Sentences with phrase «percent of agricultural production»

Pollination by animals is directly responsible for between five and eight percent of agricultural production worldwide, or as much as $ 577 billion worth of crops, by one estimate.

In particular, the smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa, which account for more than 90 percent of agricultural production and the primary livelihood of 65 percent of the population, need to be more productive.

Not exact matches

Adding crop, pasture and rangeland together gives a total area under certified organic production, in 1997, of around 0.2 percent of United States agricultural land16.

Also, agricultural production accounts for less than five percent of the gross world product (an aggregate of all gross domestic products).

The scientists determined that eliminating food animals from U.S. production would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but not by the full 49 percent of agricultural emissions that animals currently contribute.

This is a big problem because more than 70 percent of agricultural land is currently being used for livestock production, leaving little room for crops destined for human consumption.

In agriculture, for example, «If we just bring back 12 percent of degraded land into agricultural production, we could feed 200 million people per year by 2030» while also reducing emissions, Oppenheim said.

Goal No. 2: Convert at least 40 percent of agricultural lands to ecologically sustainable production, with minimized use of agro-chemicals, and expanded use of techniques that reduce soil erosion and run - off and that maintain high levels of biodiversity.

In Vietnam, a sea - level rise of one foot — which could occur as early as 2040 — could reduce agricultural production by around 12 percent in the Mekong Delta region due to flooding and seawater intrusion.

Biofuel production on abandoned lands could meet 8 % of global energy needs (6/23/2008) Using abandoned agricultural lands for biofuel production could help meet up to 8 percent of global energy needs without compromising food supplies or diminishing biologically - rich habitats, reports a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

This is followed by the claim that to avoid things like reduced agricultural production and several meters of rise in sea level, «our net annual emissions of CO2 must be reduced by more than 50 percent within this century.»

Plant pathogens have long been a thorn in the side of the agricultural industry, reducing crop production between 10 - 16 percent annually and costing an estimated $ 220 billion in economic losses (Chakraborty and Newton, 2011).

Seventy - five percent of the land is in agricultural production, with 62 percent of the soils designated either U.S. Department of Agriculture Prime Farmland or Soils of Statewide Significance.

They say the technological fixes also distract from more challenging social reforms like slowing the rate of population growth, shifting away from crops like corn ethanol that don't put food on the table, or ending subsidies for livestock production, which currently eats up an appalling 75 percent of the world's agricultural land.

Despite all the attention organic agriculture commands and its rapid growth — sales of organic products grew 11.3 percent in 2014 and are now purchased by the majority of U.S. households — organic still accounts for just 1 percent of global agricultural production.

The government quickly adopted several key production - boosting measures, including a 40 percent rise in the grain support price paid to farmers, an increase in agricultural credit, and heavy investment in developing higher - yielding strains of wheat, rice, and corn, their leading crops.

Montgomery County raises funds to pay for the preservation program by imposing a 5 percent tax on the sale of farms taken out of agricultural production.