Sentences with phrase «primary producers»

They were concerned about what it might mean for primary producers in the country.

Primary producers face what is both a significant challenge and major opportunity in coming decades — to make a substantial contribution to feeding the world's population.

Primary production - All forms of production accomplished by plants, also called primary producers.

There is, as retailers have said, a strong case for processors to restore part of their margin to primary producers in addition to the retail price rise.

Unfortunately, the United States, the world's primary producer of greenhouse gases, did not sign the treaty.

It analyses jobs across the supply chain from primary producer to production and retailing, evaluating the overall contribution and value to the economy.

My research has a particular focus on primary producers in the Arctic marine ice - covered ecosystem, which include sea ice algae, ice melt water (brackish) flora and phytoplankton.

A fairer system would encourage private sector corporations (mainly agro-processing groups in the Southeast Asian context) to provide primary producers with an equity stake in the company.

Rural R&D for Profit is a competitive grants programme for strategic research aimed at delivering real, practical outcomes for Australian primary producers, to improve farm gate productivity and profitability.

The Department of Agriculture runs a Rural Financial Counselling Service to support primary producers, fishermen and small rural businesses that are suffering financial hardship.

It is a federation that represents the interests of 17 of Queensland's peak rural industry organisations, which in turn collectively represent more than 13,000 primary producers across Queensland.

The National Farmers» Federation has pulled out of negotiations to create a voluntary code of conduct for supermarkets, saying it has lost faith that the process will deliver changes to protect primary producers and suppliers.

Aussie Farmers had realisable assets of $ 4.9 million and owed secured creditors and unsecured creditors including staff, franchisees and primary producers more than $ 80 million, resulting in a net assets deficiency of $ 69.6 million.

F&A value chains will also become shorter, with processing occurring on - farm and processors acquiring primary producers.

«Our core business is lending to Australian primary producers who expand, buy next door, buy brothers and sisters, parents out and I have never seen it the way it is.

Working closely with many primary producer businesses and processors over the past years has given Kim an intimate understanding and appreciation of the challenges and issues facing industry members.

Anybody who wanted to come and talk to me or any other ministers — now obviously there are other portfolio ministers that have an interest in this, whether they represent farmers or other primary producers, manufacturers, other parts of the food sector — they've all had people coming through their door.

The Manufacturing industry has evolved to cater for the needs of local primary producers.

These have provided insight into the roles that marine bacteria, archaea, viruses and eukaryotic microbes have as global primary producers that provide nutrition at the base of the food chain; remineralization (the transformation of organic molecules into inorganic forms); and the deposition of carbon on the sea floor.

Her research aims to enhance our understanding of environmental changes that impact primary producer communities, as these influence the ecology and fitness of higher trophic levels, and to inform future spatial population trends in light of current predictions of climate change.

This discovery represents a major breakthrough in our understanding of these organisms, which are key primary producers and potentially excellent bio-indicators of climate change.

The effects of eutrophication on carbonate chemistry can exceed that of OA from anthropogenic CO2 by either increasing pH, when enhanced CO2 uptake by primary producers prevails (Borges and Gypens 2010), or by decreasing pH, where enhanced respiratory CO2 release prevails (Cai et al. 2011), a condition often associated with coastal hypoxia (Feely et al. 2010).

This likely influences geographic variation in surface nutrient availability, and therefore stable isotope ratios in POM, primary producers [12] and consumers [14].

The depletion of already low dissolved oxygen levels causes the volume of the OMZs to grow, disrupting primary producers in this and surrounding ecosystems.

Gao K, Helbling EW, Häder DP, Hutchins DA Responses of marine primary producers to interactions between ocean acidification, solar radiation, and warming MEPS 470:167 - 189 Full text in pdf format

With less light penetrating the ocean surface, marine plants — otherwise known as primary producers — may be less able to carry out photosynthesis.

This effect on primary producers was channelled differently into heterotroph primary consumers depending on the inorganic nutrient availability.

Mr Joyce said the potential retails prices of $ 7 to $ 9 a litre in China showed better returns for primary producers were possible through such deals.

Drought and rural assistance to help farmers and primary producers face an increasingly variable climate.

The Department of Agriculture runs a Rural Financial Counselling Service to support primary producers, fishermen and small rural businesses that are suffering financial hardship.

FutureCeuticals is a primary producer and supplier of Organic Sweet Potato Powder (N837.4).

While the hype has helped the clamber of advisers, bankers and brokers who are itching to list new companies there are questions as to how beneficial it is for investors and primary producers.

«It was great to have so many grain growers in the room to speak to and hear from them — the primary producers underpinning the certified organic production system — how and what we can start to do to address this.»

«Buying strength is expected to be a mix of primary producers (with increased equity), managed funds and international Investors.

Key players: Australian Government, state and territory governments, primary producers, academic institutions.