Sentences with phrase «on local crops»

Not exact matches

«Many corporate food businesses have the knowledge on how to prevent certain crop diseases, but if they don't have an awareness of the disease spreading through local farms, they can't do anything to stop it.»

After thoroughly reviewing existing literature on the pros and cons of crop diversification, and interviewing local experts, it became clear that some Ghanaian cocoa farmers do diversify — most commonly in the form of shade crops or intercrops at the early stages of the cocoa plant's life — but the approach is uncoordinated and haphazard.

In interviews with The Age, the supermarkets said they came to rely more heavily on imports when local crops, such as tomatoes and pineapples, failed during the drought and floods.

The shade density of shade tolerant crop production plots shall be managed to reach optimal levels depending on local production systems, climate, altitude, soil characteristics, and slope levels.

Our honey is from hives on our very own farm in Aurora, OR as well as other local farms, and has a well rounded flavor that reflects the diversity of crops grown in the harvest area.

They also have other crops available in their store, so one stop for apples can mean a stock up on other local goodies, including apple cider.

Head into your local Gap store and try on a pair of their crop kick jeans to see if they work for you.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

The environment secretary specifically pledged to end the «three - crop rule», designed to mitigate the impact modern mass farming can have on the environment and local biodiversity.

The reliance on rudimentary and rain - fed agriculture, Mr Greenstreet said, had not helped the country and advocated massive investment in the country's research institutions, and added that because most of the research institutions were donor - funded, they were promoting genetically modified crops in Ghana instead of paying attention to local crops.

While last year the Farm Bureau secured nearly $ 1 million earmarked by Senator Ken LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) for deer fencing to protect local crops, Mr. Gergela said this year his organization has $ 200,000 it will contribute to expanding wildlife sharpshooting efforts on the East End through the United States Department of Agriculture — a service Southold Town has utilized in recent years.

A farm manager, identified as Gbenga Kiki, has been strangled to death by unknown persons while harvesting crop on a farmland in Orisada - Eyo community in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.

«The truck traffic isn't nearly as bad as it used to be,» Soltau said, «while, at the same time, a huge amount of local opposition, as you tend to see on new road projects, cropped up.»

Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands found that in the two decades since Dutch farmers began using the pesticide on a variety of crops, the birds» population declined by an average of 3.5 percent annually in farmlands where local water levels contained high concentrations of the chemical.

The marsupials of Tasmania have found a means of passing the time on Australia's island state that could also explain mysterious local crop circles.

Production systems such as monocultures that cultivate crops (for example, palm oil and sugar cane) for global distribution may benefit local communities with employment and funding opportunities, but are often reliant on over-exploited water resources.

The giant wind turbines cropping up on ridges, shorelines and other windy locales across the world affect more than the wind — they are also changing local temperatures, notes a new study.

«So any changes and any impact on the crops locally can influence local as well as global food security,» Singh said.

They say that far too heavy an emphasis is placed on the cultivation of cash crops such as soya beans for export at the expense of crops to feed local people.

By munching grasses most other plant - eaters consider not worth the effort, the insect thrives in overgrazed grasslands until its populations swell so much that they move onto crops and pastures, wreaking havoc on local farmers.

The chimps are basically imposing a «natural tax» on farmers growing crops near the nutrient - rich soils of the forest,» said Shane McGuinness, lead author on the research and PhD student in Geography at Trinity, who conducted the interview - based study with the help of the Great Apes Trust and local conservation workers.

All construction on the park stopped in 1998, and local farmers reclaimed the land to grow crops.

If local temperature increases are limited to 1 to 3 °C, some regions, such as Northern Europe and North America, could benefit from a longer growing season, more precipitation, and less frost, depending on the crop.

Introducing new strains of crops could have similar effects on local ecosystems.

Chile verde is the crop's best - known dish, but Hatch chiles also make cameos in frittatas, on sandwiches, in salads, and even in desserts; as locals would say, a recipe that starts with them can't go wrong.

Look for Idaho's crop beginning in September; if you're anxious to get a jump on grape - related summer fun, head to Savor Idaho in Boise to sample local wine and food (and try your hand — er, foot — at stomping on grapes).

By choosing to eat as ethically as possible and also buying organic and local produce too, because transport and chemicals sprayed on non-organic crops is also very harmful to animals too and to your body.

FThe global industrial food system relies on crops that have been bred primarily for higher yield and ease of transport, while farmers involved in local food systems often place a higher value on plant varietals that are more nutritious by virtue of their variety (i.e., not bred for yield alone) or by their method of production.

Cropped flares are probably my favorite type of bottoms this spring and I was crazy happy to find these frayed edge ones from Lost Ink on a local website with a 75 % discount.

This letter, sent by NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel to Senator John Hoeven, Chairman of the Senate Subcomittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops and Agricultural Research, outlines NSBA's support for the flexibility for local school leadership established by the Healthy School Meals Flexiblity Act.

In a sense, the local daily press's simplistic forecasts were spot - on: this was an extraordinary combination of high profile, million - selling American truck launches (count «em: Ford Ranger, Chevy Silverado, Dodge Ram and Lincoln Navigator, sort of) accompanied by the biggest, boldest promises yet that a crop of autonomous and electrified American cars are just around the corner.

I felt like flipping the device over on its face the other day due to a local pilates ad — complete with awkward pilates stock photo — that cropped up while I was at a coffee shop.

5) Norwegian Lundehund (non-sporting group)-- also called the Puffin Dog because they «spent centuries on the rocky cliffs and high fields of arctic Norway hunting and retrieving puffin birds, an important meat and feather crop to local farmers.

It spent centuries on the rocky cliffs and high fields of arctic Norway hunting and retrieving puffin birds, which was an important meat and feather crop to local farmers.

The farm was run on solar power and had a big garden filled with local crops.

Within walking distance of Ubud center are a number of scenic rice field paths that snake through farmlands where local farmers attend to their crops and warungs perch on the edge with terrace views to die for.

Save enough money and you can install automated systems to keep your crops watered and animals fed (or, if you prefer, you can snag yourself a husband or wife, who can take some of the burden) allowing you to focus on other hobbies and interests, such as brewing craft beer, beekeeping, crab - catching, playing on the arcade machine in the local bar, or cooking the various recipes you learn from watching the food channel on your TV.

However, we've been seeing more and more local productions cropping up, which I hope is a sign that the popularity of game music is on the rise.

Eric «ConcernedApe» Barone, the man behind the hit indie farming simulator Stardew Valley, has officially nailed down the exact day on which Mac and Linux users will be able to start planting their own crops and making nice with the local townsfolk.

If the crops failed, these communities contained too many people to survive on local foraging or hunting — both because population densities were so high and because the habitat destruction caused by farming had reduced the amount of local wild food.

Some local produce truck markets have suspended operations due to the impact on crops, won't be operating again this year.

And if the current crop of electric scooter launches is any indication, there's a significant demand for these types of transport, which isn't fully «last mile» transport, necessarily, as most of them are too heavy or too bulky to realistically put into a trunk or bring on transit with you, but rather «local mile» transport for shorter trips from home or work.

In context, Ingeo ™ uses less than 1 / 20th of 1 percent (0.05 percent) of the annual global corn crop today, and as such contributes little to no impact on international or local food chains.

As many of volcanologists and volcanophiles waited to see how this eruption that started over a month ago would progress, we all discussed the potential for local effects like volcanically - generated floods in Iceland or the effect of ash on crops and animals on the island nation.

Some advocates for strengthening the capacity of local communities to sustain their agricultural traditions and crop diversity on their own aren't happy about this kind of centralized approach, though (more on this below).

«PV is orders of magnitude more efficient than biofuels pathways in terms of land use — 30, 50, even 200 times more efficient — depending on the specific crop and local conditions,» says Geyer.

Crops are also less efficient in retaining moisture than forests, with immediate effects on local weather.

Implementation of these methods is site specific and depends on soil characteristics, crops grown, and local climates.

This bottom - up modeling study, supported by emission inventories and crop production, simulates ozone on local to regional scales.

These projects provide examples of a collaborative system for the rehabilitation and use of the forest land property based on defined and acceptable criteria for land cultivation by the local people and for renewal of the forest crop.