Sentences with phrase «other staple crops»

Bangladesh's Farmers Already Switching to Climate - Resistant Crops The effects of climate change may seem distant for many TreeHugger readers (they aren't, but that's another story...), but for farmers in Bangladesh they are very much immediate — and they are already taking action to adapt, switching to climate - resistant varieties of rice, wheat, and other staple crops.

Notably, lentils are extremely low in phytates compared to other staple crops such as finger miller, wheat, and red kidney beans, which renders iron and zinc more bioavailable, though less bioavailable compared to animal sources (Thavarajah et al., 2011).

«We can easily extend our new model to simulate the growth processes of other staple crops, such as soybeans and wheat.

New research suggests insects are helping toxic versions of a fungal mold that plagues cornfields and other staple crops persist.

Studies show that rice, wheat and other staple crops could lose protein and minerals, putting more people at risk of hunger worldwide.

Climate change could shrink the mineral and protein content of wheat, rice and other staple crops, mounting evidence suggests.

Not exact matches

And on the world - food security front, ARS» Stuttgart center is closing in on genes that regulate rice's uptake and storage of iron, thiamine and other important vitamins and minerals — a pursuit that could bolster the nutritional value of this cereal grain crop as a staple food for roughly half the world's population.

«It's important to incorporate C4 in rice because rice grows in places where other crops such as maize do not grow and because rice is the staple food of more than half the world, including many people who live in poverty.»

After a decade of study, an international team of scientists has finally unraveled the genome of barley, an achievement that could not only lead to tastier beer and whiskey, but a better understanding of other staple food crops.

Staple pieces like booties, leather jacket, blazers, flares, sweaters and felt hats can be paired with summer dresses, denim skirts, cropped pants and other lightweight clothes to style some cool transition outfits.

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Other native dishes to the area include corn (sometimes called maize), still a staple crop in Belize today.

Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

With support from the British government, our foundation, and others, researchers at Cornell and the USDA are now working on a model for cassava, a root vegetable that's a staple crop in many tropical regions.

Project Drawdown defines tropical staple trees as: the production of trees and other perennial crops for staple protein, fats, and starch.