Sentences with phrase «of agricultural products over»

Freezing preservation retains the quality of agricultural products over long storage periods.

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Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

UK and Italian farmers Unions are joining forces to push their claims that higher prices for agricultural products are at the root of alleviating current concerns over supply sustainability and food security.

The Sustainable Coffee Challenge, is a joint initiative of over 90 partners working together to make coffee the world's first sustainable agricultural product.

Dr. Smith, who assumed the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer in August 2016, brings over 20 years developing and managing product and business opportunities in the agricultural, human and animal nutrition, and pharmaceutical industries.

In terms of market access, organic products do not per se receive preferential access over conventional products, and there are significant tariffs (of 100 percent or more) on many agricultural products in most developed countries.

The distillery is also extremely proud to be listed as a Farm Distillery sourcing and utilizing over 51 % of New York State based agricultural products.

The merchant fleet which took British manufactured goods all over the world in Victorian times earned its keep by bringing back shiploads of agricultural products, such as grain, tea and sugar.

WHEREAS, Farms contribute to the local economy — in 2007 the market value of agricultural products sold in Erie County was over $ 117 million;

The standard of scientific and technological performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of the productivity of the economy that is measured by the relationship between global GDP and sectoral GDP and resources used in production processes (raw materials, supplies and labor); 2) reduction of the costs of agricultural, industrial production, and services; 3) increase in investments in R&D; 4) innovation of new products and processes that is measured by its advance over previously used products and processes; 5) increase of the durability of products / services; 6) increase of physical safety of products / services provided to people and users; and, 7) decrease in the levels of technological dependency of the country from the outside.

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

College Campus Roadshow The Hemp History Week College Campus Roadshow will travel 9,000 miles through fifteen states, sampling leading hemp products on over thirty campuses in seven major cities across the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast, while engaging students at agricultural colleges with educational programs, petition signings and film screenings on the economic, environmental, agricultural and nutritional benefits of industrial hemp.

Over 90 % of what I do is global patent and product development strategy in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic and agricultural space.