Sentences with phrase «modern agricultural methods»

Modern agricultural methods steadily and dramatically improved crop yields per acre between 1930 and today.

Loosely, the term «green revolution» refers to the hope that by the substitution of modern agricultural methods and technology for essentially traditional ones, the problem of poverty may be solved without any serious disruption of the prevailing economic and political systems.

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The researchers attribute the declining nutritional content to modern agricultural methods designed to improve various traits unrelated to nutrition.

Carbon can be returned to soils and vegetation using modern agricultural methods and with ecological restoration.

«Highly developed countries apply modern agricultural methods on good farmlands and abandon marginal lands, which become available for forest expansion,» the authors wrote.

Conversion to modern agricultural methods and the introduction of new technology often makes old tenancy arrangements very unattractive to landlords.

Technology, transportation, and modern agricultural methods have given consumers year - round access to food, even when it doesn't make sense geographically and climatically.

Additionally, vitamin C levels in fruits and vegetables are reduced due to modern agricultural methods that deplete nutrients from the soil.

While warning that modern agricultural methods are placing unprecedented demands on our natural resources, Dr. Foley's work offers hope, promise and a way forward, offering strategic solutions for increasing global food production while reducing agriculture's often devastating environmental footprint.

For instance, modern agricultural methods, including genetically modified organisms and artificial fertilizers, allow us to grow more food with less land, making it possible to spare more land for nature.