Not exact matches
By natural endowment, Kogi is blessed by great fertile
lands that confer
agricultural potentials on the state and importantly, confluence of Rivers Niger and Benue places Kogi as a great fishing and tourism
potential,» the statement read.
Asst Prof Carrasco said, «Some of the
potential measures that can be adopted include the introduction of an ecosystem services tax
on international trade, price premiums for environmentally friendly
agricultural produce, or
agricultural intensification to spare
land.»
In particular, IIASA researchers will focus
on how
potential phosphorus market crises might put pressure
on the global food system and create environmental ripple effects ranging from expansion of
agricultural land to phosphorus price - induced changes in
land management, which could exacerbate the already existing imbalance between carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen.
Based
on the last government tally, only 1 percent of
agricultural land in the United States is currently certified organic, so there is a lot of
potential for transition to happen and more money to be had by farmers.