Sentences with phrase «most of agricultural production»

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The agricultural sector can and should do a better job of assuring consumers that even though farming systems have changed, most farmers» commitment to responsible food production has not.
Contrary to the expectations of most people, the growth rate of agricultural production actually declined for four straight quarters from 4.5 % to 3.01 % before rising in Q4 to 4.23 %.
The worldwide demand for legumes, one of the world's most important agricultural food crops, is growing; at the same time, their production has been adversely affected by drought.
«Possibly in the future, it will be important to manage the population of leaf - cutting ants, making the most of their benefits for agricultural production systems, rather than simply exterminating them,» he says.
Wheat and maize are the most important crops for food security; they are also at the center of Ethiopia's increasingly vibrant agricultural output markets and have been the focus in recent years of public investment to raise national production.
On the other hand, you've got the select camp of scientists, journalists, some nutritionists, etc that believe that humans are still adapted to eating more of a «Paleo» style of diet, which greatly limits grains of all types, since grains historically never comprised more than a tiny percentage of the human diet until just the most recent agricultural age, which allowed mass production of grains for the first time in human history.
On the mouth of the Quequen River, the port of Quequen, one of the most important ports in Argentina, is the gateway for the agricultural production of the southeast of the Province of Buenos Aires.
* Existing fertile agricultural production zones, like California - Florida and Southern Europe, turning arid permanently * Coastal zones around the world, where most of our cities and expensive infrastructure are located, being flooded (or expensively protected or relocated) by a metre or more of sea level rise.
Bananas, beans and maize are most at risk of the nine staples that provide half of agricultural production.
All this has a direct impact on agricultural production, on which the food security of most people in developing nations primarily depends.
They are solved by the most modern theories and models of human behaviour in the broader context of development, population, technology, agricultural production and environmental conservation and restoration.
It does not help that the most powerful nation in the world, a center of agricultural production and research, is now governed by a kakistocracy.
The three US states having the highest agricultural production also have the most wind power, demonstrating again the compatibility of wind power and agriculture.
It aims to outline how the negative impact of climate risks on agricultural production is transmitted to the most vulnerable communities and households.
In the last few decades, consolidation of food production has led us to where many of today's farms are in fact large industrial facilities, not the green pastures and red barns that most Americans living far from the nation's agricultural regions imagine.
I support small scale horticulture, aquaculture, & agricultural practices & production in all Australian communities, to make most efficient use of resources.
As part of this expansive agricultural development, the Corn Belt of the central United States — one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world (Guanter et al., 2014; Mueller et al., 2016)-- experienced major increases in both corn and soybean production.
Most of non-energy emissions stem from land use (especially deforestation in the tropics), agricultural practices (especially the release of methane from cattle production and rice fields, and the release of nitrous oxide from heavily fertilized fields), emissions from landfills and wastewater, and some exotic industrial and chemical processes.
That's going to have one of the most important ramifications will be improvements in human health and we shouldn't overlook the very damaging effects of air pollution from coal and motor use is having on agricultural production in south Asia as well.
It is also claimed that this human - caused climate disaster will eliminate agricultural production for most of the world and otherwise make «most of the planet uninhabitable by humans».
Fossil fuels replaced most human labor in agricultural production and also provided faster and more - efficient means of bringing distant resources to urban hubs.
The most important driver for anthropogenic (human - induced) climate change is the consumption of fossil fuels for heat and electricity, oil for transport, industrial production, agricultural activities and waste generation.
This will abruptly stop most of world agriculture and destroy most of civilization, which depends upon annual agricultural production.
The good news is that many tropical countries are committed to only promoting sustainable production of agricultural commodities, and we're pouring more resources than ever into understanding exactly which forest conservation strategies are most effective.
Scientist Uses Seed Diversity, Sustainable Farming Practices to Save Cuban Agriculture 6 Ways Agriculture Impacts Global Warming Stopping Deforestation, Greening Agriculture Better Than Carbon Capture & Storage, UNEP Report Says A Tale of Two Will Allens: «Industrial Agriculture One of Most Polluting & Dangerous Industries» Sustainable Agriculture Leaders Recognized By Natural Resources Defense Council's Growing Green Awards Peak Oil and Agriculture: A Farm for the Future Revisited 25 % Reduction in Global Food Production by 2050: Organic Agriculture Part of the Solution Agricultural Land Degradation Increasing, Affecting New Areas: FAO Report
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