Sentences with phrase «increasing food productivity»

So far it seems to be reducing it slightly by increasing food productivity.

And we have the urgent need of increasing food productivity.

Given limited farmland and the need to protect natural lands, it is critically important to increase food productivity on a per - acre basis, through advanced breeding and biotechnology.

Restoring soil organic content in agricultural soils — increasing soil organic content by at least 2 or 3 percent — is needed to increase food productivity in the amounts required by 2050.

They also recommended that South Asian countries actively collaborate among themselves in sharing knowledge and technologies to increase food productivity, energy efficiency and reduce [continue reading...]

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Among its findings: a 21 percent decrease in reportable food safety incidents, a 14 percent decrease in worker injuries, a 24 percent increase in worker productivity and 13 percent increase in operating margins.

Expert insight on tactical, actionable ways food service, hotels and other hospitality businesses can create smarter, safer, socially responsible kitchens that increase efficiency, productivity and profits

Beyond the increase in productivity there also remain questions around the complexity of Aerem's plans for processing the milk into products such as infant formula — a food highly sensitive to health regulations.

A demonstrated partner to farmers around the world, Pioneer is committed to increasing food production with high quality Pioneer ® brand products and agronomic knowledge that maximizes agricultural productivity.

Companies in the food processing and production industry thatstruggle with tough and re-occurring problems can increase productivity, and save time and money, by utilising root cause analysis (RCA) techniques taught by training company Sologic in collaboration with The Red Cat Partnership.

It aimed to see whether the technologies delivered benefits such as increased productivity for rice farmers, improved livelihoods and food security, and bolstered social cohesion.

Endress + Hauser specialises in innovative hygiene products to increase productivity and reduce costs for global and local food producers in the food industry.

Simon stated that 95 % of all research investments over the past 30 years have focussed on increasing productivity with only 5 % going to reducing food loss.

«The awardees» hard work and commitment to increasing rice productivity in their respective locations has significantly contributed to a more food - secure region and a revitalized rice sector for Southeast Asia,» said Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Assistant Director, Sectoral Development Directorate, Head of Food, Agriculture and Forestry Division, ASEAN Economic Community Departmfood - secure region and a revitalized rice sector for Southeast Asia,» said Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Assistant Director, Sectoral Development Directorate, Head of Food, Agriculture and Forestry Division, ASEAN Economic Community DepartmFood, Agriculture and Forestry Division, ASEAN Economic Community Department.

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20 Apr 2018 — The food and beverage industry is embarking on its biggest transformation in decades, leveraging new technology to improve food quality, increase plant efficiency and boost productivity.

The need for «store - friendly and aisle - ready» deliveries, reverse route sequence truck loading, worker ergonomics / safety, additional space, and the growing number of stock keeping units is creating demand for increased productivity, and efficiency in food and beverage distribution centres.

TOMRA Sorting Food also supplies sorting, peeling and process analytics equipment for vegetable processing lines to enhance performance, increase yield, productivity and competitiveness.

In response to customers» needs to reduce packaging waste and increase productivity, Videojet Technologies has formulated two environmentally friendly coloured inks for the food and beverage packaging industry.

To remain competitive and also meet consumers» broadening preferences, large and small processors are adopting continuous systems of various capacities that can provide higher productivity and dramatically increased yields as well as improved food safety and quality.

I think you may find the cost of this one time fee will add up to the major bonus of serving your school children healthy foods while actually increasing your kitchen staffs» productivity.

Now that we are doing the roads in all those areas, there is more cocoa being evacuated to the ports, you can send fertilizer to the farmers so that you can increase their productivity, more food can come to the market, which means food can become cheaper, people now have access to clean drinking water, which means people will be prevented from having all these water - borne diseases for which they go to hospital and overburden our NHIS.

He said the aim of the government is to use the «Planting for Food and Jobs» programme to transform the agricultural sector; and this would be done by increasing productivity of the farm resources centred on small holding activities, to provide job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youth and to provide raw materials for the industrial sector.

Increased global productivity improved the availability of food over the last 50 years, but this trend must continue between now and 2050 to buttress food security.

Plant biologists have bumped up crop productivity by increasing the expression of genes that result in more efficient use of light in photosynthesis, a finding that could be used to help address the world's future food needs.

Extreme summer heat can endanger food security by reducing crop productivity, stressing livestock, reducing soil moisture, and increasing water consumption.

Furthermore, scientists and technologists working in the public sector have developed breakthroughs in disease resistance and resistance to drought and other stresses; some of these advances are being used to increase productivity of crops of importance in Africa and Asia and reflect a growing interest in food security around the world.

These healthy foods combined with your new office workout and healthy approach to changing your sedentary lifestyle will increase your overall health, fitness level and improve your mental alertness, concentration and productivity.

2.4 by 2030 ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters, and that progressively improve land and soil quality

The increased water in the wetland will increase biological diversity due to more productivity and available food for wetland species.

Fuel your body and brain with meeting packages focused on super foods and healthier choices that can increase your team's effectiveness and productivity.

California alone has 1/6 of CA agriculture, add in a need for more agriculture with a shift to biopower and biofuels, add in the effect of increased carbon dioxide on decreasing food quality in many species, and increased temperatures in decreasing food productivity in many cases (rice).

Examples include greater likelihood of injury, disease, and death due to more intense heat waves and fires; increased likelihood of under - nutrition resulting from diminished food production in poor regions; risks from lost work capacity and reduced labor productivity in vulnerable populations; and increased risks from food - and water - borne diseases.

If the productivity increases and they are eating grass instead of grain, then those «vast swaths» of re-purposed land are still producing food.

You need the price of food to increase 100 fold over today's prices, and you need the productivity of vertical farms to increase 100 fold over traditional farms.

There was also a campaign against irradiated meat, and there is an ongoing campaign against Genetically Engineered foods, including ones which are proven to prevent juvenile blindness from vitamin A deficiencies and those that combat world hunger by increasing productivity while reducing water, fertilizer, and pesticide use.

Among the risks the continent faces are reductions in food security and agricultural productivity, particularly regarding subsistence agriculture, increased water stress and, as a result of these and the potential for increased exposure to disease and other health risks, increased risks to human health.»

Climate - smart agriculture, which sustainably increases agricultural productivity and enhances achievement of national food security goals, provides a window of opportunity to avert the impact of drought.

The brief promotes climate - smart agriculture, where: agricultural development is directed along pathways that lead to sustainable increases in agricultural productivity; social and ecological resilience are increased in order to contribute to climate change adaptation; and agriculture is used to support the achievement of national food security and development goals.

This brief describes the goals of climate - smart agriculture to increase productivity and incomes, increase the resilience of ecosystems contribute to mitigation and enhance food, nutrition and energy security.

Improve the Charcoal Supply Chain for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation — piloting the use of charcoal kilns and renewable feed stocks to reduce deforestation and increase productivity and income for charcoal producers.

To maintain a robust economy and good quality of life, the report states, Indian businesses and government must invest in areas such as women's health and education to reduce family size, resource - efficient cities and infrastructure, and increased food system productivity.

Permaculture makes it possible to grow food, trees and fodder while enhancing water quality and abundance, increasing bio-diversity, conserving soil and increasing community food security, health and agricultural productivity.

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Farmers and others who depend on rural livelihoods for income are benefitting from rising agricultural productivity around the world, including in parts of Asia and Africa where the need for increased food supplies is most critical.

Organic farming is not the paradigm for sustainable agriculture and food security, but smart combinations of organic and conventional methods could contribute toward sustainable productivity increases in global agriculture.

Plant biologists have bumped up crop productivity by increasing the expression of genes that result in more efficient use of light in photosynthesis, a finding that could be used to help address the world's future food needs.

Experts suggest that with increased food demand, food productivity is also estimated to double in the next five decades.

Those who study food production, for example, see our «Carbon Footprint» as a very good thing, and it's signal is quite evident in the increase in agricultural productivity over the latter part of the 20th Century.

supporting advances in plant and animal biotechnology to increase agricultural productivity and sustainably boost production of food, feed, and fiber.