Sentences with phrase «included soil fertility»

Provided agricultural and horticultural services that included soil fertility testing and fertilizer recommendations; plant protection and weed abatement applications; and landscape construction / maintenance operations on government, commercial, and residential sites.

Not exact matches

The water — retailer relationship The quantity and quality of crop yields rely on a number of conditions including water access, soil fertility, adequate climate, seeds access, land availability and healthy terrestrial fauna and flora.

Benefits, which improve resilience, include improvements in soil fertility and water - use efficiency, plus disruption of weed, pest, and disease life cycles.

If phase down of fossil fuel emissions begins soon, improved agricultural and forestry practices, including reforestation and steps to improve soil fertility and increase its carbon content, may provide much of the necessary CO2 extraction.»

Activities include crop rotation, erosion control, soil fertility improvements, as well as the establishment of small agro-businesses, such as small - scale livestock and poultry production.

This category includes some level of forest and agriculture residues left behind after harvest (some need to remain on the ground to maintain soil fertility); timber processing wastes including sawdust and «black liquor;» and any unused manure, urban wood waste, municipal organic waste, and landfill methane.

The release of gas hydrates may still be stoppable through a suite of techniques including withdrawing atmospheric CO2 by rapidly building soil fertility on a global scale, reforestation to increase reflective cloud cover, and rapidly reducing CO2 emissions — in other words, a massive emergency campaign to cool the planet: Climate Code Red!

Projected impacts of climate change include extended periods of drought and, on the other hand, loss of soil fertility and degradation as a result of increased precipitation, both of which will negatively impact on agriculture and food security.

These include planting trees, restoring degraded land, conserving natural habitats, and improving soil and fertility management.

Four soil variables are also included in the model: minimum and maximum available soil water storage capacity (ASW) in the top 1500 mm of soil, soil fertility (FR) and soil texture.

Countries have been asked to submit their views on what should be included in the work by 31 March 2018, with options including how to improve soil carbon and fertility, how to assess adaptation and resilience and the creation of better livestock management systems.

It includes practices such as composting and other soil management techniques, and harvesting and retention systems to increase soil fertility and improve water conservation and availability.

Topics for consideration included but were not limited to: a) Modalities for implementation of the outcomes of the five in - session workshops; b) Methods and approaches for assessing adaptation, adaptation co-benefits and resilience; c) Improved soil carbon, soil health and soil fertility under grassland and cropland as well as integrated systems, including water management; d) Improved nutrient use and manure management towards sustainable and resilient agricultural systems; e) Improved livestock management systems; f) Socioeconomic and food security dimensions of climate change in the agricultural sector.

By building raised beds which are NEVER walked on, heavily mulched and fed by top dressings of large amounts of organic matter, proponents of no - dig gardening say it protects vital soil life including worms, microbes and mychorrizal fungi which all play a part in maintaining soil fertility.