are more likely to die and forests become more susceptible to fires.

In the drought years, 1988 to 1998, corn yields in the legume - based system were 22 percent higher than yields in the conventional system.

Our studies, which are the longest - running side - by - side studies of conventional and organic farming in the nation, also show that the organic approach does not compromise yield — in fact in drought years it increases it since more carbon in the soil allows it to hold more water.

A new study finds that, while rates of deforestation have sharply fallen in the Amazon over the past decade, the number of wildfires affecting the region has remained stubbornly high — particularly in drought years.

Although wildfires occur regularly in the Amazon, fire incidence is at its highest in drought years.

Over the course of the study period, emissions from wildfires in drought years alone totalled more than 1bn tonnes, Aragão says.

The chart shows how the number of forest fires tends to spike in drought years.

But a lack of water in drought years kills some trees that normally absorb CO2, sends additional CO2 into the atmosphere as those trees rot, and temporarily lessens surviving trees» CO2 uptake.

The researchers say that, in drought years, water stress keeps the rainforest from absorbing the 1.5 billion metric tons of CO2 it would sop up in a normal year.

Frequency of very large fire extents (> 10,000 ha) is significantly higher in drought years.

In drought years disaster ensued.

In drought years, farmers generally increase slaughter rates rather than incur the high costs of retaining stock.

Not exact matches

Investors and hedge funds were freaked out last year when the price for Arabica beans shot through the roof, thanks to a drought in Brazil.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Some of the largest brewers in the U.S. are trying to reduce their water - to - beer ratio as drought and wildfire threaten the watersheds where they draw billions of gallons every year.

Here's what Lake Oroville, the body of water contained by the tallest dam in the US, looked like in August 2015, during the height of California's raging five - year drought:

It looks like next year might be a good time to cut the carbohydrates as a drought - fueled jump in wheat costs will make bakery goods the food items with the biggest price gains for U.S. consumers.

And while he didn't promise to end Cleveland's 50 - year championship drought, James did, in dramatic style, lead the Cavaliers to overturn a 3 - 1 series deficit against the favored Golden State Warriors.

The Eagle Ford, extending from the Mexican border into East Texas, began to boom in 2011, just as Texas struggled with the worst one - year drought in its history.

After all the frenetic deal - making of the past few years, Canada's oilpatch is now finding itself in the grip of an unaccustomed drought of mergers and acquisitions.

The Weather Channel's Carl Parker reports on the worst drought in years, and the state of agriculture in the Midwest.

California's historic drought is in the middle of its fifth year.

That's not a pretty sight in California, which is currently in its fifth year of a historic drought and also happens to be home to lots of meat and dairy farms.

The company stopped watering its lush lawns last year, and though the type of grass it planted is supposed to be drought - tolerant, the grass has browned in some areas.

Heatwaves and drought mean that California's avocado production is expected to fall by 44 %, while disastrous flooding in Peru's avocado - growing south has also led to a downgrade in this year's crop forecast, according to the BBC.

«Malawi has shown progress in achieving macroeconomic stabilization following two years of drought, with a rebound in growth and inflation reduced to single...

The fires, which took place during a drought year and in the hillsides above the East San Francisco Bay city, killed 25 people and destroyed 2,843 homes and more than 430 apartments.

El Nino - fueled storms have brought some relief to drought - parched California this year, but the central and southern portions of the state, as well as the Sierra Nevada foothills in the north remain at high risk, according to experts.

But they also attribute the price fall to a seasonal rise in stock, after a drought of low listings earlier in the year.

I understand that drought conditions have also plagued Canada's Prairies in recent years.

Although cocoa prices scored the most impressive quarterly gain, with futures up 35 % on production issues in West Africa, soybeans were a standout as well, with futures up 9.8 % as a drought harmed crops in Argentina while years of bumper harvests in the United States were set to recede in 2018.

This could result in higher rates for crop insurance, which could be detrimental to Oklahoma farmers as this farming season has already seen high levels of precipitation following a five - year drought.

Scattered thunderstorms in the Rockies and parts of the Southwest are doing little to ease the hardships caused by the severe drought, now going on almost three years in some states.

We've been in a drought in Texas for years now and I don't see it going away anytime soon.

According to ABARE's current forecasts, farm production is not expected to reach the high levels prevailing in the years immediately preceding the onset of the drought.

The fall in rural exports has been especially sharp, with the value of exports in the June quarter down by over 27 per cent on the level of a year ago, largely reflecting the effect of the drought.

The effect of the drought can also be seen in farm output, which fell by around one - third over the year to the March quarter, subtracting 1.1 percentage points from aggregate GDP growth.

The impact of the weak world economy and the drought over the first half of 2003 are evident in the latest national accounts, which show that real GDP rose by 0.1 per cent in the June quarter and 2.0 per cent over the year (Table 10).

Weak growth in the world economy and the drought in Australia have seen export earnings decline over the past couple of years (Graph 44).

Some experts argue that four years of drought in Syria helped contribute to its civil war.

In Kenya, for example, there's drought coupled with the after - effects of the post-election violence a year ago.

Food shortages and droughts result in millions of deaths each year.

It will not worry in a year of drought or cease producing fruit.

30 - 32, and had been going on for over 2000 years, from the 6th century, the sword, the whirlwinds, and droughts, has been upon this earth prophesied in Jeremiah 25.

Even though I have droughts in my business, and even though I am a horrible self marketer, I somehow manage to make a little more every year.

It has no worries in a year of drought, and never fails to bear fruit.»

In the days of T'ang, there were seven years out of eight of drought, but this did not narrow its span.