Sentences with phrase «life of the farmers by»

«We work with rural communities to improve the lives of farmers by helping them build infrastructure,» says Kemble.

Visitors can also feel the rural life of the farmers by joining the farmers tending the rice fields.

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From the beginnings of civilization, farmers have been intervening in the course of evolution by producing hybrid grains, and stock breeders have been domesticating animals that live longer or work harder or run faster.

The event will be attended by thousands of victims from all walks of life - soldiers who lost limbs clearing landmines, mothers whose children were forcibly recruited by the rebels, never to be seen again and farmers driven off their land by right - wing paramilitary groups.

Far those who would become lost in the intoxication of creative work (for the doctor or professor or farmer who works joyously), the play of the Sabbath is a reminder that we can not find ultimate meaning by mastering life.

His parents were subsistence farmers who, like others, had been forced by their new masters to give some of their land to the state so while they were never hungry, they lived extremely simply.

Funny I never thought of Jesus as having a hercules style body... Just average build... He did work as a capenter and the carpenters I know have good muscle tone... by are not body builder status, Hercules built to excess... They are just like a average farmer, strong and even in muscle tone... Jesus's whole life was about being humble and coming from the low end of the society... he was born with the animals in a very humble place... I do not see him as a super strong human... but then being the son of God, he would have had super powers if he wanted them... he just did not need them...

If the «farmer» follows the recommendations of the National Pork Producers, the sow will spend virtually all of her productive life (until she is killed) in a gestation crate 2 1/2 feet wide (and sometimes 2 feet) by 7 feet long by 3 feet high.

Determined to start a successful business and help cultivate a better way of life for conventional essential oil farmers in disadvantaged Indian villages, Mudar began the enormous task of organizing these laborers and directing them toward a more profitable agricultural pursuit: growing certified organic plants, which by their very nature command higher prices than their conventionally grown counterparts.

Each season is marked with a reflection by farmer Lora Lea or her husband Rick about life on the farm as well as knowledge of sustainability practices that can be incorporated, no matter the location, or lack of farm.

In many parts of Georgia, where the white farmers sometimes live two or three miles apart, a birthday will be celebrated by a barbecue, or a few families will join together in friendly communion, with a roasting hog or sheep in the centre.

MacTiernan said she had encouraged farmers to focus on boosting the boxed meat trade to key live export markets in the Middle East and North Africa in light of the «risk» posed by high profile animal welfare violations.

We are deepening our commitment to our farmers by developing the right programs that improve their quality of life.

Background: Has a passion for serving and transforming the lives of Filipino farmers and their communities by producing and marketing high value coconut products with higher margins to provide these farmers with more potential profit.

By purchasing products with the new Cocoa Sourcing label or the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal, consumers are helping to advance the cultivation of sustainable cocoa, improving living conditions for farmers and their families while protecting forests, wildlife, and the environment for future generations.

NUCO has stuck true to their mission by donating a percentage of its profits to enrich the lives of the Filipino coconut farmers, their families and their communities.

• Fairtrade certification helps Ugandan coffee farmers increase household living standards by 30 percent and significantly reduces the prevalence and depth of poverty (Chiputwa, et.

For more than 50 years IRRI has been working to improve the lives of rice farmers and consumers by delivering improved varieties of rice.

1) Conserved natural ecosystems; 2) Areas being restored to natural ecosystems; 3) Tree cover within agroforestry or silvopastoral production plots2; 4) Gardens, live fences, riparian zones or border plantings; or 5) Off - site compensation areas, including land held in common by farmer groups that is not part of individual member farms3.

Dairy farmers in the northwest UK county of Cheshire are hoping to export fresh milk to China by extending shelf life and keeping it fresh.

This short film by Roberta Dugan outlines the plight of coffee farmers whose lives have been devastated by landmines and explosive remnants of war.

The Rainforest Alliance has been working to strengthen the position of smallholder cocoa farmers since 2006 — both on the land and in the marketplace — by training them to conserve natural resources, increase productivity and secure decent living and working conditions.

It really is a no - brainer in the area that I live — in Sacramento we are surrounded by thousands of farms that harvest a multitude of products, and Sacramento boasts over 50 farmers markets.

In the coffee fields of Vietnam, everyday objects that are often thrown away are getting a new lease of life, as tools to help farmers save water by scheduling irrigation more effectively.

It is totally unenforceable, which renders it useless, and is another attempt by politicians to place a «legal fix» upon what is really just an economic fact of life brought on by changing times, NAFTA, and the ability of farmers in other countries to grow New Mexican varieties to meet the demand here.

Launched by the Free Range Dairy Network, Coffee & Cows wants cafés to talk to their customers about the life of the cows, how much farmers are paid for milk and educate them about the Pasture Promise free range milk — all of which helps deliver a fairer deal for both farmers and cows.

Founder Mary Blackmon says, «It's easy to support our farmers everywhere simply by embracing this farm - supportive way of life — a lifestyle we call Farm Star Living.»

The conference, which is supported in part by Clif Bar & Company, Full Belly Farm, and Veritable Vegetable, hosts artisan cheese, beer, and wine tastings; live entertainment; an Exhibitor Marketplace showcasing over fifty organic and ecologically - based businesses and organizations; a mixer linking current and future farmers; a seed swap; and new this year, a series of Farmer Discussion Groups.

Working alongside Cocoa Horizons, they aim to create new opportunities for women to enable them to earn a better living, by helping to fund the training of women farmers to help them set up and manage a farm from scratch.

As dairy farmers that live on and near the land they farm, the Crandalls take very seriously what it means to be good stewards of the land, by doing everything possible to protect, and conserve natural resources.

Stop by the Gloucester Strawberry Festival for a farmer's market, bouncy house, pony rides, face painting, live music, beer tastings, and of course, strawberries.

I'm already lining up a rota of friends with particular skills to send my kids to for lessons - herbalists, yoga teacher, photographer, farmer etc so they can get a broader experience of life that I can offer alone... I'm digressing here... was just sparked by the post so far.

Many farmer's markets have entire areas sectioned off for use by craft vendors who live in the area, and it's easy to find vendors who work with textiles and fabrics and make baby - safe products at most of these markets.

«The work done by organizations like the NEC is exactly the type of work the federal government should be investing in: it's cost - effective, informed by real industry experts, and helps save farmers» lives every day,» he said.

«With this new agricultural revolution, new life has been restored to farming as the impact of this agreement will be felt by our farmers», he stressed.

The exploitation of dairy farmers by the supermarkets, brought to life by the young farmer who tells me of her 365 day a year job where she must sell milk for 5 pence a litre less than it costs her farm to produce it.

Read more: Nduom assures farmers of better living conditions President John Mahama in his address at the 32nd National Farmers» Day celebration held at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region under the theme: «Agriculture: A Business Response to Economic Growth», he refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been declining under the NDC govefarmers of better living conditions President John Mahama in his address at the 32nd National Farmers» Day celebration held at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region under the theme: «Agriculture: A Business Response to Economic Growth», he refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been declining under the NDC goveFarmers» Day celebration held at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region under the theme: «Agriculture: A Business Response to Economic Growth», he refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been declining under the NDC government.

Living in a rural area she is aware of the issues facing farmers who do not always receive fair prices or fair treatment by the Welsh Government.

He reiterated that the farmers and herdsmen's clashes which had led to loss of lives and property were caused by the influx of weapons into the country through the trans - Saharan routes.

«When local farmers take responsibility for their own livelihood no one gets blamed for caring for the lives that are wrecked by reckless ideas usually formulated by policy makers who have little or no experience of local circumstances,» he added.

Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey's Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant farmers as previously thought, according to new research by the University of Liverpool.

A second bioRxiv preprint, posted by some of the same team on June 19, reports the whole genome of one the Zagros farmers: a female who lived 10,000 years ago.

The farmers gained cheap calories at the cost of poor nutrition, (today just three high - carbohydrate plants — wheat, rice, and corn — provide the bulk of the calories consumed by the human species, yet each one is deficient in certain vitamins or amino acids essential to life.)

A living relict of an ancient species of farmer ants has startled biologists by cultivating a fancy, modern food crop that didn't arise until more than 30 million years after the ants themselves.

«The dairy industry is committed to the economic sustainability of our farmers by selecting a new generation of healthy, long - lived, high production cows,» commented Journal of Dairy Science ® Editor - in - Chief Matthew C. Lucy, PhD, Professor of Animal Science at the University of Missouri.

By looking at how ancient and living people share long sections of DNA, the team showed that early farming populations were highly genetically structured, and that some of that structure was preserved as farming, and farmers, spread into neighbouring regions; Europe to the west and southern Asia to the east.

Zeigler has worked with poor farmers in Africa and Asia for most of his life, yet IRRI's experimental rice fields were attacked by «leftists».

The President, who visited IRRI's headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, on 5 December 2013, called on the IRRI community to continue working with his government to improve the lives of Myanmar's rice farmers by improving rice productivity in the country.

Good, sustainable farming supports regional communities by working with groups like Fair for Life fair trade funds and partnering with the farmers and members of a community to jointly develop programs that address needs in local communities such as medical support, improving critical local infrastructure, supporting local schools, establishing sources of potable water, nutrition education, to name a few.

Unfortunately, dialysis and organ transplants aren't as accessible in parts of the world most affected by CKDu, meaning most farmers with the CKDu caused by glyphosate toxicity will lose their lives to it.