Sentences with phrase «production of agricultural commodities»

The good news is that many tropical countries are committed to only promoting sustainable production of agricultural commodities, and we're pouring more resources than ever into understanding exactly which forest conservation strategies are most effective.

Regarding water access, the production of agricultural commodities along the food supply chain depends on the local availability of water through precipitation or irrigation.

He works to reduce tropical deforestation, notably in Southeast Asia, associated with the production of agricultural commodities (like palm oil, soy, beef and leather) used in products sold by major private sector retailers and brands.

On her 4th and 6th items, I'd think there is a large correlation, both positive and negative, to the possession of resources that serve as inputs to our industrial economies, or the production of agricultural commodity exports.

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The researchers report in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that reducing agricultural production in these provinces and importing food commodities from other provinces or nations instead could help China conserve more water.

In many countries the production of food and other agricultural commodities accounts for over 80 % of fresh water use.

They define the commodity market portfolio as the S&P GSCI (production - weighted aggregation of six energy, seven metal and 11 agricultural commodities).

Cresud is a leading Argentine agricultural company engaged in the production of basic agricultural commodities.

However, as NECSI's president Yaneer Bar - Yam points out, «Because of large profits for speculators and agricultural interests, a very strong social and political effort is necessary to counter the deregulation of commodities and reverse the growth of ethanol production.»

Colorado - 2010 HJR10 - 1027 Concerning the recognition of industrial hemp as a valuable agricultural commodity, and, in connection therewith, urging Congress to clarify the federal definition of industrial hemp, facilitate domestic production of industrial hemp, and remove barriers to state regulation of the production of industrial hemp.

We have crafted a draft of a resolution, which is intended to be passed by state legislatures, that urges Congress to recognize industrial hemp as a valuable agricultural commodity and to pass legislation that removes barriers to state regulation of the commercial production of industrial hemp.

The report warned that increasing production of liquid biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, could increase the price of agricultural commodities with negative economic and social impacts, especially for the world's poor who spend a large proportion of income on food.

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

If agricultural croplands are drawn into the production of biofuel feedstocks, commodity prices are expected to rise, triggering land conversions overseas, releasing carbon emissions, and offsetting the carbon reductions expected from bioenergy.

Part of Brazil's apparent success has been a façade — agricultural expansion in the woody grassland called the cerrado has allowed Brazil to ramp up commodity production, while slowing deforestation in the rainforest biome — but some of it has indeed been real, the product of a combination of policy, law enforcement, monitoring, and activism and pressure from civil society and indigenous peoples.

Placing the 2006/08 Commodity Price Boom into Perspective, John Baffes & Tassos Haniotis www-wds.worldbank.org [4] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/australian-wheat-exports-plunging-most-in-six-years-commodities.html [5] http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/08/21/russia-wheat-export-ban-fears-over-droug?videoId=237194913 [6] oryza.com/Rice-News/16857.html [7] «The total impact of the $ 7.62 billion agricultural production loss is an estimated $ 12.5 billion to the Texas economy.»

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