Sentences with phrase «plantings for food security»

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President Akufo - Addo said government's «Planting for Food and Jobs» and the Free Senior High School programmes would also begin soon for food security and enhance access to educatFood and Jobs» and the Free Senior High School programmes would also begin soon for food security and enhance access to educatfood security and enhance access to education.

He said the Planting for Food and Jobs policy was a flagship programme of the government to increase food production and ensure food securFood and Jobs policy was a flagship programme of the government to increase food production and ensure food securfood production and ensure food securfood security.

«Many food security problems revolve around maintaining pollinator diversity to provide services to crops or wild plants and designing landscapes to provide living conditions for pollinators,» Biesmeijer says.

Bees play an essential role in food security: Many crops, trees, and plants rely on bees for pollination.

That effort led to collaboration between The Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to develop a six - week cooking program research protocol aimed at improving food security — or the ability to afford adequate food — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet reciFood Bank to develop a six - week cooking program research protocol aimed at improving food security — or the ability to afford adequate food — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recifood security — or the ability to afford adequate food — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recifood — for food pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recifood pantry clients by using plant - based olive oil diet recipes.

The petition, which is the first organized by individual scientists in support of GM technology, yielded more than 1,400 signatures from plant science experts supporting the American Society of Plant Biologists» (ASPB) position statement on genetically modified (GM) crops, which states that they are «an effective tool for advancing food security and reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture.&rplant science experts supporting the American Society of Plant Biologists» (ASPB) position statement on genetically modified (GM) crops, which states that they are «an effective tool for advancing food security and reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture.&rPlant Biologists» (ASPB) position statement on genetically modified (GM) crops, which states that they are «an effective tool for advancing food security and reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture.»

Elizabete Carmo - Silva, LEC lecturer in plant sciences for food security, said: «Both jointed grass and barley are regarded as valuable genetic resources for improving wheat disease resistance, our research suggests that they can also be used to improve biomass production.»

Bees and other insects pollinate many of the world's important food crops and wild plants, raising serious concerns about the impacts of reported global pollinator declines for food security and biodiversity.

Collectively, these findings could be valuable in breeding plants for warm climates and ensuring food security.»

The pair of German plant biologists who authored the piece argue that nearly extinct varieties of wheat, like einkorn and emmer (aka farro), could create new niche markets for farmers, diversify ecosystems, boost local food security, revive traditional recipes — all while satisfying consumer demand for food that makes you feel like you're traveling back to a simpler time (a Paleolithic time, perhaps?).

In a school that serves as a resource center and tree nursery for other schools in the district, the sixth and seventh grade students manage the planting and care for the saplings and vegetable garden for local food security and to prevent further soil erosion.

Just as planting the same variety of corn over and over is a recipe for a food security disaster, we need to diversify the pollinators on our farms and in our gardens.

The major outcome of the workshop will address how to integrate, water harvesting techniques to boost household food security, improve on - farm retention capacity, mobilize communities to harvest rainwater through river dams, earth dams and farming techniques as a foundation for successful tree planting and food security implementation.

While plants in temperate zones may benefit from higher temperatures, global warming's impact in the tropics threatens catastrophe for food security.

«When individuals offset their carbon footprint through projects like CDI's Trees of Hope, they're not only taking action on their unavoidable, personal contribution to climate change, but they're also addressing challenges like food security and education because many farmers include income - generating crop trees in their plantings and use their carbon finance earnings to pay for their children's schooling fees.

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Essentially, in our warming climate, weeds win over crop plants, and the consequences for agriculture, public health and food security could be serious.

Over the last 80 years, the US has lost some 93 % of its fruit and vegetable seed diversity, and the number of edible plant varieties grown worldwide has dropped by more than 75 %, which does not bode well for the future of food security.

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The Center for Food Safety's recently launched network is a bid to preserve plant biodiversity and work toward food security around the glFood Safety's recently launched network is a bid to preserve plant biodiversity and work toward food security around the glfood security around the globe.

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But Laxer explains that the U.S. actually poses serious security concerns for Canada; for guns, banned drugs, explosives, pornography, toxic waste, and some animals, plants and food products.