Thus, the soil quality and
productivity of agricultural land are affected.
Not exact matches
The reason, explains William Niebur, vice-president
of crop genetics research and development at Pioneer, is that growing crops in colder temperatures will open up new
land for farming and contribute to greater
agricultural productivity.
But when it suits the authors argument about «Increasing
agricultural productivity» it sinks the boot into farmers accusing them
of allowing ``... increasing (
land) degradation.»
This strips the
land of its nutrients, reduces
agricultural productivity, and clogs waterways and reservoirs, thus increasing costs for purifying drinking water.
The sustainable
land management (SLM) and restoration
of terrestrial resources are vital to enhancing
agricultural productivity especially for small - scale food producers.
2.3 by 2030 double the
agricultural productivity and the incomes
of small - scale food producers, particularly women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to
land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets, and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
Demand for food in these countries will also double, which, at their current low levels
of agricultural productivity, will drive up demand for forest
land.
«[S] ince vast tracts
of land worldwide have experienced similar booms
of agricultural productivity in recent decades, it is possible that other areas
of the world have experienced similar climatic effects due to
agricultural intensification, especially in light
of recent observational connections between extreme temperatures and
agricultural intensification in other intensely cropped regions (Mueller et al., 2017).»
Marin Carbon Project (marincarbonproject.org) seeks to enhance carbon sequestration in rangeland,
agricultural, and forest soils and for landowners and
land managers
of these landscapes to serve as stewards
of soil health and undertake carbon farming in a manner that can improve on - farm
productivity, enhance ecosystems, and address climate change.
This lack
of internal consistency will especially affect the representation
of agricultural land use, where changes in crop
productivity play an important role (Ewert et al., 2005; Audsley et al., 2006).
Comprehensive intersectoral programs that combine measures to control deforestation and forest degradation with measures to increase
agricultural productivity and sustainability will likely contribute more to reducing vulnerability
of forests to climate change,
land use change and other stress factors than independent sectoral initiatives.
The design concept incorporates broad - ranged regenerative
agricultural practices and makes use
of every surface
of the built environment, from rooftops and walls to gardens and swales, to cultivate plants and increase photosynthetic
productivity within our urban landscapes, adjacent
lands and remote territories that will benefit from restorative
land management practices.